Will,

Did you try to put 0,100,0 for the columnwidth property, e.g. set 0 to the first column property.

>Hello everyone,
>
>I have a query about a Combo Box in a grid.
>
>The columns recordsource is bound to a numeric field
>This numeric field needs to be represented in the grid by a short description
>but the Dropdown needs to show a long description
>
>eg.
>

>With This
> .srcArray[1,1] = 'NetReq'
> .srcArray[2,2] = 'Net Requirements      '
> .srcArray[3,3] = 1
>
> .Visible = .T.
> .RowSource = "This.srcArray"
> .RowSourceType = 5
> .BoundTo = .T.
> .BoundColumn = 3
> .ColumnCount = 2
>EndWith

>This works fine but the dropdown shows "NetReq | Net Requrements"
>How can I get it to dropdown Net Requirements? but still show NetReq afterwards?
>
>TIA
>
>Will