hi, Thanks for the help. I will try this out, its something I can do after my grid has been paited but I still need a way of getting the row information before the grid has been painted. What I do is check if something exists in the row and if it does I color it a certain color. My problem is that the paint method has the row number as a parameter but when I get the row from the Datasource bound to the grid using this row it doesnt give me the row that actually displays. This happens after I click the column header to sort the grid. I cant cast the CurrencyManager Source and check its details because it only shows information for a specific cell in the row (I think its GetValueAtColumn(Source, RowNum)). I need to check the 1st column in that row and determine what colour to paint the cell.

Hi, Ive tried a Datagrid datasource bound to a dataview and dataset. I click on the header and it sorts the grid, which i want. After this i want to get the value in the first row, first column of the new datagrid before it has been drawn. Before I sort the grid i get the value either by getting it from the datasource or the dataview and it is what I want. Now i try to get the value after the sort and it gives me the same value as before the sort was done. Ive tried to bind the new dataview after programatically sorting it and getting the value, but with no luck. Please help. My aim before was to override the Paint method and color the rows I want a different colour. So i need to check the value before it paints.