Hi, Thanks, but that didn't work either. However I did find a solutionstring search = "x1"; string status = (ConnectionStatus) ? "Connected" : "Disconnected"; for (int i = 0; i < myListView.Items.Count; i++) { { ListViewItem item = myListView.Items; if(item.SubItems[4] == search) items.SubItems[3].Text = status } Thanks all for your suggestions. "You don't scare me Selene."-Tanis "We'll have to work on that."-Selene (Underworld Evolution)

LOL. Great - now I'm going to have that damn song stuck in my head all day. cheers, Chris Maunder CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

Thanks a lot Shajeel. It worked a treat :-D Web design and hosting http://www.kayess.com.au

In your form class after you added the grid to the form add: DataGridColoredRowColumn aTextColumn; for (int i = 1; i < numColumns; i++) { aTextColumn = new DataGridColoredRowBoxColumn ();} this.datagridStyle.GridColumnStyles.Add(aTextColumn); Add a new class DataGridColoredRowBoxColumn, in which you will override the paint method. public class DataGridColoredRowBoxColumn : DataGridTextBoxColumn { protected override void Paint(System.Drawing.Graphics g, System.Drawing.Rectangle bounds, CurrencyManager source, int rowNum, System.Drawing.Brush backBrush, System.Drawing.Brush foreBrush, bool alignToRight) { try { object o = this.GetColumnValueAtRow(source, rowNum); if( o!= null) { string str = (string)o; if (str == "WHATEVER YOU COMPARE TOO") { backBrush = new SolidBrush(Color.Pink); } } catch (Exception) {} finally { base.Paint(g, bounds, source, rowNum, backBrush, foreBrush, alignToRight); } } }

Glad I could help Steve Regards, Polis Can you practice what you teach?