Subject Re: [IBO] TIB_Grid + temporary field?
Author Jörg Schiemann
Hello Geoff,

> > is it possible to insert a temporary field to TIB_Grid, I
> > mean a field that physicaly don't exist i any table?
>
> Two possibilities I can think of...
>
> 1. Add a Calculated field to the dataset (see CalculatedFields in the
> online help).
>
> 2. Add a border column to grid. For example, I do this to mark which
> rows are selected, rather than relying on the row select color. I
> setup so that clicking on the border cell toggles the selected state.

That sounds good. How do you add a border column to the grid?
Get the rows selectd?
Did you have problems with selected rows?
Do you have a little example?

> Of course it depends on whether you want to be able to edit the
> contents of that field. I seem to remember someone talking about
> editable calculated fields recently, but I dont know if anything was
> done about that.

I want something like a ckeckbox, so the user can check which
rows should be selected.

Regards,
Jörg Schiemann