>>Grid's backcolor is the color of the space where there are no records. If you want the background for the records, you'd have to set them in the column or the column's active control.
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>Thanks, but I already know that. I _am_ setting the backcolor of the columns (and it's propagating to the textbox), but it only shows up when I click on a cell. There must be something goofy in my class somewhere, but I haven't had time to fully investigate it.

Mmmmm... sounds sparse.

I mean, whenever I see something that works on the selected cell but not on the rest of the column, it makes me check any of the Dynamic* properties and the sparse property of the column.