Data Grids - Column view help

[Trevor DeVore]

On Apr 15, 2009, at 12:35 PM, Ian McKnight wrote:

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> Is this the correct way to create a table view of data held in an
> array? Is the first method I tried specifically for tab delimited
> lists?

Hi Ian,

When you set the dgData of a data grid table, the data grid will look  
for a column name that matches the name of each key in the array you  
assign, titleArray in your case. If you have a column that matches  
then the data grid will try to draw the data in your array.

By default the data grid assumes the value of the column is text and a  
cell with a field will be created for displaying the text. You only  
need to customize the column behavior if you want to display data of  
another type.

> And finally I was able to modify the table view by accessing the
> template view of the individual column, which contains a group instead
> of a field (as in the FORM layout),  and replacing the field in this
> group with a list field. All works perfectly. But how can I put an
> image into a column? When I modify the column template to include a
> image, the image will not display. I'm trying to take advantage of the
> TABLE's sorting facility.

Does the name of the key in your array that stores the image have a  
matching column name? If so, what does your code look like that is  
trying to load the image into the column?

I will also mention that you can sort forms as well, you just don't  
get the prefab headers. I don't think I've added it to the docs yet  
but the call is:

SortDataByKey pKey, pType, pDirection, pCaseSensitive

pKey is the key in your array to sort by.
pType and pDirection are same as options in Revolution sort.
pCaseSensitive should be self explanatory.

Regards,

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Trevor DeVore
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