DBGrid column width

[rickgalty]

How can I set the width of individual coulmns at runtime? It seems to me that the line

dgRecords.Columns(1).Width = 2000

Should set the width of the second column to 2000 pixels, but it has no effect at all. I have DefColWidth set to 0 in the design time properties window.

As a follow up, is there a way to put a check box into a cell of a DBGrid instead of it just showing 0 or -1 ?

Richard

 

[dglienna]

There are checked and unchecked checkbox characters in character map. I've used them in a flexgrid and switched the characters to show a value. It's simple, but it works!

-David
2006 Microsoft Valued Professional (MVP)

 

[Golom]

Depends on when you do it. If you load the grid and then set the column width you will see it change. If you set the width(s) and then load data by setting the DataSource or RecordSource properties then the widths will be reset to the default width. The "refresh" and "requery" methods also reset the column widths.

Check out HoldFields for one method of preserving column widths.