Steve,

>With the blank grid in the child form, I could not figure out to get the debugger to show the
>process. With the debugger, one must start with a prg not a form, right?

You can fire up the debugger from any code (prg, or class/object method). Just put a SET STEP ON in the code you are trying to debug.

>I think I need a tutorial or book just on debugger. I'll start looking.

Go get Nancy Folsom's book on the debugger from Hentzenwerke.com.