FOR EACH loCol IN .COLUMNS WITH loCol .FONTSIZE = 8 .Header1.FONTBOLD = .T. && all columns IF .COLUMNORDER = 1 .Text1.DISABLEDFORECOLOR = .Text1.FORECOLOR ELSE .SPARSE = .F. && so we can always see contents of memo field ** set all appts to have yellow backcolor .DYNAMICBACKCOLOR="IIF("+loCol.CONTROLSOURCE+"='',RGB(255,255,255),RGB(255,255,128))" ENDIF ENDWITHIt works fine UNTIL I make the column/editbox Read-only - then the editbox always has a backColor of white.