Summary
The ASP.NET Gridview will display each row/column ("cell") using the active attribute of the backing screen. when the FieldMap.UseScreenAttributes=true. This can be particularly important when there is significant logic in the host being performed to color-code data in the table.
Controlling Properties
FieldMap.UseScreenAttributes
Details
Many host applications include logic to color code or otherwise highlight values on the screen. The runtime DHTML supports this for multi-row lists displayed in the Gridview when you set UseScreenAttributes=true for the FieldMap defining the multi-row list.
Column values are set with attributes from the live screen display
