Larry,

This refers to the grid because the Dynamic properties are evaluated on the grid level. You're rigt, ActiweRow/Column is uselles in this case. I don't know what I was thinking. Anyway, Cetin gave you a solution that should work for you.

>I had already looked at them, but they appear to be not functional for the dymamic settings...at least as far as I can tell.
>Strange thing is, when I set the DynamicBackColor to a method with "this" being sent as a parameter, the "this" object refers only to the grid and not each control, although it get fired for each cell and I dont see any property referring to the cell which is being affected.
>Am I missing something?
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