Vinod,

use the ColContaining method of the data grid.
Just pass the x coordinate of the mouse down event,
and it returns to you the index of the corresponding column (see example
below)

Sub DataGrid1_MouseDown (Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y
As Single)
   Dim ColValue as Integer
   ColValue = DataGrid1.ColContaining(X)
End Sub


m.



> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Vinod Thomas [SMTP:vthomas@a...]
> Sent:	Tuesday, February 27, 2001 11:37 AM
> To:	professional vb
> Subject:	[pro_vb] Re: column index on the move down event
> 
> Thanks,
> It seems to be working. ONly if I click on any visible columns. If I click
> 
> on the first column and there are some cols in the end which is not 
> visible, it goes in a loop and give me the column number for all those 
> that are not visible.
> 
> 
> > 
> > what about taking the width of the columns and adding them together 
> until you get a
> > number higher than the value of X, which was the horizontal location of 
> the mouse
> > when a mouse button was clicked.
> > 
> > Private Sub DataGrid1_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X 
> As Single, Y
> > As Single)
> > 
> > Dim i as integer
> > 
> > For i = 0 to DataGrid1.Columns.Count - 1
> >    If x > DataGrid1.Column(i).Left And _
> >          x < (DataGrid1.Columns(i).Width + DataGrid1.Column(i).Left)
> Then
> >             'this was the column that was chosen
> >             MsgBox "you clicked on the " & x & " column!"
> >    End If
> > Next i
> >  
> > End Sub
> > 
> > something like that should do it.  At least, it works well with a 
> listview control.
> > :)
> > 
> > hope this helps,
> > 
> > john
> > 
> > --- Vinod Thomas <vthomas@a...> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > How can I get the column Index on a mouse down event in  data grid?
> > > Thanks
> > > 
> > > Vinod
> > 
> > ---------------------------- 
> > John Pirkey 
> > MCSD 
> > John@S... 
> > http://www.stlvbug.org
> 
>