>>I've realized on the way home in train, that eval(this.controlsource) was your problem.
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>Really? But why? It's evaluated, as I believe I mentioned, in the method call just fine.

I can not explain. It just doesn't look right...
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>> If I would write it in code, I would put:
>>this.DynamicBackColor="thisform.MyBackColor("+this.ControlSource+")"
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>Boy, it's a day of confusion for me. What is the plus-sign delimiters for?

The whole string is now this.DynamicBackColor="thisform.myColor(MyTable.MyField)", which is perfectly valid expression.

>>I don't see a way to do in a property sheet.
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>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.
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>> 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.
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>Right. Best to try it before saying for sure.

I'll try next time... :)