>Nancy,
>
>Actually, the reason I ask this question is probably for the same reason you wrote your example, i.e. I want to set the NullDisplay property of the textbox to not display anything if the datum is .NULL.
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>When I run this under the debugger, and set a breakpoint in the grid refresh method, and examine the columns collection, I can see that the NullDisplay property for Text1 is set to "", however, when the grid displays, the word .NULL. appears when the datum is .NULL.
>
>Any thoughts on why I don't get a blank NULL display?
>
>Thanks again,
>Jim

SET NULLDISPLAY TO ''
* or 
text1.NullDisplay = ' '