>I put
>

>for (int i = 4; i < e.Row.Cells.Count; i++)
>{
>
>e.Row.Cells[i].Attributes.Add("style", "word-wrap:break-word;width:70px");
>}
>

>
>and in ASCX
>

>ControlStyle-Width ="70px"

>
>http://forums.asp.net/t/1298295.aspx
>
>and it seems to fix the problem.

Hmmm, ok ... that's not what I thought your original question was about (the Title of the post is completely different). But, after reading your post on the link to the forums.asp.net, it was really more about getting the columns to remain at a certain size.

~~Bonnie