No the column count is never set to 0. Does it matter if the column has a control source? The grid's record source is a cursor, the first column of that cursor is the numberic column.

Jim

>Hi Jim,
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>PMFJI. As Vlad has said, 'Z' will work. You only need to set the Column's format property. As for why you are not getting the result. Do you at anytime set the columncount to 0? This was the only way I could NOT get what Vlad has explained to work.
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>HTH
>Mike