>Thanks Dan.
>
>Can you explain what the Sparse setting actually does?

Bob,

The Sparse tells whether the current control is to show ALL the time in all rows of a column (SPARSE=.F.) or if the control is to appear only when it (the specific row/column) has the focus (SPARSE=.T.).

Example: Column a contains a spinner control set as the 'currentcontrol'. If sparse is .F. = all rows in the column will show a spinner box. If sparse is .T. = only the current focus cell will show a spinner. Lookup CurrentControl, DynamicCurrentControl and/or Sparse in the MSDN.

Sparse does not affect dynamicforecolor or dynamicbackcolor settings. I used them quite often (red background/yellow foreground) for error display.

HTH

Ric