>

>...
>loCol = loGrid.Column5
>lcProp = "ReadOnly"
>? loCol.ReadExpression(lcProp)
>

>
>I expect the above code to return the value of Column5.ReadOnly, but I get an empty string. What am I missing?
>
>I have opened a form, selected a grid, and run a short program. The code above is part of this program. The idea of my small builder program is to insert a column (all properties should be copied from column5 to column6, then from column4 to column5, etc.).
>
>TIA, Hilmar.

Hilmar,
Do you have something starting with '=' there ? Or plain .t., .f. ?
If you enetered a function then it would return it. ie:
oCol.REadOnly = '=reccount()>50'
Cetin