How to Retain the ForeColor in a Grid For a Selected Cell

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The following example shows how to have a selected cell in a grid retain its changed ForeColor upon selecting the cell, instead of the cell changing its color back to the default color.

Step-by-Step Example

1. Create a new form and add the Customer table (located in Samples\Data) to the Data Environment. Place a grid on the form by dragging the Customer table from the Data Environment.
2. Change the Grid1 ColumnCount property to 2.
3. Ensure that the Grid1 RecordSource property is Customer.
4. Ensure that the RecordSourceType property is 1 - Alias.
5. Change the Grid1 Column1 ControlSource property to customer.cust_id.
6. Change the Grid1 Column2 ControlSource property to customer.country.
7. Place the following code in Grid1 Column1 DynamicForeColor method:

         "IIF(customer.country='Germany',255,0)"  && use the quotation marks
   						

   NOTE: The previous line changes the ForeColor to Red if the country is Germany, otherwise it is Black. (There should be an equal (=) sign in front of this statement in the property sheet dialog line.
8. Place the following code in the Grid1 Column1 Text1 GotFocus event:

      This.SelectedForeColor=IIF(customer.country='Germany',255,0)
   						

   NOTE: The previous line retains the ForeColor of the cell upon selection.
9. Save and run the Form.

Using the up and down arrow keys, scroll through the grid and observe that the records having Germany in the Country column maintain red as the cells are selected - instead of changing to black. Remove the line of code in Grid1.Column1.Text1.GotFocus event, run the form, and observe that the selected Germany cell changes to black upon selection.