PRB: Can't Find Grid Property to Specify Record for Top Row

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

You need a grid method or property to tell the grid which row of the RecordSource to display in the top row of the visible area of a grid. For example, you might have a 500-record table and a 15-row grid and at run time, you want to tell the grid to jump to record 430; in other words, you want the grid to display record 430 in the top row of the visible area of the grid, not just anywhere in the visible area. A property like the following would work well:

• GRID1.FirstRecord = 430

  -or-

• GRID1.DoScroll(1,430)

CAUSE

There is no grid property that allows you to specify a row to be displayed as the first row of the visible area of the grid.

WORKAROUND

You can use the RelativeRow property in conjunction with DoScroll method to move a selected record to the top of the visible area of the grid as in this code:

   thisform.grid1.setfocus
   goto <your recno>
   thisform.refresh

   thisform.lockscreen = .t.
   do while thisform.grid1.relativerow > 1
      thisform.grid1.doscroll(1)
   enddo
   thisform.lockscreen = .f.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.