Helen,

thanks for you reply, but I have no idea what you are talking about :-(

What do you mean by "inbuilt editor"? Do you mean the grid's normal editing
capability?

Secondly, my calculation is much too complex to be handled in the EditSql
property statement. Furthermore, I need the field to be manipulated before
it is displayed in the grid.

Thanks anyhow :-)

Brian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Helen Borrie [mailto:helebor@...]
> Sent: Monday, 20 November 2000 12:57 PM
> To: IBObjects@egroups.com
> Subject: Re: [IBO] Edit a field with an alternate format
>
>
> At 12:30 PM 20-11-00 +0800, you wrote:
> >In my BDE application I use calculated fields to present
> data in a format
> >that is more easily human readable than the native format.
> For example
> >MAX_AGE_DAYS is an age in days, but the user wants to see
> ages in days,
> >weeks or years. In my BDE application I defined a calculated field
> >MAX_AGE_STRING and OnGetText and OnSetText events to allow
> the user to both
> >view and edit a string such as '10 Years' instead of 35625!
> >
> >The problem is, with IB_Grid will not allow editing a
> calculated field.
> >
> >No doubt IBO provides a way of doing something like this,
> but I have not
> >discovered it yet.
> >
> >Can someone please tell me?
> >
> >Many thanks,
> >
> >Brian
>
> Use an inbuilt editor and have your EditSQL do the calculation.
>
> Helen
>
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