>>>If the HilightStyle of VFP 8 grid is set to 0 (No grid row colored highlighting) the row is still highlighted in the old fashioned way.
>>>Is there a way that I can really truly turn off the highlighting so that users can see the dynamic color properties on the selected row? The selected row is then known by the record mark and/or the border only.
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>>Set grid's HighlightRow property to .F.
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>It doesn't work. It just removes the border around the selected row.

I'm not sure what you're tring to do because there's no other built-in row highlight in the grid. Can you elaborate?