RichTextBox in cell does not show text

[Colin Marsh]

When I place a RichtTextBox control in the grid, I can not see the text in the control unless I have that cell selected.

Is there a way to ensure that the text is always visible. I do not have this problem with other controls.

Thanks for the help.

[Administrator]

Can you post a sample project showing the problem?

I added this code below in a FormLoad event for a form holding a grid, and teh text showed up for me.

this.gridControl1[1,1].CellType = "RichText";
this.gridControl1[1,1].Text = "asdsad";

I also tried setting a column of TichText cells in a GridDataBoundGrid, and that seemed to work as wewll. I am using 2.1.0.9.

[Colin Marsh]

You are using the RichText feature of the grid. I am using a custom control which uses a RichTextBox control.

Therefore you have to use the .Control property of the cell. i.e.

this.gridControl1[1,1].Control = new RichTextBox();
this.gridControl1[1,1].Style = "Control"

[Administrator]

The Control CellType tries to draw the nonfocused cell by drawing the control off the display (maybe at -1000,-1000) to a bitmap, and then display the bitmap of the control in the cell. This technique is not working for an RichTextBox control. If you change the RichTextBox with a TextBox, then the problem goes away.

If you want to embed a RichTextBox in a cell, you will probably have better luck using a derived cell type. Here is a KB article that has code. http://www.syncfusion.com/Support/article.aspx?id=10495