>>>I would like to be able to color specific cells in a grid based on the content of the grid.
>>>ie: if source field = "blackout", black out cell.
>>>
>>>Is this possible? Has anyone done it? Can you tell ME how to do it?
>>>
>>>Paul Moon
>>
>>Have a look at the dynamicbackcolor and other dynamic... properties of a column.
>>mygrid.column1.dynamicbackcolor = "iif(field1 = "BLACKOUT", RGB(0,0,0), RGB(255,255,255))
>
>OK, this should work. Is there any way to subclass the column in a grid so that I don't have to do this 240 times?

Yes, there is, but not visually. There was a long thread about this a few weeks ago, search for 'subclass header' or something... if you can't find it, let me know.