[RESOLVED]setting gridview cell forecolor to backcolor

[ZeBula8]

I have a gridview in which i would like to 'hide' certain text in the cell.

Certain rows, I need to have the text hidden and
To achieve this, I want to set the tablecell's forecolor to the tablecell's backcolor property, thereby making the text invisible and hiding it.



In the RowDataBound event I have tried using this:

        Dim tc As TableCell = e.Row.Cells(4)
        tc.ForeColor = tc.BackColor
        tc = e.Row.Cells(5)
        tc.ForeColor = tc.BackColor

but when I step through this the BackColor is always rgb(0,0,0,0)

Does anyone know how I can achieve this ?