Thanks for letting us in on your little secret. <g>

~~Bonnie



>Bonnie, thanks!!!!!!!
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>I found the answer to this 5 minutes after posting and I should have posted it but I forgot:
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>datagridview.Columns["mycolumn"].DefaultCellStyle.format = "d" // or whatever
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>http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f9x2790s.aspx
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>Sorry!