Thanks David,

That answers my questions and provides a solution - great!

>Ashley,
>
>You basically can't add code to an object at runtime. So what you need to do is create a textbox subclass that knows how to handle your rightclick. Then at runtime substitute that subclass for the textbox that is there.
>
>In the same loop you use to alter the ControlSource, change the textbox object like this:
>
>

for each oCol in this.Columns
>   oCol.AddObject( "text2", "MySmartClass" )
>   * this next WITH is optional
>   with oCol.Text2
>      * copy any formatting kind of info if not default
>      .FontName = oCol.Text1.FontName
>   endwith
>   oCol.RemoveObject( "Text1" ) && get rid of original
>   oCol.ControlSource = ...
>endfor

>
>>I have a table with 216 fields, 210 of which I would like to display in cells partially (substr function). Next I would like to attach a rightclick event showing d=greater detail in an information window.
>>Due to the number of fields involved, I used a for...next loop in the init event of the form to set the ControlSource of each column - and this worked.
>>I would like to go on to set the rightclick event (and others) except I don't know how to do this.
>>I am having trouble finding concrete examples of how to set events for an object using code. I guess I'm trying to get the most convenient mix of visual design and code and am having little joy using trial and error methodology!
>>
>>As a worst case scenario I could manually set all 210 columns manually using the form designer, but there has got to be a better way!