Restrict the length of a pasted string

[Fredrik Ström]

Hi, I have searched the forums but cant find the solution to what seems like a very silly problem;
The user is only allowed to enter max 30 chars in a grid cell. I can handle the typing of chars in the CurrentCellKeyPress event, but when the user paste into the cell my length restriction gets bypassed.

How do i interrupt the paste process so only the first 30 chars end up in the cell?

regards Fredrik

[stanleyj]

Hi Fredrik,

Try handling PasteCellText to strip off the extra characters.

private void gridControl1_PasteCellText(object sender, GridPasteCellTextEventArgs e)
{
string s = e.Text;
e.Text = s.Remove(30,(s.Length-30));
}

Best regards,
Stanley

[Fredrik Ström]

Thanx for the answer Stanley, but the I don''t seem to get the PasteCellText event. I do get the ClipboardPaste though.

regards Fredrik

[Fredrik Ström]

Thanx for the answer Stanley, but the I don''t seem to get the PasteCellText event. I do get the ClipboardPaste though.

regards Fredrik

[Fredrik Ström]

Thanx for the answer Stanley, but the I don''t seem to get the PasteCellText event. I do get the ClipboardPaste though.

regards Fredrik