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>>>LMAO.... Why don't you just pay him to do the work for you which is what you want him to do anyway. I would not spend the time it takes to download, install, code and then try to figure out what's wrong with your code. That could take quite a while. FlexGrid is a great control for a free one, we used it for a while before we switched to Telerik. You need to read, think, and try the sample as is, without any of your other assumptions and go step by step -- just like the rest of us do without expecting the users here to solve all of our problems....
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>>Have you ever thought of being a mentor to a newbie developer(s)? You would be great at that <g>
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>LOL.. I have many times as an MS MVP. Its just that those I choose to help can think for themselves for the most part, they may get stuck in the more difficult concepts, not the simplest, and don't expect me to spend hours helping them for the basics....

In this case I agree with you completely. She was asking for quite a lot. There was nothing mean spirited in your reply and in fact you gave her some good advice -- take it a step at a time as far as you can, and then if you are stuck on a tough point come ask. Also the importance of understanding the fundamentals first.