Datagrid: applying a textStyle to a single column in a table?

[Terry Judd]

Great - thanks Trevor that gives me heaps of flexibility (and I now know how
to truncate columns). It's a complex beast - but I love it.

Terry...


On 17/10/09 12:08 AM, "Trevor DeVore" <lists at mangomultimedia.com> wrote:

> On Oct 16, 2009, at 1:43 AM, Terry Judd wrote:
> 
>> Is it possible to apply a unique textstyle to a single column in a
>> datagrid
>> table without having to muck around with row templates? I'm just
>> looking to
>> set the textStyle of one column to link and don't even need to set the
>> linkdata.
> 
> You don't have to muck around with row templates if you don't want to.
> You can get away with customizing the script that renders data to
> columns. Here is a lesson that shows how to do this:
> 
> How Do I Override the Default Behavior For Rendering Data to a Cell?:
> <http://revolution.screenstepslive.com/spaces/revolution/manuals/datagrid/less
> ons/4202-How-Do-I-Override-the-Default-Behavior-For-Rendering-Data-to-a-Cell-
>> 
> 
> The step "Example: Truncate Tail" shows how you could do what you
> want. Just set the textStyle property for that one particular column.
> 
> on FillInData pDataArrayA
>      ....
>      switch the dgColumn of me
>          case "COL WITH TEXT STYLE"
>                  set the textStyle of me to "link"
>    break
>      end swich
>      ....
> end FillInData