Thanks Trevor. I perused the lessons and the documentation but could not find anything that might aid me in this. I will have a look at that lesson!
Bob S > On Nov 2, 2018, at 15:49 , Trevor DeVore via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 5:16 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> >> What I would like to see added to the datagrid is a handler that >> intercepted the population of a field so what goes into the field can be >> custom formatted. This comes up a lot. Dates and numbers from an SQL query >> are unformatted, and having to go through the datagrid when populating and >> formatting each record's data before displaying it, and then reformatting >> it before pushing it back up to the database seems like more work than >> necessary. >> > > The Data Grid already supports this. Just customize the default column > behavior. Take a look at this article which truncates text that is too wide: > > http://lessons.livecode.com/m/datagrid/l/7327-how-do-i-override-the-default-behavior-for-rendering-data-to-a-cell > > -- > Trevor DeVore > ScreenSteps > www.screensteps.com > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
