>In this case, I'm down to barebones in VFP 6.0 with no CLASSES at all. Is there a way to add the property permanently to the grid without setting up a CLASS?
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>>Either use the custom Grid class (preferred method) or you can use AddProperty method to add these properties in run-time.

I don't remember at that moment if VFP6 has AddProperty method. If not, there is AddProperty.fll I think (AFAIK for VFP5). I believe it does have it, though. Do you have VFP6 help?