>I've realized on the way home in train, that eval(this.controlsource) was your problem.

Really? But why? It's evaluated, as I believe I mentioned, in the method call just fine.

> If I would write it in code, I would put:
>this.DynamicBackColor="thisform.MyBackColor("+this.ControlSource+")"

Boy, it's a day of confusion for me. What is the plus-sign delimiters for?

>I don't see a way to do in a property sheet.

Nor in code. With an EVAL(). If I made the assignment to DynamicBackColor in the grid init, VFP still complained. I had to just give up on the EVAL(). I think it's something about how EVALs are evaluated, but it's just out of reach in my memory.

> However, you can put thisform.MyColor(MyTable.MyField), if you know the field name. I allways do it in a code, but it's not necessary, as you fairy noted.

Right. Best to try it before saying for sure.