Hi Janani,

The code you have here will apply to the current active row, but since you are setting the appearance on that specific row, it will maintain the same appearance when you leave the row, and if you do it this way, you will have to handle it every time the active row changes.

If you want to highlight the active (current) row in the grid, then the best way to do it is to use the ActiveRowAppearance property.

The code you have here doesn't work because you are not specifying any colors. So your gradient and/or hatch is using the same color. A gradient from White to White is just a solid white background.

Here's how I would do it:

    Private Sub UltraGrid1_InitializeLayout(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As Infragistics.Win.UltraWinGrid.InitializeLayoutEventArgs) Handles UltraGrid1.InitializeLayout
        Dim layout As UltraGridLayout = e.Layout
        Dim ov As UltraGridOverride = layout.Override

        Dim appearance As Appearance = layout.Appearances.Add("ActiveRow")
        appearance.BackColor = Color.Blue
        appearance.BackColor2 = Color.Chartreuse
        appearance.BackGradientStyle = GradientStyle.Vertical
        ov.ActiveRowAppearance = appearance
    End Sub

BTW, you can have a hatch or a gradient, but you cannot use both at the same time. If you specify both, only the gradient will apply.