So I understood your demand correctly

procedure grid.Init
local oCol as Column
for each oCol in this.columns foxobject
  oCol.dynamicBackColor = textmerge([iif(fdateField > date() - daysHistory, <<rgb(rr1,gg1,bb1)>>, <<rgb(rr2,gg2,bb2)>>)]) && expand rgb() so that it's not calculated on each row
endfor

>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