Hi David. I am not sure what you mean. Do mean that I should invoke the grid builder? If not, the how do I know the name of the objects in the grid, since at design time there are none?

>Let the grid build itself if you have ColumnCount set to -1. Then just RemoveObject() the column(s) you don't want. You can do this inside the grid.Init().
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>>In VFP 3.0 is there a way for me to display all fields in a child grid without displaying one field (the foreign key).
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>>Columns get a bit messy. I use them when I put controls in the grid for editing, but in this case I want to display all fields in the child table except for one.