Thanks, I don't need to edit field, just to read it.


>>Can I make text field in Grid column display only partial value of field (I need LEFT(field,3)) from table that is control source?
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>Yes, but then you would not be able to edit this field - the column will become read-only.
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>You can set controlsource of the column to be
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>(left(myTable.MyField,3))
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>in the Properties.