>I've got a grid that I'm using as a replacement for a listbox because of the number of rows (30K+). It worked great in 3.0 but in 5.0 it's got a problem.
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>The second column is hidden (no horizontal scroll bar) and contains the ID for the firm listed in the first column. It appears that the second column isn't refreshing as I scroll down the grid. Is this a "feature" of 5.0? Is there something silly and small that I'm doing wrong.
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>If I force a refresh of the textbox (thisform.grid1.column2.text1.refresh) it will work, but it puts a strange message on the screen in the upper left hand corner: XXXXXXXXXXX
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>Help, please!
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>Thanks,
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>paul

If the second column is invisible, why do you care what is inside it at all? If you want to check for some values, then go directly to grid.recordsource