Yes Walter,
IC. Any dynamiccolored cell have to set it too.
For the sake of shape bug till VFP7 I'd use a container instead :)
Cetin

>Cetin and kevin,
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>The border arround the active controls in a grid is the color of the undelying object (e.g. a form). You can get rid of it by placing a shape under the grid with the same color as the grid itself.
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>Walter,
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>>>>> Thanks, but I still get it, it is a very thin border that sits around the textboxes etc. within the grid - I don't think there is a way. <<
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>>>Place a shape underneath the grid.
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>>>Marcia
>>Marcia,
>>Apart from sideeffect it might cause when form is Toplevel how does it prevent that border.
>>I think I'm missing something. How to implement it ?
>>Cetin