Show triangle sort on first appearance of Databoundgrid

[Sebastien Giroux]

Hi,

Actually, it is possible to see the sort triangle in the header of the databoundgrid only after you have clicked on it.

Is there any way to show it the first time it appears? Do I have to sort it in the code on form load to see it?

Thanks a lot,

Sebastien

[Administrator]

Yes, you would have to sort the datasource before the grid is shown to initially see the sorted grid.

You can do this in form.load (after the grid''s DataSource has been set). If you know the DataView associated with teh datasource, you can directly set dataView1.Sort = "MyColumn" to sort MyColumn.

If you do not have knowledge of teh dataview, you can get it from the BindingContext.

CurrencyManager cm = (CurrencyManager) grid.BindingContext[grid.DataSource, grid.DataMember];
DataView dv = (DataView) cm.List;
dv.Sort = "MyColumn";

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[Sebastien Giroux]

Thanks, I''ve used the grid.defaultView.Sort method. Can I decide of the sort type? (Ascending or descending)

Thanks!

Sebastien

[Administrator]

If your grid has already been sorted, you can test grid.defaultView.Sort. If the grid was sorted descending, grid.defaultView.Sort will in in DESC. If it does not end in DESC, the grid was sorted ascending.

[Sebastien Giroux]

I did this on the panel load:

m_logsDataTable.DefaultView.Sort = "[Time]DESC";

and it worked.

Thanks!

Sebastien