dgText vs. dgData
Bob Sneidar
bobs at twft.com
Thu Jan 26 17:03:29 EST 2012
Odd then that this command:
on datavstext
put the dgText["true"] of group "dgTableData" into theResult
put cr & "-----" & cr after theResult
put the dgData of group "dgTableData" into theDataA
put printKeys(theDataA) after theResult
put theResult
end datavstext
should return this result:
reservationid building roomnumber startdate enddate amount clientid clientname
1 Harmony 403 2012-01-12 2012-01-15 0 0
2 Harmony 404 2012-01-14 2012-01-15 0 0
-----
1
conferencename:
amount: 0
enddate: 2012-01-15
conferenceid: 0
siteid: 2
baseunit: day
uniqueid: 8
clientid: 0
starttime: 4:00 PM
baseprice: 0
building: Harmony
clientname:
discount: 0
roomid: 49
rnotes:
startdate: 2012-01-12
endtime: 10:00 AM
roomnumber: 403
reservationid: 1
quantity: 1
2
conferencename:
amount: 0
enddate: 2012-01-15
conferenceid:
siteid: 2
baseunit: day
uniqueid: 9
clientid: 0
starttime: 4:00 PM
baseprice: 0
building: Harmony
clientname:
discount: 0
roomid: 50
rnotes:
startdate: 2012-01-14
endtime: 10:00 AM
roomnumber: 404
reservationid: 2
quantity: 1
Bob
On Jan 26, 2012, at 12:43 PM, Pete wrote:
> Not sure what you mean by "displayed", but f you mean columns that are not
> hidden, that's not my experience - I see hidden columns and all rows in
> dgText.
> Pete
>
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Bob Sneidar <bobs at twft.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all. Here is an interesting twist on the issue of whether or not to use
>> dgText or dgData when working with datagrids. dgText will only give you the
>> DISPLAYED data in the datagrid as text. The dgData will give you ALL the
>> data in the datagrid as an array, INCLUDING the columns that are NOT being
>> displayed. Another good argument for using dgData wherever you can.
>>
>> Now what we need is an update to the filter command so that it works on
>> arrays!
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>>
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