diff --git a/PROMS/DataLoader/Steps.cs b/PROMS/DataLoader/Steps.cs
index 55d005ff..6a93bc68 100644
--- a/PROMS/DataLoader/Steps.cs
+++ b/PROMS/DataLoader/Steps.cs
@@ -388,10 +388,35 @@ namespace DataLoader
 		{
 			//string savethis = stepText;
 			string strGrid = "";
+			int tablerodbid = -1;
+			string tableroid = "";
+			string tableroprefix = "";
+			string tablerosuffix = "";
+			if (isROTable)
+			{
+				// parse out and save the ROid and ROdb information
+				// We will also need to re-attach the RO link prefix and suffix
+				tableroprefix = @"\v <START]\v0 ";
+				tablerosuffix = stepText.Substring(stepText.IndexOf(@"\v #Link:ReferencedObject:"));
+				int idx = stepText.IndexOf(":");
+				idx = stepText.IndexOf(" ", idx) + 1;
+				int idx2 = stepText.IndexOf(" ", idx);
+				tableroid = stepText.Substring(idx, idx2 - idx);
+				idx = idx2 + 1;
+				idx2 = stepText.IndexOf("[", idx);
+				tablerodbid = int.Parse(stepText.Substring(idx, idx2 - idx));
+			}
 			//MessageBox.Show("Before ConvertTableToGrid " + GC.GetTotalMemory(true).ToString());
 			using (VlnFlexGrid grd = new VlnFlexGrid(1, 1))
 			{
 				grd.IsRoTable = isROTable;
+				if (isROTable)
+				{
+					// put the ROID and ROdb into the grid properties
+					// Bug fix B2012-270
+					grd.RODbId = tablerodbid;
+					grd.ROID = tableroid;
+				}
 				VE_Font vefont = fmt.PlantFormat.FormatData.StepDataList.Table.Font;
 				Font GridFont = new Font(vefont.Family, (float)vefont.Size);
 				grd.Font = GridFont; // this also changes the default Row Height "Rows.DefaultSize"
@@ -399,6 +424,8 @@ namespace DataLoader
 				grd.AutoSizeCols();
 				grd.AutoSizeRows();
 				grd.MakeRTFcells();
+				grd.FixTableCellsHeightWidth();
+				grd.AdjustGridControlSize();
 				using (StringWriter sw = new StringWriter())
 				{
 					grd.WriteXml(sw);
@@ -407,6 +434,11 @@ namespace DataLoader
 					strGrid = grd.GetSearchableText();
 					sw.Close();
 				}
+				if (isROTable)
+				{
+					// re-attach the RO Link prfix and suffix
+					strGrid = tableroprefix + strGrid + tablerosuffix;
+				}
 			}
 			return strGrid;
 		}