>Hallo Cetin,
>
>Ron did not tell you that we made the grid by using the designer.
>The number columns is set to -1.
>We just want to connect a variable table to the grid, not allways the same layout, not allways the same structure.
>When we put the columnscount to 10 f.i., we can get the value of the first field back.
>
>(i am a collegue of Ron)
>Thanks for your cooperation and help (we need it.....)
>
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If you want to use "generic" grid (.e.g. assign RecordSource in run-time), you need to remove default text1 control and add your textbox control. For more details about this approach see Mike's FAQ #7967