Christof,

The speed of arrayy access vs method call isn't an issue at all in this app. The grid only displays a p-view that is always 5 records, and the grid is sized so the 5 rows exactly fit, no scrollbars.

>In this case it should be faster to use an array with 5 rows and then use the following expression:
>
>IIF( BETWEEN(RECNO(),1,5), Thisform.aColors[RECNO()], RGB(192,192,192) )