Paul,

The Only thing I can think of is that your code is never executing. Is the Load event in the form or is it in a class the form is based on? If it's a class, make sure you haven't overriden the code in the form.

If that's not it, is the suspend the first line of the load? It sounds like maybe it returns from the load before it gets to the suspend.

The Load should definitely run before any of the objects on the form are instantiated.

>Thanks for the response. I just put a suspend command in the load event of the form and I was suprised to find that I got the error prior to the execution being suspended. Is the grd.column1.ControlSource trying to be set before the forms load in 6.0? I'm at a loss as to what to try next.