Giesbert,
Look at the HELP examples for SETALL() in VFP. It shows how to change color for different lines in a grid, and you can use the same technique to set the ReadOnly properties.

HTH
Barbara

>I use container objects in grid columns to show up several fields in one column, fine so far
>
>I want to prevent users to change any value in a row (readonly=.t. or something similar)
>based on a field value. Some rows should be modifiable and some not.
>
>My first though: thats too tough to do in VFP6.
>Please proove me wrong.