> > >> First , regarding the original q. - read about using updatable views > >> you will have the advantage of using a cursor with the added advantage that you changes can be updated in the parent tables automatically > >> > > > >> as for the subclassing a grid column you can do it easly - the setback here is that it has to be done in code and not visually > > > >You call that a setback? I meant setback in this case as euphemistic (Tom: euphemistic: like saying that it sometimes gets a bit windy at the coastlines of Florida. This will have to do. My Webster is at the office). > yes,because as with other VFP "code" classed I work around > this by working on the class visually and extracting the data > from the vcx > You are saying that you actually open the memo's in the .VCX, and clipboard code into regular source, are you not? Or you must have written some builder to do that? But if you are, is this still called OO (object orientation), or OWO (Obsession With Objects). :-) Marc. .