Very glad to help.

>Naomi,
>
>PERFECT!! You provided the PRECISE thinking I was after. I knew there had to be a solution to this:
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>FOR EACH lo_col IN to_grd.Columns
>   lo_col.DynamicBackColor = "_screen.ActiveForm.o_dataqc_engine.qn_format_cell_backcolor('" + lo_col.ControlSource + "', c_row_pk)"
>ENDFOR
>

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>My qn_format_cell_backcolor routine now has not only a reference to the column and row, but also valuable information in the control source of the column. This will do NICELY!!
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>Thank you!!
>Larry