Hi Folks. What is the best way to make a RowDataBound event work with the SelectedRowStyle-BackColor? The BackColor of each row in the GridView is determined by the RowDataBound event (see below code), which over-rides the SelectedRowStyle-BackColor in the aspx page. How can I make it so that each row is color-coded, but when selected the color changes? Many thanks,

if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
        {
            DataRowView drv = e.Row.DataItem as DataRowView;
            if (drv["column1"].ToString().Equals("blah"))
            {
                e.Row.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.LightGreen;
            }
         }

refer here 

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/grid/GridViewRowColor.aspx

OK, thanks for the link; however I'm not sure I want to go with the java workaround.

Is there a way to change the BackColor of just one cell with RowDataBound? Thought I saw it somewhere earlier in another post, but now can't find it. Been playing around with it for about an hour but can't figure out how to do it.

chriswight:

Is there a way to change the BackColor of just one cell with RowDataBound?

if (GridView1.Rows.Count > 0)
{
    GridView1.Rows[0].Cells[0].BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Blue;
}

Thanks Vinz. You rule. For anybody who's interested, here's the full code I used to color just one cell of a row with RowDataBound, which allows the rest of the row to be highlighted in another color by using the SelectedRowStyle-BackColor in the aspx page:
 

protected void GridView1_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
     //ensure that the row is a data row (not a header or footer)
     if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
     {
          //retrieve the dataitem, and cast it to the appropriate type 
          DataRowView drv = e.Row.DataItem as DataRowView;
          //determine the value of the Status field
          if (drv["column0"].ToString().Equals("Blah"))
          {
               e.Row.Cells[3].BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;
          }
     }
}