I have a grid where 1st two columns are protected, rest of columns 3 - 7 are un protected.

What is the best way to always open the grid with the cursor in column 1, row 2?

Claude
If columns 1 and 2 are protected, why do you want to place the cursor on column 1? The cursor cannot rest on a protected column. However, if you mean column 3, row 2, try:

WINFORM SHOW_INACTIVE formname
COMPUTE formname.gridname.SETCURSOR(2, 3);
WINFORM SHOW formname