>hi All,
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>I believe my question was worded poorly and may have been misunderstood.
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>I would like to change the "Backcolor" of a cell or a row of cells with in a grid based on a condition.
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>to be more specific the condition is date evaluation.
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>any suggestions?
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>thank you

If that's the case, then DynamicBackColor property should work fine for you. Set it in the Init event of the grid.