Thanks for the input. Just to verify -- you're looking for a property grid view for a single step (possibly supporting multiple selection like the properties dialog), right, or what did you mean by "as well as in other steps"?
Also, you can disable validation in the Step Properties dialog by unchecking
Tools | User Options | Miscellaneous | Validate step properties.
http://www.kinook.com/VisBuildPro/Ma...ectuseropt.htm