Combobox questions

[Corinne Muir]

Hi,

1) is there a way to use the actual object in a combobox in a grid cell other than setting a text choice list? The .net combobox lets you assign objects to the .items

2) is there a way to sort the combobox choice list?

thanks,
Corinne

[Administrator]

You can set the style.DataSource, style.DisplayMember and style.ValueMember to use an ADO.NET datasource to provide values for a combobox list.

private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
DataTable dt = new DataTable("MyTable");
dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("value"));
dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("display"));

DataRow dr = dt.NewRow();
dr[0] ="1";
dr[1] = "one";

dt.Rows.Add(dr);
dr = dt.NewRow();
dr[0] ="2";
dr[1] = "two";
dt.Rows.Add(dr);

dr = dt.NewRow();
dr[0] ="3";
dr[1] = "three";
dt.Rows.Add(dr);

GridStyleInfo style = this.gridControl1[2,2];
style.CellType = "ComboBox";
style.DataSource = dt;
style.ValueMember = "value";
style.DisplayMember = "display";
}