Hi Grady,

>I have the "close tables" at the beginning of the app. I removed it. I made certain that the data environment is set to the free table and form I am using. I have set the tab order so that Refresh would benefit the grid. The White grid persists whether there is data in the table or not. I have never run into this problem before and the bug chase is beginning to P*** me off.

Try to open your table in form's Load event instead Data Environment. If bug persists and if have no problem, email me with your form and your table attached. Maybe be more easy help you this way.
P.S.: I only can test it with VFP8 SP1 tomorrow.
Good luck! 8-)