I tried that and then it ignores the controlsource for each column.
The problem is only when the grids alias source is not the current
alias. The first page grid has current alias and works OK.

Getting to think this is a VFP6 bug. Did something like this in
VFP5 and it displayed OK for 4 different grids on 4 different
pages.

>Paul, besides the column.controlsource have you also set the grid.recordsource?
>
>
>>I have two grids displaying data on different pages of a pageframe.
>>The grids use the .....columnx.controlsource = somefieldsubstring
>>defnitions.
>>The first grid which uses the current alias works OK. But the
>>second grid on the second page just repeats its current record all
>>over. The second grid displays ok if it is ..coluumnx.controlsource
>>is the current alias but then the first grid goes whacky same way.
>>
>>Any ideas?
>>
>>I am using VFP6 and some .....DYNAMICBACKCOLOR definitions
>>in each of the grid init methods.