About Grid and GridColumn components

Grid and GridColumn components allow you to display and maintain data in a tabular format. The data in a grid is taken from an IDO collection, which must be bound to the grid.

Grid components

A Grid component can be bound to a primary collection, a secondary collection, or a subcollection. The data from a collection bound to a grid is displayed and maintained in the grid.

The Grid component itself is a container for one or more GridColumn components. Each column displays data associated with a single property from the IDO collection.

GridColumn components

A GridColumn component is used for each column in a Grid component. GridColumn components are bound to properties from the IDO collection to which the grid is bound.

GridColumn components can act like Edit components, ComboBox components, or CheckBox components. The default behavior for a grid column is the same as that of an Edit component. If you specify a List Source for the column in the Component properties sheet, it behaves like a combo box. If you set the Check Box property, it behaves like a check box.

If the grid contains too many grid columns to display at once, the framework automatically supplies horizontal scroll bars. If you want a particular grid column to be locked in place and displayed in spite of scrolling, you must set the Locked From Scrolling property in the Component properties sheet.