Ah, I guess we're not having quite the same problem, then. I'm not trying to change the colour in the parent class. I have an instance of the subclass on my form and it's _there_ that I'm trying to change the back colour and it's ignoring it.

Thanks anyway,

Michelle


>Well, Michelle.
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>It seems to be that Grid subclasses don't take some color properties from their parent class. (VFP 6)
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>Take a look at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;191997
>BUG: BackColor/ForeColor of Grid Not Carried Over to Subclass
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