>Usually, I define a grid based on an alias which I can see at design and run time. However, I have a form where I am designing a grid but that grid will be bound on a cursor that I am defining in the Init() of the form. So, I have something like this:

Hi, Michel.

In VFP 8 you have the Form's property BindControls. Set it to .f. and set all your ControlSource/RecordSource as usual.

Once you finished setting up your cursor on the Init, switch BindControls = .T.

That will make it.

The older method I used was to leave the grid RecordSource="" until my cursors were properly built, and then bind them.

Hope this helps,