>Turns out that if I select... into table then use... as alias and set the record source to the same alias using the same table every time, the properties stay the same. But, if I use a new temp table with a new unique name the properties go away. So, since I need a new table name every time, I took the easy way out and defined a setgridprop method for the form. ;) Oh well.

Yes, if the grid source ever changes, then that's the way to go...