By default, the EventForeColor property is 0. The EventForeColor property has effect only if it is not-zero. The EventForeColor property specifies the event's foreground color if it belongs to a group. The BodyForeColor property specifies the foreground color to show the labels on the event. The ApplyGroupingColors property indicates whether the EventForeColor, EventBackColor and EventPattern,  properties of the Group object are being applied to events. The HeaderForeColor property can be used to specify a different foreground color on the group's header.

The control displays groups if

• ShowGroupingEvents property is True
• The Groups collection has elements. By default, the Groups collection contains no Group objects.