Hi Don,

I'm sorry, I started to refine my message after I re-read your post, but got distracted. I had a vague idea about two textboxes in the grid and using the appropriate one, but I haven't thought it through yet...

We're doing some Data Entry in grid too. Actually, just modifying data (Names standardization, Address Standardization, etc.). I know, it's painful and sometimes cumbersome... Also, are you using views? If yes, then just add a field to your view, so it would work.

Otherwise, I believe, the problem was discussed here already, we just need to search...

>No we do data entry in the grids. The idea is to be able to enter the weight in either pounds or kilos and have the entered valve converted into the other units. People are using their calculator to convert pounds to kilos - this is silly.
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>I have been told countless times that it is a bad idea to data enter into grids. However we have done it for years.
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>Many of my users worked in Paradox which was (is?) a browse table type system. They insisted on the same type of entry for the Foxpro system. This was 15 years ago of course.
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>>Hi Don,
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>>If this column only for displaying, you can just set controlsource of the column to weight*2,205.
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>>>All,
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>>>We use the the metric system to store our data. Weights are stored in kilograms.
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>>>Some information from the ...