>thanx Eric. i also had thought of using text boxes but i wanted to do it thru datagrid only ...and its almost done but in my next forms i'm gonna use textboxes however 've one query, the grid is automaticaly handling scrolling for me, now if i use textboxes, will i've to scroll programaticaly in a specified frame ????? if so wud'nt it be full use of the control provided for same ????

I often a grid at the top of a form that I use for displaying, navigating, ... and add other controls at the bottom of the form for editing. Use the grid RowColChange event to refresh the controls at the bottom.