Cannot edit read only cells

[Administrator]

In the grid control, the user can enter data in the grid or select to populate data for edit. Some columns can't be edited when data is pre-populated as they are read only. I set this by setting the readonly property to true.

When I try to clear the cells, It will not clear the readonly columns even though I set the readonly property to false.

Also, I am trying to set the background color of the readonly cells and unable to do it.

Can someone tell me what I may be missing. It's not a bound grid. I populate the values programmatically. Thanks in advance.

[Administrator]

Try setting

grid.IgnoreReadOnly = true;

before you try to programatically change any style properties for cells that are readonly.

[Administrator]

Thank you very much. That was the property I needed to set.

>In the grid control, the user can enter data in the grid or select to populate data for edit. Some columns can't be edited when data is pre-populated as they are read only. I set this by setting the readonly property to true.

When I try to clear the cells, It will not clear the readonly columns even though I set the readonly property to false.

Also, I am trying to set the background color of the readonly cells and unable to do it.

Can someone tell me what I may be missing. It's not a bound grid. I populate the values programmatically. Thanks in advance.

[Administrator]

>>When I try to clear the cells, It will not clear the readonly columns even though I set the readonly property to false.

>>Also, I am trying to set the background color of the readonly cells and unable to do it.

To do either of these tasks on a ReadOnly cell, you still need to set grid.IgnoreReadOnly = true;

Here is a little sample illustrating the effect of IgnoreReadOnly on setting BackColor and calling ClearCells.

http://www.syncfusion.com/Support/user/uploads/WindowsApplication59_ca3eb2d5.zip