>I'm using VFP9 and i'm hoping to lock the first 4 columns in a 20+ column grid so that when the user scrolls to the right, the first 4 columns remain visible (similar to excel).
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>I thought this is what PARTITION and SPLITBAR properties are for. But cant get it to work. I had set SPLITBAR to true on the grid and set PARTITION to 4. After saving the form i cant run it or even MODIFY the form. I had to hack the scx and remove those 2 settings from the PROPERTIES field for the grid row in the SCX in order to be able to modify the form again.
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>Can these 2 properties be used to lock columns?

See LockColumns Property.