>>ThisForm.Grid1.Column7.Text1.BackColor = 65535 (this does not work)
>>vs.
>>ThisForm.Grid1.Column7.BackColor = 65535 (this does work)
>>

>Then use the dynamicbackcolor property instead
>You can set that to something like iif(empty(myfield),red,white)
>(pseudo vfp)

I can not do that way. I have buch of codes in a function, so I need to have it like the first two codes. If there is another way to get the cell to change the color, then that would be great.