Evelyn,

I think I'd tackle this UI a little differently. Use the grid as a completely read only record selection, and have a set of VFP controls under the grid and Enable them in the grid.AfterRowColChange if the current user = author.

You can't just set the this.ReadOnly = .f. without some other code somewhere that would set it back .t. You can make it a logical expression instead:

this.ReadOnly = ( author = user )

or if the fields are character

this.ReadOnly = ( author == user )


>my table has description, author and date. when user is equal the author, i want the row to be editable.
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>initially, i want grid to be readonly. i should have a command button that should set all rows equal to author to be editable.
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>i tried your suggestion, on the when() of each text in my grid, i do
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>if author=nuser
>   this.readonly = .f.
>endif
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>but when i run the form, i see all rows as editable even if author is not equal to user.
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>i am sure that user is equal the author but it does not set it as editable.