>>Now why my approach of developing code in an instantiated grid and move and adapt it to the base class worked for CellValidating but not for CellEnter is one riddle I sitll have to live with ... I guess
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>Probably because you remembered to wire up the delegate for the CellValidating event, but not for the CellEnter event.
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>' You probably remembered this one
>AddHandler CellValidating, AddressOf grdbase_CellValidating
>' But not this one
>AddHandler CellEnter, AddressOf grdbase_CellEnter
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Interestingly I did not need to addhandler CellValidating, because handles me.CellValidating worked. But handles me.CellEnter did not, that's why I asked my question in the first place.