I don't know why (will try to check it out later) but have you tried a grid.SetFocus()?

>This works perfectly well but how can we explain the 2 colors effects only appears when the user go on the grid. When I only display the grid, all the content appears ok but no 2 colors. Strange? (I tried to put it in refresh as well but no chance).
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>>Eric,
>>Use "ActiveRow" not "RelativeRow". ActiveRow is always the same for a given set of records (First record whether indexed or not is 1, next record is 2, etc.).
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>>Barbara
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>>>
>>>Didn't work:
>>>
>>>I put this in the grid.init method. Comes out as RGB(255,255,255) for each row. As a test: RECNO() works fine but of course bring me back to the first question.
>>>
>>>Maybe the rows are not define at this time?
>>>
>>>THIS.SetAll("DynamicBackColor", ;
>>> "IIF(MOD(THIS.RelativeRow, 2)=0, RGB(255,255,255) ;
>>> , RGB(128,255,255))", "Column") && Alternate white and green records
>>>
>>>*THIS.SetAll("DynamicBackColor", ;
>>>* "IIF(MOD(RECNO(), 2)=0, RGB(255,255,255) ;
>>>* , RGB(128,255,255))", "Column") && Alternate white and green records