Focus

Hai, I am using GDBG and when the form load up I want the focus to be in the third column of the grid.

At the bottom of Formload, try grid.ForceCurrentCellMoveTo = true; //may not be needed grid.CurrentCell.MoveTo(1,3); //can also set activate options if you want using 3rd parameter In addition to the above code, depending upon tab orders and parent controls on your form, you may have to make the grid the active control with code like this.ActiveControl = grid or calling grid.Focus() or something of that nature. But if it is just a grid directly on a form, the above is usually sufficient.