>Mostly I'm trying to use BeforeRowColChange to trigger record level >validation, but of course I don't want it firing as the user goes from cell to >cell within a row.


Why not create a custom property that tracks the Record Number. When the event fires, if you record number property = Recno(), you merely changed columns and therefore, do not want to fire the validation. If on the otherhand, they don't equal, you will want to update the property and run your validation.

If you use row buffering along with table rules, you could avoid coding in the grid...