Thanks Mike, ur solution is working great.

 Asad 

 Works perfectly. THANKS!!!!

Thanks for your help. I've not tried your solution yet but it looks good. 

You will need to check Microsof's documentation for details on BeginInvoke. But a very simple example might look like this:

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
           // Bind the grid

           this.BeginInvoke(new MethodInvoker(this.SetFocusToTemplateAddRow));
        }

        private void SetFocusToTemplateAddRow()
        {
            this.ultraGrid1.ActiveCell = this.ultraGrid1.Rows.TemplateAddRow.Cells[0];
            this.ultraGrid1.PerformAction(UltraGridAction.EnterEditMode);
        }

Thanks Mike. Please can you explain how I would implement BeginInvoke functionality?

Thanks