Hi!

Mark, Dynamic* properties rule the appearance of all cells but active cell and cells in columns with Sparse=.F. For active cell you require to set up the colors in the cell control inside the column.

Take a look also to the FAQ#8092, it might be useful for you too.

HTH.

>Hello All
>
>I use a simple higlighting grid
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>In its init method it has the following code.
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>

>WITH this
>	IF !empty(.RecordSource)
>		.nCurRec = recno(this.RecordSource)
>		.SetAll("DynamicBackColor", "IIF(RecNo(This.RecordSource) = This.nCurRec," + ;
>			str(this.cCurRecBackColor)+","+str(this.BackColor)+")", "Column")
>		.SetAll("DynamicForeColor", "IIF(RecNo(This.RecordSource) = This.nCurRec," + ;
>			str(this.cCurRecForeColor)+","+str(this.ForeColor)+")", "Column")
>	ENDIF
>ENDWITH
>

>
>Apart from this init method there is almost no other code in the class.
>
>When the user enters a cell on this grid the entire row is highlighted apart from the active cell. This is my preferred behaviour when I want my users to edit the grid.
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>However when this grid is read only I want the entire line to be highlighted including the active cell.
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>Since I cant figure out why the above code does not highlight the active cell in the first place I am having trouble modifying the code so that it behaves the way I want.
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>All the fields have their select on entry property set to false so I have ruled this out as the cause.
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>
>to summarise
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>1. when the grid is not readonly I want the whole row highlighted apart from the current active cell.
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>2. When the grid is readonly I want the entire row highlighted including the active cell.
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>
>Many Thanks