>I don't think ActiveColumn would work because I would not have any assurance that the column I'm examining is the active column. Also, ActiveColumn is 0 if the grid doesn't have focus.
That last can be conquered with a property that captures it...but I'm not quite sure what you're trying to do, I guess...
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