Grid Column Width Units

[Julie Levy]

Hi -
Is there a way to get the measure of the gridcontrol's column widths in absolute length units like points (pt) or inches (in) instead of pixels?
Thanks,
Julie

[Administrator]

Hi Julie,

By default, The colwidth is in pixels. If you want to get the colwidth in inch, you can use graphics.DpiX property to covert the colwidth in inch. Below is a code snippet to show this.

private double GetColWidthInches(GridControl grid, int ColIndex)
{
int pixelWidth = grid.GetColWidth(ColIndex);
Graphics g = grid.CreateGridGraphics();//Disposed automatically.
double InchWidth = pixelWidth/g.DpiX;
return InchWidth;
}

If you want to get the cell bounds in a grid, you can use the Renderer.GetCellBoundsCore method. Here is a code snippet.

private Rectangle GetColRectangle(GridControl grid, int ColIndex)
{
Rectangle originalInvertBarBounds = grid.GetCellRenderer(0,ColIndex).GetCellBoundsCore(0,ColIndex);
return originalInvertBarBounds;
}

Best Regards,
Haneef