should the following not work? line 1 "moo" and "cow" would be the labels of the columns and line 2 "pig" and "oink" would be the data for each of the columns.. all i get is an empty data grid.. on mouseUp set the dgText[TRUE] of group "DataGrid" to "moo" & TAB & "cow" & LF & \ "pig" & TAB & "oink" end mouseUp