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Updated on: Feb 04, 2011
How Do I Create My First Data Grid Form?
This lesson will show you how to create a bare bones data grid form. Data grid forms are useful when you need a less rigid layout than columns in a table provide. A data grid form gives you complete control over the look and feel of each record you display.
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Example: Creating a List of People
This lesson provides a low detail, step-by-step example of creating a custom data grid form. You can download the attached sample stack to see the scripts (or download it here).
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What is a Row Template?
The reason a data grid can be customized is because it uses "templates" to represent data. A template is merely a Revolution group that will be copied and used to draw your data on the screen. When working with data grid forms we refer to this group as a "Row Template".
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How Do I Customize A Form's Row Template?
When you drop a data grid from the Tools palette onto a card a record template is created for you automatically. This template will display line delimited text but you will most likely want to customize the template. This lesson will show you how to begin customizing the template to meet your...
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How Do I Create a Form with Variable Line Heights?
This lesson will show you how to create a data grid form with variable height lines by modifying the default data grid Row Template and Row Behavior.
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How Do I Sort Records By A Specific Key's Values?
You can sort the rows of a data grid form using the SortDataByKey command. Let's look at an example.
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How Can The User Edit Field Content in a Data Grid Form?
The data grid commands for creating an editor for a particular field in a row template. This lesson will show you how to use them.
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How Do I Create Rows That Can Expand/Contract?
This lesson will show you how to make a Data Grid form with rows that expand and contract when clicking on an arrow.
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How Can I Speed Up Drawing When "fixed row height" is False?
When you set the dgProp["fixed row height"] property of a Data Grid to false the Data Grid must draw all records in order to determine the total height. That means that FillInData and LayoutControl are called for every record in the Data Grid. This can be time intensive depending on ...
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