>No, with sparse .t. the column shows the value of its controlsource when it does not have focus.

Yeah, I got that backwards ... that's what I meant.

>What you are trying to do is have a column that is NOT boudn to data, and use the controlsource of the controls in that column. To do this the column must show the control in every cell and that is why you need sparse .f..
>Also any column can have only one currentcontrol and that si the one you will use in that column. You are trying to have a textbox when the column does not have focus and a combo when it does. That means you must change the currentcontrol whne you need the combo and then again when you want the textbox. The column should have an empty controlsource and Bound set to .F..

Well, actually I did want it bound, but is that not going to work the way I want it to? I don't need to use the textbox, I just want the column to show the values in that field whether I am on that row or not.