>thisform.MyGrid1.RecordSource = ''
>thisform.MyGrid1.RecordSource = "search_crsr".
>(2)
>create the cursor in the load() of the form
>'bind' the cursor to the grid in the form designer (RecordSource)
>zap the cursor
>append the new/modified data to the cursor

I thought about it. As Mark said , otherwise the grid would be bound to the alias in the DE.
The problem is that at that point I don't know the structure of the cursor, there are different SQL selects which determine both the data structure and the data.

J