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>Whew...I think I need to see this one in action. I can't quite picture how this works. I hate to ask, but do you have an example?
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>Sylvia

Sylvia, here's a simpler example: Think of a grid with a numeric field. If this column is active, you want the user to be able to use a spinner to change the value. However, you only want the ACTIVE cell in the column to show the spinner. An entire column of spinners is confusing to the user. So you have 2 controls, the basic text box for inactive cells and the spinner for the active cell. You control this with SPARSE = .F.

Hope this is clearer

Barbara