>I have a variable that holds a column number and I would like to refer to a grids column via this variable.
>
>ie grdX.column(variable).controlsource = x
>
>This does not work....How can I accomplish this?

One way is to use the grid.columns() array, like

mygrid.columns(3).controlsource = x

also, you can make a string and use macro:

cMacro = "mygrid.column" + alltrim(str(myvar)) + ".controlsource = x"
&cMacro

adjusting myvar for whatever type it is...