>>Paul,
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>>Put the container in the columen in additiont to the defaultl Text1 control. Set the column as Sparse .T., Bound .T., and set the controlsource for the column to the same as the control source for your textbox in the container.
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>For some reason this doesn't work. As long as I have 'column.currentcontrol' set to pick_combo1 (my container) it won't show anything in the cells in that column except for the active cell.
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>I'd love to know how to make this work right. Have you actually done this with a container class before? One thing that I though might be causing the problem is that I have a "controlsource" property I have defined as a part of my custom class.
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>Any ideas are absolutely appreciated.

I have a similar control. What I did was add a property to the container called, oddly enough, ControlSource. In the Init and Refresh of the container [if there is such] need to have This.txtBox.ControlSource = This.ControlSource. You may also need to add This.Parent.Value = This.Value in the Refresh and/or LostFocus of the textbox as well as This.Enabled = This.Parent.Enabled, etc. You will also need the This.Enabled = This.Parent.Enabled command in the dropdown command button if you have one.