>Sergey, Greetings.
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>ah yes - property, not method. Duh.
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>>The following should work if assigned to the DynamicBackColor property of the columns as is at the design time

IIF(diary.live,RGB(192,192,192),RGB(192,220,192))

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>thats what I was trying. Didn't work.
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>Or you can use SetAll method of the grid

* Grid's Init
>>This.SetAll("DynamicBackColor","IIF(diary.live,RGB(192,192,192),RGB(192,220,192))","Column")

BTW, the DynamicBackColor is a property not a method.
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>and that is what I just tried and it worked first time!
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>Thanks a lot!
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>H

You're welcome.