Re: [dabo-users] Need "SetCellSize" in dGrid

Author: Anton Hofer

Posted: 2012-05-31 at 09:05:48

Am 31.05.2012 14:50, schrieb Paul McNett:

> On 5/30/12 10:27 PM, Anton Hofer wrote:

>> Am 30.05.2012 23:45, schrieb Paul McNett:

>>> On 5/30/12 2:36 PM, John Fabiani wrote:

>>>> On Wednesday, May 30, 2012 10:13:13 PM Anton Hofer wrote:

>>>>> Dear Community,

>>>>>

>>>>> a few month ago i have searched for a alternative programming

>>>>> environment for Visual FoxPro and found dabo. In my little FoxPro-app i

>>>>> have a grid where some cells overlap two or more columns. In the Visual

>>>>> FoxPro Grid i have solved this Problem. I use several Containers in one

>>>>> Column an can now simulate this. Now i want to write this app with dabo.

>>>>> In the wyPython-framework there is a grid-command "SetCellSize". This

>>>>> should be a solution for my problem.

>>>>> In the dabo-framework there is no command "SetCellSize".

>>>>> Therefor i have tried to use "SetCellValue" from wxPython in the

>>>>> demogrid of dabodemo. But when i select the "DemoGrid" in the

>>>>> objectinspector and give in e. g. a "obj.SetCellSize(2,2,2,2)" nothing

>>>>> happens in the Grid. There is no errormessage and it seems the command

>>>>> is right.

>>>>> Do you have any idea what i can do?

>>>>>

>>>>> Thank you very much for your help!

>>>> The standard "Width" property works. That said, I normally do NOT set the

>>>> width on columns. In Dabo the user can manually set the width of column and

>>>> the framework will save the setting when the user closes the form.

>>> I think Anton wants to set not the column width but the cell width, so that when

>>> editing in the cell the contents overlap adjacent column(s), but when just looking at

>>> it the contents cut off in favor of the contents from the other columns. Anton, do I

>>> have it right?

>> Yes, it is right.

>>> Paul

>> I tried tis in the wxPython-Demo an there it works. I need a view like

>> this (1, 2, 3, 4 means column1, column2 ...):

>>

>> 111 22 333333333 4444444444444

>> 111 2222222222222222222222222

>> 111 2222222222222222222222222

>> 111 22 333333333 4444444444444

>> 111 22 333333333 4444444444444

>> 111 22 333333333 4444444444444

> Do you want to see those long column 2's all the time, whether or not the grid is in

> read-only or edit mode?

>

> If so, when if ever does the user get to see the data in column 3 and 4 for those rows?

>

> Paul

>

If it is possibel, i want to see this long column 2's in edit-mode too.

But i will edit my data in a form so it is important for me to see the

long columns.

The user has not to see the data in column 3 and 4 because in case of a

long column 2 both columns 3 and 4 have no data.

Anton

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