RichText Bug

Hi Please find the word document for more information. Thanks Satish DataGridBoundQuestions_5296.zip

The text you place in your RichText cells must be valid RichText. Otherwise, you will get the behavior you see. Here is a sample that does not show the problem for me. forumRTF_6736.zip

Hi Clay, thanks for your reply. I am using derived RichText becuase i need to add the ''Paragraph indenting'' in the toolbar. Is this cause the problem? Thanks Satish >The text you place in your RichText cells must be valid RichText. Otherwise, you will get the behavior you see. Here is a sample that does not show the problem for me. >forumRTF_6736.zip > >

Hi Clay, Thanks for your reply. I am using derived RichText box becuase I need to include ''Paragraph indenting'' icons and the functionaliy in the richtext box. Do you think any problems using derived RichText box? Thanks Satish >The text you place in your RichText cells must be valid RichText. Otherwise, you will get the behavior you see. Here is a sample that does not show the problem for me. >forumRTF_6736.zip > >

In the thread for your forum post, http://www.syncfusion.com/Support/Forums/message.aspx?MessageID=11377, there is a sample posted that has a RichText cell with a Color selection added to the edit panel. I assume you should be able to do something similar to add parargraphing in some manner.

Hi Clay, Again Thanks for your reply. Myy question is why this richtext box behaves differently. Please find the application for your reference. If you make changes in the one cell (I mean font, size and color change) which will be reflecting in other cells to. Why is this? Thanks Satish >In the thread for your forum post, http://www.syncfusion.com/Support/Forums/message.aspx?MessageID=11377, there is a sample posted that has a RichText cell with a Color selection added to the edit panel. I assume you should be able to do something similar to add parargraphing in some manner. SampleApplication_2133.zip

With regards to the above problem. In order to replicate this problem, try to move the move in the rows.......... Automatically rows values will get changed.. I mean font, Size, color........ >Hi Clay, >Again Thanks for your reply. >Myy question is why this richtext box behaves differently. Please find the application for your reference. >If you make changes in the one cell (I mean font, size and color change) which will be reflecting in other cells to. Why is this? >Thanks >Satish > >>In the thread for your forum post, http://www.syncfusion.com/Support/Forums/message.aspx?MessageID=11377, there is a sample posted that has a RichText cell with a Color selection added to the edit panel. I assume you should be able to do something similar to add parargraphing in some manner. > >SampleApplication_2133.zip > >

The reason this is happening is as I tried to explain above. The text you are putting into the datatable is not RTF. It does not include the formatting information required of RTF. In your sample, if you replace dr[j] = string.Format("row{0} col{1}", i, j); with

if(j == 1)
{
	dr[j] =  @"{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Microsoft Sans Serif;}}"
	+@"\viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs17 "
	+ string.Format("row{0} col{1}", i, j)
	+@"\par }" ;
}
else
{
	dr[j] =  string.Format("row{0} col{1}", i, j);
}

you no longer see the problem as the datatable column will contain properly formatted RTF. Another option is to modify your cell renderer to automatically convert plain text into RTF text as it tries to draw the text (this may affect performance, but it is doable). To do so, you can add a private RichTextBox, and use it to change plain text in an override of OnDraw before calling the base class. Here is code that worked for me in your sample.

private RichTextBox rtb = new RichTextBox();
protected override void OnDraw(Graphics g, Rectangle clientRectangle, int rowIndex, int colIndex, GridStyleInfo style) 
{
	if (!(CurrentCell.HasCurrentCellAt(rowIndex, colIndex) && CurrentCell.IsModified && HasControlValue))
	{
		string rtf = style.Text;
		if (!RichTextPaint.IsValidRtf(rtf))
		{
			rtb.SelectAll();
			rtb.SelectedText = rtf;
			style.Text = rtb.Rtf;
		}
	}
	base.OnDraw(g, clientRectangle, rowIndex, colIndex, style);
}

Great.. Its working... If this is the case, how do i convert my existing data into RTF. Is there any way???? Thanks Satish >The reason this is happening is as I tried to explain above. The text you are putting into the datatable is not RTF. It does not include the formatting information required of RTF. In your sample, if you replace > >dr[j] = string.Format("row{0} col{1}", i, j); > >with >

>if(j == 1)
>{
>	dr[j] =  @"{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Microsoft Sans Serif;}}"
>	+@"\viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs17 "
>	+ string.Format("row{0} col{1}", i, j)
>	+@"\par }" ;
>}
>else
>{
>	dr[j] =  string.Format("row{0} col{1}", i, j);
>}
>

>you no longer see the problem as the datatable column will contain properly formatted RTF. > >Another option is to modify your cell renderer to automatically convert plain text into RTF text as it tries to draw the text (this may affect performance, but it is doable). To do so, you can add a private RichTextBox, and use it to change plain text in an override of OnDraw before calling the base class. Here is code that worked for me in your sample. >

>private RichTextBox rtb = new RichTextBox();
>protected override void OnDraw(Graphics g, Rectangle clientRectangle, int rowIndex, int colIndex, GridStyleInfo style) 
>{
>	if (!(CurrentCell.HasCurrentCellAt(rowIndex, colIndex) && CurrentCell.IsModified && HasControlValue))
>	{
>		string rtf = style.Text;
>		if (!RichTextPaint.IsValidRtf(rtf))
>		{
>			rtb.SelectAll();
>			rtb.SelectedText = rtf;
>			style.Text = rtb.Rtf;
>		}
>	}
>	base.OnDraw(g, clientRectangle, rowIndex, colIndex, style);
>}
>

You would do it the same way as the OnDraw routine listed above does it. You would get your old string, set it in the SelectedText property of a RichTextBox, and then save the RTF property of the RichTextBox back to your database. Just like the code above.