Problem with check box columns in nested entities

[dinesh upreti]

I am using GGC and using nested entities to bound the data.

Following snippets will give you an idea how i am designing the grid for parent and child entities. Note that for boolan data, i want to display check boxes.

// adding partent data
private void AddParentBoundColumn(string columnName, string toolTipText)
{

dgRangePlanGrid.TableDescriptor.Columns.Add(columnName, columnName);
dgRangePlanGrid.TableDescriptor.Columns[columnName].Appearance.ColumnHeaderCell.CellTipText = toolTipText;

PropertyDescriptor pd = _rangePlanGridController.GetPropertyDescriptor(columnName);

if (pd != null &&
pd.PropertyType.Equals(typeof(bool)))
{
dgRangePlanGrid.TableDescriptor.Columns[columnName].Appearance.AnyRecordFieldCell.CellType = "CheckBox";
dgRangePlanGrid.TableDescriptor.Columns[columnName].Appearance.AnyRecordFieldCell.HorizontalAlignment = GridHorizontalAlignment.Center;
}

}

// adding child data
private void AddChildBoundColumn(string columnName, string toolTipText)
{

dgRangePlanGrid.TableDescriptor.Relations[Constants.SUPPLIERFACTORY_RELATION].ChildTableDescriptor.Columns.Add(columnName, columnName);
dgRangePlanGrid.TableDescriptor.Relations[Constants.SUPPLIERFACTORY_RELATION].ChildTableDescriptor.Columns[columnName].Appearance.ColumnHeaderCell.CellTipText = toolTipText;

PropertyDescriptor pd = _rangePlanGridController.GetPropertyDescriptor(columnName);

if (pd != null &&
pd.PropertyType.Equals(typeof(bool)))
{
dgRangePlanGrid.TableDescriptor.Relations[Constants.SUPPLIERFACTORY_RELATION].ChildTableDescriptor.Columns[columnName].Appearance.AnyRecordFieldCell.CellType = "CheckBox";
dgRangePlanGrid.TableDescriptor.Relations[Constants.SUPPLIERFACTORY_RELATION].ChildTableDescriptor.Columns[columnName].Appearance.AnyRecordFieldCell.HorizontalAlignment = GridHorizontalAlignment.Center;
}
}

Every thing is working fine except for TableControlCurrentCellChanged event.

For the child data, I am able to hit this event when i click on a check box for child data. But this is not happeing for when i check a cell at the parent level.

Please advice.

Just to add to this, if i comment the code as shown below for parent columns , it shows dropdowns instead of checkboxes, which is not desired. But in that case when i change the value in drop down the event does get fired.


private void AddParentBoundColumn(string columnName, string toolTipText)
{

dgRangePlanGrid.TableDescriptor.Columns.Add(columnName, columnName);
dgRangePlanGrid.TableDescriptor.Columns[columnName].Appearance.ColumnHeaderCell.CellTipText = toolTipText;

PropertyDescriptor pd = _rangePlanGridController.GetPropertyDescriptor(columnName);

// if (pd != null &&
// pd.PropertyType.Equals(typeof(bool)))
// {
// dgRangePlanGrid.TableDescriptor.Columns[columnName].Appearance.AnyRecordFieldCell.CellType = "CheckBox";
// dgRangePlanGrid.TableDescriptor.Columns[columnName].Appearance.AnyRecordFieldCell.HorizontalAlignment = GridHorizontalAlignment.Center;
// }

}

[haneefm]

Hi Dinesh,

At runtime, you can set celltype of the child table column using below code:

GridTableDescriptor td = this.gridGroupingControl1.GetTableDescriptor("RelationNameOrTableName");
td.Columns["ColumnName"].Appearance.AnyRecordFieldCell.CellType = "CheckBox";

You can use the TableControlCheckBoxClick event to detect check changes in a grid and let me know if this helps.

this.gridGroupingControl1.TableControlCheckBoxClick += new GridTableControlCellClickEventHandler(gridGroupingControl1_TableControlCheckBoxClick);

void gridGroupingControl1_TableControlCheckBoxClick(object sender, GridTableControlCellClickEventArgs e)
{
Console.WriteLine("check box click");
}

Best regards,
Haneef

[dinesh upreti]

hi,
the problem with TableControlCheckBoxClick
event is that it doesnt get fired if the user checks a checkbox using space bar.

Thanks



>Hi Dinesh,

At runtime, you can set celltype of the child table column using below code:

GridTableDescriptor td = this.gridGroupingControl1.GetTableDescriptor("RelationNameOrTableName");
td.Columns["ColumnName"].Appearance.AnyRecordFieldCell.CellType = "CheckBox";

You can use the TableControlCheckBoxClick event to detect check changes in a grid and let me know if this helps.

this.gridGroupingControl1.TableControlCheckBoxClick += new GridTableControlCellClickEventHandler(gridGroupingControl1_TableControlCheckBoxClick);

void gridGroupingControl1_TableControlCheckBoxClick(object sender, GridTableControlCellClickEventArgs e)
{
Console.WriteLine("check box click");
}

Best regards,
Haneef

[Rajagopal]

Hi Dinesh,

Thanks for your patience.

You could try the code below in the TableControlCurrentCellKeyDown event of the grid, to detect the changes made to the checkbox cells through spacebar.

void gridGroupingControl1_TableControlCurrentCellKeyDown(object sender, GridTableControlKeyEventArgs e)
{
    GridCurrentCell cc = e.TableControl.CurrentCell;
    if(e.Inner.KeyCode == Keys.Space && cc.Renderer.StyleInfo.CellType == "CheckBox")
        Console.WriteLine("CheckBox state changed");
}

Let us know if you have any further questions.

Have a nice time.
Regards,
Rajagopal