>Except they'll get really annoyed with the "Control is read-only" status messages and dings. Of course, that could be fun, too <g>

I think the dings are actually a good thing, they convey a point to the user in a standard way.

Agree on the pesky "control is read-only" message, but it should not occur unless the grid is *not* readonly but the control *is*, is that the way it works, if I recall it right?