>Nick
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>Sorry I'm not explaining myself very well
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>I click on thee checkbox that turns the conditional higlighting on (Gridhighlighter1.lCustomCondition property) - that works beautifully
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>What I wnat to do is have the form automatically turn on conditional higlighting when it initialises
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>Thanks
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>Colin

Hi Colin,

You don't need to turn it on when the form loads. You just need to set Gridhighlighter1.lCustomCondition property to .t. in the Gridhighlighter1 instance on your form at the design time.