Thanks for your reply!

I set the RecordSource in the Form Designer, I make no changes to it thereafter. All columns properties are set in the Form Designer, too. There is no code in the form whatsoever. That's whats so weird...

Mark

>>Can someone tell me what this is:
>>
>>I create a form with a table in the DE.
>>I add a grid to the form and set the RecordSource to the table.
>>I specify a ColumnCount for the columns I want (3 or 4, etc..).
>>I set the ControlSource of each column to different field names.
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>>When running the form, all column widths are resized to what looks like default widths! Everything is very simple - no subclassed controls, no views, no method codes, etc...
>>
>>I've tried setting Resize of columns to .F. (??? desparate!).
>>
>>Any help? (I tried searching previous messages, but it errors out)
>>
>>Mark
>
>Anytime you touch grid.recordsource you may force grid to rebuild from scratch, including resetting column.width back to some 'default' values.