Steve,

You need a column in the datasource to bind the checkbox to. The easiest way to do this is to create a view, add a field with a value of .f. and use the view as the record source for the grid. I do this all the time and it works pretty slick.

>I feel like I should be able to solve this one, but I've been failing miserably for some time now, so if this problem is due to a temporary suspension of lateral thought, my apologies!
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>I am trying to set up a grid that selectively displays records from a table (they are order lines). Along-side the information from the table, I want another column that contains a checkbox, so that the user can select which records they want to include.
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>The problem seems to stem from the fact that there is no field in the table to represent this extra "Include Record" field. Can anyone suggest how I could go about this?