On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 2:21 AM, Bob Sneidar <b...@twft.com> wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I guess this would be a zryip question. It may be too difficult to attempt,
> but I am going to give it a try anyway.
>
> I have a datagrid that already contains data. There are 3 modes to the form,
> browse, edit and newrecord. In edit and newrecord mode I want to display a
> checkbox in a column next to each row of the datagrid, but in browse mode I
> don't want the checkbox to be displayed.
>
> Maybe I should back up a bit. I have 2 datagrids, one is a list of primary
> records for the form, let's say reservations. The second can be anything
> related to the primary data, say the guest, the rooms he has reserved, the
> conference the reservation is attached to etc.
>
> In browse mode, I filter the alt list to only show the row data that
> corresponds to the primary record. But when editing or creating a new record,
> I display ALL the data, so the user can select from a list of records using a
> checkbox in the datagrid. Get it?
>
> So I would like to be able to either add a checkbox on the fly (probably too
> hard) or else have the checkbox column there by default, and then hide and
> show it by changing the dgColumns as needed.
>
> Maybe I am over-thinking this, and what I really need to do is create a bunch
> of buttons that correspond to the rows of the datagrid and kludge it.
Hi Bob and Pete,
As replied by Pete, a simple solution could consist to hide or show
the checkbox column.
The correct syntax is:
set the dgColumnIsVisible["myColumn"] of grp "MyDataGrid" to {true or false}
Best regards,
--
-Zryip TheSlug- wish you the best! 8)
http://www.aslugontheroad.com
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