I forgot about the recordsource issue, where if you set it you lose your grid settings.

Thanks,
Larry

>>I have a grid with ColumnCount set to 3. If I put a default value in the a Column's DynamicBackColor property...
>>IIF(MOD(RECNO( ), 2)=0, RGB(255,255,255), RGB(0,255,0))
>>...it does not work.
>>
>>But if I use...
>>
>>thisform.Grid1.SetAll("IIF(MOD(RECNO( ), 2)=0, RGB(255,255,255), RGB(0,255,0))","Column")
>>
>>in the init it works.
>>
>>Is this a bug?
>>
>>TIA,
>>Larry Long
>
>Larry,
>There is not such a bug. I think it's your code making it not to work. Are you sure Column's dynamicbackcolor is as you wrote at runtime (Open a debugger window and check)?
>Cetin