Ah, I guess I didn't think of that. How about this?

this.dataGridViewTrackingSearch.Rows[e.RowIndex].Cells["ColumnSono"].Style.BackColor = Color.Blue;

>Thanks but not quite, Tim
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>It only work for the first row in the grid.
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>I think that's because the CurrentRow property refers to the currently selected row, not the row currently being formattted.
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>There has to be some way of looking at the data in other other columns of the row being formatted by doing something with the e. object, but I can't figure out how.
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>Bill,
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>Now that I understand your question, I woudl think you can reference the other cell and set those same values with these right in the code you have.
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>this.dataGridViewTrackingSearch.CurrentRow.Cells["ColumnSono"].Style.BackColor = Color.Blue;
>this.dataGridViewTrackingSearch.CurrentRow.Cells["ColumnSono"].Style.SelectionBackColor = Color.Aqua;
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>Tim
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>>The code below sets the backcolor of the ColumnHasComments column to Red if the source data table record has "Y" in the hascomment field.
>>That works fine.
>>How would I set the backcolor of another column (ColumnSono) to Red for the same condition (hascomment = "Y")
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>> private void dataGridViewTrackingSearch_CellFormatting(object sender, DataGridViewCellFormattingEventArgs e)
>> {
>> if (dataGridViewTrackingSearch.Columns[e.ColumnIndex].Name.Equals("ColumnHasComment"))
>> {
>> if (e.Value != null)
>> {
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>> if (e.Value.ToString() == "Y")
>> {
>> e.CellStyle.BackColor = Color.Red;
>> e.CellStyle.SelectionBackColor = Color.DarkRed;
>> }
>> }
>> }
>> } // end CellFormatting
>>
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>T. Grant Bryan