On Tuesday 30 June 2009 03:00:35 pm johnf wrote:

> On Tuesday 30 June 2009 01:19:26 pm Paul McNett wrote:

> > johnf wrote:

> > > It should be noted that if you set the column[idx].Visible = False you

> > > no longer have access to the value. So for me using the column for

> > > calc is not going to work.

> >

> > Update to r5283 and then experiment with querying

> > grid.Columns[idx].Value, which you can do whether or not the column is

> > visible.

> >

> > Paul

>

> I'm using grid.GetCellValue(row,col) to access the column I'm hiding. That

> returns '' as the value (should have been True or False). Is there a

> better way?

>

> Let me tell you what I'm doing. I have a column that is changing colors

> (the background color of the cell) depending on several data fields in the

> grid. At first I was just using the bool value of the cell to support the

> cell colors. Then I needed an other value from the row. And now I need a

> third. Everything is in the row so I was just using the "GetCellValue" to

> set the value.

>

> But now it looks like I need to create a virtual field to handle the issue.

> I'm sort of resisting because I already have performance troubles. And of

> course adding more work for the bizobj to do sounds like not the way to go.

not so fast I found "resched = grid.DataSet[row]['resched']" that works.

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John Fabiani