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Sizing objects in a grid column
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23/06/1997 08:49:56
 
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Classes - VCX
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00036205
Message ID:
00037399
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49
>> >Now here's a good one. I'd like the captions on these buttons to be
>> dynamic, to reflect some value in a table. Without a .ControlSource
>> property, I've not been able to do this. Any ideas?
>>
>> You could use DynamicCurrentControl:
>> 1. Add couple commandbuttons with specific captions (hopefully you need in
>> few) to particular column.
>> 2. Issue something like:
>> this.column3.dynamiccurrentcontrol="iif(table.number!=1,'Command1','Command2
>> ')"
>> in Grid event and set Column3.Sparse=.F.
>> In this example you will see either Command1 or Command2 (with different
>> captions) depending on 'number' value.
>
>Actually, this isn't a bad idea. But it may be too limiting. Instead
>of having an IIF() in the expression, have a call to a UDF that always
>returns the name of the button object. But have the UDF itself change
>the button label.
>
>I've not tried this, but the concept has worked in other places very
>well.
>
>/Paul

IIF was used just as example, to make it clearer. Surely, it can be expanded to UDF.
Edward Pikman
Independent Consultant
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