I was having trouble figuring out how to get color from my DB (stored as string values) to stick to the color property of the ColorEdit control from DevExpress.  After searching various places for how I needed to format the datatype in the backend DB (since I was having trouble getting the control to work properly), it dawned on me that I was approaching this all wrong.  I left the datatype as is in the DB (string) and made an extremely simple change.  I modified the control so that the bound property was EditValue rather than Color (this is the same as what I did with the PictureEdit control). 

BAM!   It works beautifully!!

Thanks, again, StrataFrame and all of the gurus behind this framework.  You are making my life easier and easier every day!!

Bill