> I also have problem with custom drawing. I can not use method
> suggested by Ingo, because I do not show in grid column which value I
> use as a base for drawing bitmap.
>
> IB_Query.FieldByName does not work. Is there another way to obtain a
> current value of particular field of dataset attached to grid?

Look in the Contact sample application to see how it is done. You have to
use the BufferRowNum and the BufferFieldByName() with the DataRow[] from the
grid.

HTH,
Jason Wharton
CPS - Mesa AZ
http://www.ibobjects.com