This is a known bug.

Dave


>I has a container that contain a grid with columncount = -1 and saved as a class name: CNTBASEGRID in TESTBASE.VCX
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>Now I create a new class based on CNTBASEGRID and change the COLUMNCOUNT to 3 and save it as CNTCHILDGRID in TESTBASE.VCX.
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>Here is the kicker or problem??????
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>set class to testbase.vcx
>lo = create ('form')
>lo.addobejct("grd","cntchildgrid")
>lo.grd.visible = .t.
>lo.show
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>
>Guess what
>lo.grd.columncount has changed to 4 instead of 3
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>Seem like whenever I drop the CNTCHILDGRID to a form or a new class its added a new column to the grid. Any Idea? Try it yourself if you can reproduce it.