PMJI,
Sparse = .t. will only show the control while the current cell has the focus. Set to false and things like edit controls show in every row.
HTH

>Thanks, David and Dan,
>
>I've just got home from the office now, and, guess what, haven't got
>VFP on the home PC ! What does the SPARSE property do ?
>
>Michel.
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>>Michel,
>>
>>Replace the text1 with an Editbox, Column.Sparse = .f.
>>
>>>I have a grid where one of the columns' source field is a Memo field.
>>>
>>>I would like that Memo field to show in its Expanded Form all the
>>>time. I have tried putting an Edit Box but the user has to actually
>>>click on the Edit Box to see the contents of the Memo Field.
>>>
>>>I have tried the default TextBox control, using ALLTRIM(Memo_Field),
>>>but that only shows enough of the beginning of the Memo field and the
>>>rest is hidden. Additionally there is no Word-Wrap, so that is not
>>>useful either.