I'm able to change the background of a row by binding a converter to the Background property of the DataRecordCellArea:

        <Style TargetType="{x:Type igPresenter:DataRecordCellArea}">
            <Setter Property="Background" Value="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent},
                Path=Content, Converter={StaticResource customHighlightConverter}}"/>
        </Style>

I would also like to know how to change this value if code.  At the moment I'm using:

               RecordPresenter presenter = DataRecordPresenter.FromRecord(Records[index]);
                if (presenter != null)
                {
                    presenter.Background = brush;
                }

but this changes the background behind the Cell area that i've changed via binding.

How can i get access to the DataRecordCellArea in code to be able to update the background color?

Thanks,

Jamie