Yes, your words make sense. I just answer exactly as question asked ;) the question was about why that code line did not worked...

>>Hi!
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>>This because text1 control shown only in the one cell (current cell), when all other values shown by the grid itself (using column properties). To show Text1 control in all cells of column, change value of the Sparse property in the column. This should cause your first line work.
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>>HTH.
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>Yes, but he wouldn't have the whole column coloured. Otherwise there was no problem wit setting the column backcolor.
>He wants to set the color of only one cell in his grid based on what the validation of his form returns