>ThisForm.Grid1.Column7.Text1.BackColor = 65535 (this does not work)
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>ThisForm.Grid1.Column7.BackColor = 65535 (this does work)
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>Why is that (above)? What I want to do is highlite only the cell(s), not by column or row. What I am doing is highliting the required field(s) if some where left blank after the record validation...
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Is the Textbox transparent? Changing the Backstyle property from 0 to 1 might help; if Backstyle is transparent, the background color of the control is ignored, and you see the background color of the container instead.