>>>That works for me. Are you sure you're clicking only on the title bar of the form, not the form surface, the grid, or anything else?
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>>Absolutely, I almost want to start over on this grid but I would rather know what is going on. Is there a SET DELETEGRIDOBECT OFF or anything like that :)
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>This is very strange. I see that Dragan pointed out that you can't delete an object at design time that's part of a class definition. However, I just tried this and got an error message. I'm out of ideas. Maybe someone else can suggest something.

I think deleting it at runtime and setting the currentcontrol of the column to the checkbox (or what was the proposed object) could work. I've had a power loss in a middle of work, so I'll have to reinstall some things - I'll get my CDs tomorrow - so I can't try it right now.