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Not intended. If you call .Update() on any control, or the form itself, the context will be restored and Application.Browser will be available.

The context is now restored automatically as soon as any visual property of any control is changed, since all controls carry a reference to the session.

The unforeseen issue is if there is a need to access the static context (Application) before an automatic restore… Don’t have a good solution yet, may have to re-add something like Application.Context and Application.Restore(context). Don’t know yet.

Hi Luca,

This is what I have been looking for and a great starting point. I now have something to play with.

Thanks.

Thanks. It’s related to WJ-7487: Child controls inside SplitContainer don’t resize when application starts with WindowState = Maximized

The problem occurs when starting maximized. Reopened.

Attached. It’s rudimentary but I’m sure you’ll get the gist.

Hi Tiago,

The DGV is a container in the designer now, you can drag & drop controls on it. The Controls collection is hidden for IntelliSal – will make it visible now, it was missed.

The main reason is that you can create a complex custom grid panel maintaining all the features, properties, events. Otherwise, if you have to wrap the grid to add a status bar, or a button bar, you lose a large number of events and methods and properties that have to be wrapped. This was a show stopper requirements on projects that used the VWG extender header used to add a toolbar and other projects using javascript widgets with grids that can show a status bar or a toolbar. With this enhancements we are way more flexible than just adding a status bar.

The other enhancement that you mentioned is also a requirement we have but it’s more complicated and will take a bit longer. But we will have the option to include a custom control in any cell and even span more cells.

Best,

Luca

Hi,

First of all, one note: the “Controls” collection property doesn’t show on the DGV properties.

I downladed the sample DGVWithTools and ran it. I don’t quite understand how this is differerent from having

panel { control1, control2, dataGridView1, control3 }

I though this was more like having a column of an arbitraty control type, say a TreeView and each row would show its own TreeView. I’m not saying I need this feature; I’m just saying this would be really awesome… and groundbreaking… and mind blowing… and…

Hi Luca,

Sorry but I have been looking for “DataGridView.Column.Editor property” you mentioned above to no avail. Maybe, I don’t fully understand what you mean.

If possible, a small sample/test app would help me start exploring this feature.

Thanks.

Hi Luca,

Thanks for the info. Eliminated references to Context and again working.

Hi Luca,

Can you add this info to the documentation?

Yep, still on the list. However, now you can use a custom editor:

• The DataGridView now support custom editors. You can assign or change the DataGridView.Column.Editor property at any time (even when processing the CellBeginEdit event) and use any control as the editor for the cell. The editor can also be a full form, in which case the data grid will show the form as a client-side modal (not server side modal) and will terminate editing when the form is closed. This features allows a cell to edit complex arbitrary data in custom designed forms.

Thanks for the info regarding the right/bottom resizable docking.

The Min/Max size properties seem to be working as expected. The control is still the single datagrid control and its Min/Max size refer to the entire control. The children are inside the grid and you can set the Min/Max size properties of the children.

Best,

Luca

You will also like this (all the details of the update will be posted soon – still slow vacation time…):

Hi Luca,

You are quicker than I am. When I uninstalled 1.2.37.0 because of duplicate controls in the Toolbox and tried to re-install, I saw 1.2.38 to my surprise.

Tools in DGV is what I was waiting for. I’ll try it later and give you a feedback if there’s any.

Thanks for the info.

Hi Luca,

Fixed in 1.2.37.o

Thanks.

The unexpected token error looks like a syntax error in the javascript. Make sure that you are using the standard quotes in the assignment. If you copy/paste from wordpress you get the slanted quotes.