Sorry, no answer, just to let you know I am dealing with the same
question. Do you want me to let you know if I find anything out? I
am basically going to just roll up my sleeves and dig deep. Can't
hurt.

George Helmke

--- In IBObjects@y..., "mircostange" <mirco@i...> wrote:
> I have posted this question before under a different subject.
>
> This post is not about drawing, nor about handling BLOB column
data.
> My question relates to the TIB_CtrlGrid only.
>
> I would like to display some custom contents in a ctrlgrid, in my
> example an EMF image from a BLOB column. As I see it, the same
> question would also apply if someone would like to populate some
> custom control in a ctrlgrid with data from the current row.
>
> The question is: how do I find out the row the grid displays when
> some event causing redrawing/resizing/... is called? I've noticed
the
> onpaintpanel event, but the rownum being passed there seems wrong.
I
> tried with a 3 row grid and it gets called with 3-2-3.
>
> As I see it, getting the current row of the datasource is not a
> solution, because the grid may repaint without actually moving to
> that particular row. (... would bufferRowNum work then..?)
>
> Anyone has any hints?
>
> Mirco