>I have a grid with 6 columns. For some rows, we do not want to see 4 of the columns, but rather we need the 4 separate text boxes/columns replaced with one text box.
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>For example, the 4 columns might look like this.
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> xxxxxx 99 999 9,999
> xxxxxx 99 999 9,999
> this row would have free text
> xxxxxx 99 999 9,999
> xxxxxx 99 999 9,999
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>Can this be done?

Well, sort of. You can have a single column with two container controls. One would have the four textboxes for the four columns, and the other would have one long textbox or editbox. Then in the column's dynamicCurrentControl you'd have an expression which would evaluate to one of the containers, depending on the nature of the record. Don't forget to set .sparse=.f. for that column.

The downside of this approach is that you have only one column.