Thanks Bonnie,

I too can change the row colors but not the cell. It sure seems that the properties are available and there is neither a dev time or run time exception. Maybe this is a limitation of the control.

Glenn

>Glenn,
>
>I could get the rows to be a color, but not the columns. I don't know if that's a bug or if that's how it's supposed to work.
>
>~~Bonnie
>
>
>>I am having trouble changing the color of cells dynamically in a listview. Here is the code which I thought would work (but it doesn't)
>>

>>Const product_column As Integer = 0
>>Const productname_column As Integer = 1
>>Const units_instock_column As Integer = 2
>>Const units_onorder_column As Integer = 3
>>Const reorderlevel_column As Integer = 4
>>Const discontinued_column As Integer = 5
>>
>>With ListView1.Items
>>  .Add(myreader.Item("productid"))
>>  curentrow = .Count - 1
>>  .Item(curentrow).SubItems.Add(myreader.Item("productname"))
>>  .Item(curentrow).SubItems.Add(myreader.Item("unitsinstock"))
>>  .Item(curentrow).SubItems.Add(myreader.Item("unitsonorder"))
>>  .Item(curentrow).SubItems.Add(myreader.Item("reorderlevel"))
>>  .Item(curentrow).SubItems.Add(myreader.Item("discontinued"))
>>  If myreader.GetInt16(units_instock_column) <= myreader.GetInt16(reorderlevel_column) And _
>>	myreader.GetInt16(units_onorder_column) = 0 And _
>>	myreader.GetBoolean(discontinued_column) = False Then
>>    .Item(curentrow).SubItems.Item(units_instock_column).ForeColor = Drawing.Color.White
>>    .Item(curentrow).SubItems.Item(units_instock_column).BackColor = Drawing.Color.DarkRed
>>  Else
>>    .Item(curentrow).SubItems.Item(units_instock_column).ForeColor = Drawing.Color.DarkOliveGreen
>>    .Item(curentrow).SubItems.Item(units_instock_column).BackColor = Drawing.Color.DarkRed
>>  End If
>>End With
>>

>>
>>The listbox loads but I see no color changes. Am I color blind?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Glenn