Hi Mike,

I think what he wants is to alternate lines when an index is set. If a customer table is in last name order then your code might not work, because record numbers 2 & 4 might be sequential in the order, so they'd both have RGB(255,0,0). I think he might need to find the postion of the row relative to the top of grid and set the colour according to that ( I can't remember how to find the postion of a row relative to it's top ).

Gavin...

>>If your record order within a grid control is not in record number order is there anyway of alternating the background colour of each line in the grid?
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>A little XMas cheer:
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>grid.setall('DynamicBackColor', 'iif(mod(recno(), 2) = 1, rgb(255,0,0), rgb(0,255,0))', 'Column')