I must be missing something here!
I want to set the column from code.
  GridView1.Column = 2
But Print GridView1.Column shows "-1"

Any ideas welcome

 Hi Bill.

You need Gridview1. Columns. Count = 2.

And a useful trick to use after you have filled your Gridview is to auto arrange the Columns widths with: -

Gridview1. Columns. Width = - 1

Thanks for the quick response.
I have already set up the table with GridView1.Columns.Count = 3 and filled the table with data.
I'm using the _Sort event but would like to force the sorting of a column from code.  So after setting up the gridview:-
is where the problem is.

 GridView1.Columns.Sort = 2
does it.
Regards