Thanks Terry - I will give that a try. I'm trying to learn about all the quirks in VFP 9, as relates to combos in grids. So first I want to get a combo working perfectly outside a grid, then move it to a column in my grid. Then compare how the combo works - inside vs outside the grid... So far, even with VFP 9, I cannot get the combo's dropdown list to remain open (when combo is in a grid). It closes as soon as I type any character. OTOH, outside of a grid, the combo stays dropped down as I type characters - performing incremental searches (as one would expect it to).

>You can select the control, cut it, select the grid, in its PEM select the column in which you want to paste the control, right-click on the grid and paste.
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>HTH
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>Terry