Setting BackColor of pannel

[Armandt__]

Hi , ive got a asp.net vb web app, now i save a color code the a sql database and the show the data in a c1webgrid, now what i want to do is put a panel in template column and set the backcolor of the panel acording to what is in the database Now what i did was C1WebGrid:C1TemplateColumn    <ItemTemplate>       <asp:Panel ID="Panel4" runat="server"             BackColor='<%# Eval("ColorCode") %>' Height="20px" Width="20px>             asp:Panel    </ItemTemplate> </C1WebGrid:C1TemplateColumn> but it gives me a System.InvalidCastException: Specified cast is not valid error if someone can please help me with this, Thanks

[DoctorMick]

Try Eval("ColorCode").ToString()?

[Armandt__]

got it right, i put ,   <%# System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.FromHtml(Eval("ColorCode")) %> thanks anyway.