Hi, I need to do something with a grid cell, like change background color. I have the row and column coordinate information. The grid is bound and filled with a dataset.  I already changed the background when filling the grid (with support's help) using the on update event, but now I can't find a way to arbitrarily assign properties just by having x and y.

Bound Grid - Event OnCellUpdate - you cannot access via x / y

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https://www.elevatesoft.com/forums?action=view&category=ewb&id=ewb_general&page=1&msg=12451#12451


Walter


jdforce wrote:

Hi, I need to do something with a grid cell, like change background color. I have the row and column coordinate information. The grid is bound and filled with a dataset.  I already changed the background when filling the grid (with support's help) using the on update event, but now I can't find a way to arbitrarily assign properties just by having x and y.

Thanks.

How to I highlight a cell then, at will?

What am doing is running a "find". It finds the data but displays it at the bottom of the grid, which is not visible for the user.
I want to find and highlight the cell where the value is and/or highlight all the row.

I have been reading all the documentation looking for a function or procedure but it seems to be a mistery right now.

<< How to I highlight a cell then, at will? >>

You use the OnCellUpdate event and look at the Data property of the TGridCell instance that is passed in to that event handler.

<< What am doing is running a "find". It finds the data but displays it at the bottom of the grid, which is not visible for the user. >>

Is the grid bound to the same TDataSet instance as what you're using for finding the row ?

Tim Young
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