Hi Fabio,

>Is recordsource set in property or in code ?
>In first case vfp loads the grid with the active work area at grid.Init time,
>you can stop it with set RecordSource = " "
>
>check grid.recordsource when grid.init start.

You've hit on the problem. It appears that the grid creates only as many columns as the cursor in the current work area when grid.init() fires. Your solution solves the problem.

Many thanks,
Alan