Thanks David.

Michel.
================= Original Message follows =====================

>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.
>>====================== Original message follows =======================
>>>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.