Thanks Fabio and Dragan

Well, before testing your code I changed the column DaynamicBackColor to a result based on IIF() and that changed the Commandbutton backColor which was good enough for what we trying to do.

Mo

>>>hello
>>>
>>>how to change a command button forecolor in a grid based on a value in a table that populate the grid?
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>
>>

>>o=createobject("frmColorButton")
>>o.show
>>o.addproperty("me",m.o)
>>
>>define class frmColorButton as form
>>
>>	add object grd as grid ;
>>		with columncount=1
>>
>>	procedure init
>>		create cursor zz (nColor i)
>>		insert into zz values (0xffffff)
>>		insert into zz values (0xffff7f)
>>		insert into zz values (0xff7fff)
>>		insert into zz values (0x7fffff)
>>		insert into zz values (0x7f7fff)
>>		insert into zz values (0xff7f7f)
>>		insert into zz values (0x7fff7f)
>>		locate
>>		with this.grd
>>			.recordsource="zz"
>>			with .column1
>>				.sparse=.f.
>>				.removeobject(.controls[2].name)
>>				.addobject("cmdColor", "cmdColor")
>>				.cmdColor.visible=.t.
>>				.dynamicfontshadow=[this.column1.cmdColor.refresh()]
>>				.currentcontrol="cmdColor"
>>			endwith
>>		endwith
>>
>>	endproc
>>
>>	procedure destroy
>>		clear events
>>	endproc
>>
>>enddefine
>>
>>
>>define class cmdColor as commandbutton
>>	themes = .F.
>>	fontbold = .T.
>>	procedure refresh
>>	
>>		this.backcolor=nColor
>>		this.Forecolor=BITXOR(nColor,0xF0F0F0)
>>		this.Caption = STR(nColor)
>>	endproc
>>
>>enddefine
>>

>
>Nice trick!