>>Hi All,
>>
>>I would like to show records via a grid control with an alternating backcolor.
>>
>>The following works well if based on the RECNO() function, like so:
>>
>>

>>frmMyForm.grdGrid1.SetAll("DynamicBackColor", ;
>>   "IIF(MOD(RECNO( ), 2)=0, RGB(255,255,255) ;
>>   , RGB(0,255,0))", "Column")
>>

>>
>>If I change the controlling order of the underlying table however, it obviously won't work.
>>
>>How do I maintain the alternating backcolor even with different controlling order?
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>
>>Dennis
>
>Hello Dennis:
>If you are willing to use a cursor and are using VFP9, how about the following example. Works just great:
>Create the cursor after you have set the index:
>****Grid.INIT()
>Select customer
>Set Order To Tag custno
>Select customer.*, Cast(Iif(Mod(Recno(),2) =0,.T.,.F.) As l) As test ;
> FROM customer ;
> WITH (Buffering = .T.) ;
> Into Cursor gtest
>With This
> .RecordSource = "gtest"
> .RecordSourceType = 1
> .SetAll("DynamicBackColor", ;
> "IIF(gtest.test, RGB(255,255,255) , RGB(0,255,0))", "Column")
>Endwith
>You will have to fine tune to suit your needs.
>
>Mohammed

Hi Mohammed,

thank you for this additional idea! I will test it once I've finished my present workload.

Hans