>>I could use some help on understanding BINDEVENT
>>
>>I have a grid with 30 columns or so. I would like the VALID event for each text box to call a form method. In the form Init I have

>>WITH myGrid
>>    FOR I = 1 TO 30
>>        oCol = EVAL("column"+TRANSFORM(I))
>>        oCol.controlsource = "something"
>>        BINDEVENT(ocol.text1,"valid",thisform,"calc_bld_qty")
>>    ENDFOR
>>ENDWITH

>>
>>For the moment CALC_BLD_QTY is just a Messagebox.
>>
>>If I put a value in the cell and press ENTER/ARROW/TAB etc nothing happens.
>>
>>If I put something in the Valid code for the TextBox (for example another Messagebox), then CALC_BLD_QTY fires and then the other Messagebox fires.
>>
>>What have I missed in the proper way to set this up?
>>
>>Thanks to all..........Rich
>
>I do a similar thing but for the InteractiveChange event and it does fire.
>
>Also, see some sample code here
>http://blogs.lessthandot.com/index.php/DataMgmt/DataDesign/grid-class-that-allows-sorting-by-clicki

Thanks for the reply Naomi. I think InteractiveChange may be a better event to work with and will test that out.

.........Rich