Thanks,
Bill

The grid has a BBS datasource that points to the exact same BO.  All of the fields in the grid are blank.

(preparing to look for a towel to throw in)

Thanks for the input.  The only real difference is that my properties are read-only; therefore, no set portion.  I have done exactly what you did...except I did not put the add column code in both methods of the BO (initialize and refilled).  I will try that.

Bill

What happens when you use a BBS is that it creates a new instance of the busines object for every row. However it does not carry over any custom properties etc that are to the new instance.for instance if you have a property called foo in you business object and its value has been set to "Something" what the business binding source create a new instance of the Bo for that row the property foo's value with be nothing.

If that is what is happening then you can fix it by creating a BBS that is customized to your business object type. If you rthink this is where your problem is i can send you a copy of one I modified.

Paul