Hi Albert,

I remember that I had problems with grids without any record and disappeared rows and DYNAMIC* stuff. For all I know a combination of grid.refresh and grid.parent.refresh after APPEND (or the like) or SET FILTER TO was the solution for me.

Lutz
>Hi,
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>I have a grid where the user picks a "type" in the first column and then based on that, certain columns are skipped for the rest of the grid. To make it obvious, I also change the backcolor of those columns to be grey to visually signal they cannot be edited any longer. I use DynamicBackColor for this something like:
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>grid.Column5.DynamicBackColor = "IIF(AnnuityType='Life',RGB(255,255,255),RGB(220,220,220))"
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>- it works great 98% of the time
>- if I start with a grid populated with data, it works
>- if the user changes the type from "Life" to something else, it works
>- if I add a row to the grid (via a button), it works
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>But it does not work if:
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>- I start with a blank grid upon form startup and then add a row
>- for this instance, if I add a row and save the changes and reload the form, it works
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>I don't have anything in my expression to evaluate the record number or primary key etc. that would be affected by starting the grid with no records.
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>In the help file, it says the dynamic back color is reevaluated every time the grid is refreshed - so I force this at the bottom of my code that fires when the user changes the "type". I did not see any bug listed in the help file (the updated one) or kilo-fox. I also tried refreshing the individual columns instead of the grid as a whole and that did not help.
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>Strange.
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>Albert