>I have a form with a grid on it. I used the builder to populate the columns on the grid.
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>The grid worked fine, but I was unable to find any properties on the grid that matched up specific columns to specific fields in the child table. I scratched my head and gave up trying to figure out how it worked...until...
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>I needed to delete the first column. Now everything has shifted in a weird (and unusable) manner. I have tried manually setting the columns' controlSources, and have tried setting the controlSource in each textControl (or whatever control) in each column to the correct field in the child table, all to no avail.
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>Do I have to rebuild my grid from scratch with the builder? Is deleting a column the big no-no?

I'm assuming you mean you used the wizard for your grid. The wizards are great for getting a general idea of how to do something, but I don't like using the wizards for anything I'll actually use because you don't really know what they're doing. Plus when you want to make changes, you tend to run into trouble. (As you've found out the hard way.) If I were you, I'd rebuild the grid without the wizard.