DropDownUserCell and selectively disabling popup at runtime

[James Blibo]

I have a cell that is a DropDownUserCell. How can I at runtime enable and disable this control.
In the disabled state, I do not want the dialog to popup or show.

I tried cancel the event in...

TableControlCurrentCellShowingDropDown

but that doesn't work becuase I guess the drop down isn't a standard combobox.

[haneefm]

Hi James,

You can override the DropDownContainerShowingDropDown method of the DropDownUserCellRenderer class and call RaiseCurrentCellShowingDropDown method that allows for an event that might cancel the drop or set its size. Below is a code snippet.

public override void DropDownContainerShowingDropDown(object sender, CancelEventArgs e)
{
GridCurrentCell cc = this.Grid.CurrentCell;

Size size = ddUser.Size;
GridCurrentCellShowingDropDownEventArgs ce = new GridCurrentCellShowingDropDownEventArgs(size);
Grid.RaiseCurrentCellShowingDropDown(ce);
if (ce.Cancel)
{
e.Cancel = true;
return;
}
ddUser.Size = ce.Size;

this.DropDownContainer.Size = ddUser.Size;
this.ddUser.SetValuesFromString(this.ControlText);
ddUser.Visible = true;
}

You can cancel the drop-down window by setting the e.Cancel property to false in a CurrentCellShowingDropDown event.

Best regards,
Haneef

[James Blibo]

works like a charm... thx