>Hi everyone,
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>Is it possible to subclass a column and then get a grid to use the subclass instead of the base class for the columns instantiated?
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>It seems the default for .SelectOnEntry() is .T. and this client wants all their data entry grids to have this set to .F.; so either I go through and do so manually on each form or I guess better yet I could put code in the .INIT() of the form to loop through all columns and set this to .f. at runtime. But I would rather subclass the column and then somehow use this in my data entry subclass as the default column class.
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>It appears though that you cannot visually subclass a column although you can programmatically subclass it - with the latter though, I cannot see how to get the grid to use this subclass (I cannot even hack the .scx and do a "replace all" because the column itself does not seem to be a record in the .scx - it is just a property.
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>Am I missing anything or what would be the best practice?
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>Albert

Yes, but only in non visual class.
Check Member Class and Member Class Library in HELP.