datagrid contents

Bernard Devlin bdrunrev at gmail.com
Fri Mar 27 10:48:25 EDT 2009


Thanks for the link to the documentation, Kevin.  Setting dgText works fine
for me :-)
Thanks Trevor.  50,000 rows sounds pretty sweet.

It's good that we now have three options when it comes to this kind of
display: table field, data grid, and ListMagic.

Bernard

On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Trevor DeVore <lists at mangomultimedia.com>wrote:

> On Mar 27, 2009, at 9:49 AM, Bernard Devlin wrote:
>
>  The new data grid definitely looks like an improvement over the old table
>> field.  However, I can't work out if there is a simple way to set the
>> contents of the datagrid by script (without setting the text of the fields
>> contained within the grid).  I'm sure there must be.
>> Also, seeing that it is composed of a multitude of fields (such as field
>> "Col 2 0003"), does the numbering imply that it is usable up to 9999 rows?
>>
>
> Kevin already pointed you to the current set of docs so I will just respond
> to the question about the number of rows.
>
> In order to optimize performance the data grid only draws data that can
> currently be seen on the screen. The naming of the column and row controls
> (i.e. Col 2 0003) is merely for distinction if you are looking at the
> controls and has no actual bearing on the number of rows that can be
> displayed. For example, I have a sample stack that quickly renders 50,000
> records from a sqlite database without any problems.
>
> Regards,
>
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