>>>>Here is the code that I thougth would work but doesn't:
>>>>
>>>>this.column4.DynamicBackColor = 'iif(duedate < DATE(),RGB(255,50,50),this.column4.DynamicBackColor)'
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>>>I put that code in the Grid.Init, and it seemed to work just fine. Where are you setting it?
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>>Garrett, you are sure that this makes what you tasks make ?
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>Well, I set the Column.BackColor to green, and then put the line above (changing it for the actual column name) in the Grid.Init, and browsed a table that had a bunch of different dates. The dates less than today showed up as red: today and later showed up as the correct backcolor.
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>This also works, and semantically makes a bit more sense:
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this.column1.DynamicBackColor = ;
>   'iif(duedate < DATE(), ;
>        RGB(255,50,50), ;
>        this.column1.BackColor)'

This is correct.