Hi Julian.

>> However, in a FOR EACH oCol in THISFORM.grdAsso.COLUMNS, VFP still thinks it's the 10th column and not the 2nd, which it appears to be. <<

FOR EACH oCol IN THISFORM.grdAsso.COLUMNS
   IF oCol.ColumnOrder = 2
     *** do something with column 2
   ENDIF
ENDFOR

What do you need to do that depends knowing the column order?

Marcia