I do it all the time. Check out the sparse property.

sparse=.f.

>Has anyone successfully/reliably added a combo to a grid at run-time.
>The following code works but I don't see the combo, can anyone help?
>WITH .Column5
> .RemoveObject("Text1")
> .AddObject("cboModelId","searchgrd_cbosrch")
> .CurrentControl = "cboModelId"
> .ControlSource = "tmpSiteEquipment.fkmodid"
> .cboModelId.BoundColumn = 3
> .cboModelId.BoundTo = .T.
> .cboModelId.ColumnCount = 3
> .cboModelId.ColumnWidths = "300,300,0"
> .cboModelId.RowSourceType = 6 && Field
> .cboModelId.RowSource = "salmodel.modelnumber,descr,pkmodid"
> .cboModelId.Visible = .T.
>ENDWITH
>TIA
>Trevor