Q: How do I color a cell in a JdbTable?

A: Use a column paint listener:

column1.addColumnPaintListener(
  new com.borland.dx.dataset.ColumnPaintAdapter() 
  {
    public void painting(DataSet dataSet, 
                         Column column, 
                         int row, 
                         Variant value, 
                         CustomPaintSite paintSite) 
       {
         column1_painting(dataSet, column, row, value, paintSite);
       }
  });


void column1_painting(DataSet dataSet, 
                      Column column, 
                      int row, 
                      Variant value, 
                      CustomPaintSite paintSite) 
     {
       // paint odd values red, even values green
       if ((value.getShort() & 0x1) == 1) 
       {
         paintSite.setBackground(Color.red);
       }
       else 
       {
         paintSite.setBackground(Color.green);
       }
     }


This example was originally contributed to the borland.public.jbuilder.dbswing newsgroup by TeamB member Tad Frysinger

Original newsgroup article: 

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&selm=MPG.13de25dcd1ab486998969f%40forums.inprise.com