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Re: Using EUGrid in IDE

• Posted by Jonas Temple <jtemple at yhti.net> Jul 31, 2004
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Craig Welch wrote:
> Now, if I do that, I'm not able to format the columns in all of the 
> various ways defined by EuGrid, am I? For example, if I attempt to use 
> a multi-line edit control, IDE says: "Invalid control for EuGrid". Is 
> there a way of creating such a control myself, somewhere in IDE's editor?
> 
> One of the key aspects of EuGrid is the separation of the underlying 
> data and the data presented in the grid. That's why, when creating a 
> grid column, one of the parameters is 'DataColumn'. In my project, for 
> example, my data are arranged in 11 columns, but I only need to 
> display 5 of them. In IDE, it seems that I must create a grid column 
> for each dataset column. I've tried unchecking 'visible' on the 
> un-needed columns, but they're still displayed.
> 
> As I type this, it occurs to me that I might just set the column width 
> to zero for the un-needed columns. I'll try that shortly.
> 
I think Judith is working on enhancements to the IDE to handle 
multi-line edit controls.  I think she also realizes that the IDE doesn't
quite handle all of the features of EuGrid. Judith, if I've spoken out of
turn feel free to correct me.

One suggestion...you could just use the IDE to place the grid control
in the window and then using the code editor go into the Into or General 
section and type the EGW_AddColumn calls yourself.  That way you'd be 
able to set the underlying column.

Jonas