Elgin,
Once your grid has been filled you can run through the columns with a for/next loop checking the width of both header text and field length with FontMetric(). Then set the column width to the larger of the two.

HTH
Barbara

>I am designing a form that has a grid where the record source is the alias of the currently open table and the column count is set to -1.
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>I would like for the column widths to automatically adjust to the widest item in the column, either the Heading OR the widest data displayed in the column.
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>In general, is this the proper way to design a grid of that nature? Do I have to specify a "column count" and manually set the width of each?
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>Thanks.
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>Elgin Rogers Jr
>Epic Solutions.