Why do you set it in Activate? You can do it in the form's Init.

>>any clue?
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>>thanks
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>In the form's ACTIVATE i use...
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>thisform.grd.SetAll("DynamicBackColor","thisform.zGridColor()", "Column" )
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>And the method zGridColor does the following...
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>cColor = RGB(255,255,255)	 && white
>DO CASE
>	*-----------------------------------------
>	*--- QA REJECTED
>	*-----------------------------------------
>	CASE tmpfcis.qa_reject
>		cColor = RGB(255,128,255)		&& purple
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>	*-----------------------------------------
>	*--- QA COMPLETE
>	*-----------------------------------------
>	CASE tmpfcis.qacomp
>		cColor = RGB(51,174,57)		&& dark green
>		
>		
>	*-----------------------------------------
>	*--- QA Back To Inspector
>	*-----------------------------------------
>	CASE tmpfcis.qaback
>	
>		cColor = RGB(47,208,208)		&& teal green
>
>	*-----------------------------------------
>	*--- Asset Inventory Not Complete
>	*-----------------------------------------
>	CASE ! tmpfcis.parinvst OR ! tmpfcis.parinvel		
>		cColor = RGB(255,255,128)		&& yellow
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>ENDCASE
>RETURN cColor
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