Thanks. I'll give that a try.
>>If I'm using mmDataGrid to display child records, and I have AddRowsWithDownArrow = true, it doesn't automatically populate the parent foreign key field (as it does when I call NewRow() directly).
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>>Should it do this? And if not, where's the best place to hook into for getting this field populated (and any other defaults I might have).
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>
>If you set up the DefaultValue for your DataColumn it looks like it honors those. That won't help you if you have a DataRelation between your tables. Here is how to hook into the event that fires when you down arrow in the datagrid. You must be databound to the DefaultView (grid.BindingSourceMember=BizObj.DefaultView)
>
>// hook into new row, do this after you retrieve data
>DataView dv = det.GetCurrentDataSet().Tables["OrderDetail"].DefaultView;
>dv.ListChanged += new ListChangedEventHandler(det_ListChanged);
>
>Then in the event handler
>
>private void det_ListChanged(Object sender, ListChangedEventArgs e)
>{
> if (e.ListChangedType == ListChangedType.ItemAdded)
> {
> DataRowView drv = ((DataView)sender)[e.NewIndex];
> if (drv.IsNew)
> { // Add any defaults here
> drv["iqty"] = 1;
> //You would have to do a table lookup here
> drv["cdesc"] = "ItemDescription";
> }
> }
>}
>
Ryan Katri
COB System Designs, Inc.