>Ack. I took a look at the spread control, saw the price tag of $399, and fled. I'm writing this program for a non-profit society and while I don't mind putting in my personal time programming, I don't want to open my wallet either. So Visual Basic has no built-in or add-on controls that allow controls within cells (i.e. a checkbox in a cell on a row)? If not, do either of you have any ideas on how to get around it? What want is an attendance sheet that shows the names as well as 3 "check boxes" for attendance, paid, and exempt. I would like the user to just scroll down the list and tick off as appropriate. I have done something similar before using a flexgrid and textarray so that when the user clicks the cell the value of the text changes, but I was hoping for something that looked a little nicer. Thanks guys.

I wouldn't offer using a grid for data entry, unless the user requires "excel-like" data entry features.

But if you must, you can use a checkbox control that shows itself up on top of the grid only when the cell has the focus. It doesn't make a lot of sense with a checkbox control but it is possible. For example on an MS Datagrid you can use the ButtonClick and RowColChange to show/hide the checkbox if the column is right.