Maybe message#1031966 can help you?

>Hi Tore,
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>Thank's but it's not quite what I need. My rowsource = 6 and I'm not inclined to change that.
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>I've mucked about with ItemBackColor and SelectedItemBackColor but they don't quite work as I expected.
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>Anything else come to mind?
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>BR
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>Peter
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>>>I'd like to show deleted records -selected or not- in a listbox with red background color.
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>>>All other records should be in their normal colors.
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>>>If you know of some code for this out there somewhere please let me know.
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>>>BR & TIA
>>>
>>>Peter
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>>See thread#1125646 message#1125649. However, personally I would rather use a grid for this.