with thisform.grid1.column2 &&here grid.column2 for ex. *.dynamicforecolor=255 &&dont work *.dynamicforecolor="255" &&dont work *.dynamicforecolor=rgb(255,0,0) && dont work .dynamicforecolor="rgb(255,0,0)" && work *must be mandatory a valid expresion between quotes to be evaluated by vfp.Specifies a character expression evaluates at run time to a single color value. * The color value is reevaluated at run time whenever the Grid control is refreshed .refresh &&mandatory because a grid column cannot refresh automatically. endwithsame thing for dynamicbackcolor.