Hi Michael,
Thank you for being patience.
The reason for the exception may be inserting duplicate keys into a dictionary object. Please refer to the following msdn forum thread for more details.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=231948&SiteID=1
In your sample code the frmRuleAlert.cs. We could trace out the columns have been added to the GridGroupingControl again which already bind to datatable and is the cause of this issue. You can avoid this issue by clearing and then adding the columns.
Please refer to the following modified sample for more details
GGC_Tab_Issue_Modified_22Dec06.zipKindly let us know if you need any further assistance.
Have a nice day.
Best regards,
Madhan