another datagrid question

Phil Davis revdev at pdslabs.net
Tue Mar 8 14:25:41 EST 2016


My "make all lines have the same columns" idea brought no change to what 
is displayed. I use a custom column behavior in this DG, so I'll see how 
I can simplify my data & code.

Thanks -
Phil


On 3/8/16 11:00 AM, Phil Davis wrote:
> Combined responses below.
>
>
> On 3/8/16 5:59 AM, dunbarx at aol.com wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>>
>> Have you done a "dispatch resetList to group yourDG?"
>>
>>
>>
> Thanks Craig. I tried this and saw no change to what was displayed.
>
>
>
> On 3/8/16 10:35 AM, zryip theSlug wrote:
>> Hi Phil,
>>
>> You can first explore how the data is split in the datagrid internal 
>> array.
>>
>> 1. You can use the msg box with this command:
>> send "PrintKeys" to grp "myDataGrid"
>>
>> 2. Or, if you are a DGH user, go to the DGH's properties palette ->
>> "Print keys" topic -> "Show data"
>>
> Nice - I had never used PrintKeys before. What I see is this: While my 
> undisplayed column data is consistently included in the PrintKeys 
> output, there are other columns that are included only under certain 
> circumstances. I suppose I should make my data always have the same 
> number of columns per record - seems like I remember something about 
> that being an issue in the past but I could be wrong. Will give it a 
> try anyway.
>
> Thanks guys -
> Phil
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Phil Davis <revdev at pdslabs.net>
>> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
>> Sent: Tue, Mar 8, 2016 3:35 am
>> Subject: another datagrid question
>>
>> My DG table doesn't display the data in its first column. I know I've
>> seen this before, and may have even fixed it for a client ages ago. But
>> I'm drawing a blank.
>>
>> Using the property inspector, I can see the data in column 1. It's 
>> there.
>>
>> The column is displayed, but it appears to be empty.
>>
>> Can someone please jar my memory?
>>
>> Thanks -
>>
>

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Phil Davis





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