Whew... Thanks for the hints, all! I really appreciate it.

It was cool in BROWSE windows that we could easily specify the field (okay, column) for which a certain VALID() call was for. Now we have to put in a DO CASE... to determine which method to use. I can believe MS didn't put something like the VB and Access methods that can be called in individual cells in a grid.

Once again -- thanks!
- Gerry

>I'd probably write a new form method for selective column validation. I'd put a call to this method in the AfterRowColChange event and pass it the grid's ActiveColumn. Then in a case statement inside of the method code, you could selectively validate the column info.
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>HTH