Geoff

Screen dump if it helps clarify.

Regards

George Elton

----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoff Worboys" <geoff@...>
To: <IBObjects@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: [IBO] F2 to Edit


>> I had similar issues with this grid control.
>> Converting from a BDE app using TDBGrid controls I had full
>> grid column control with most cells being drop-down lists
>> of values taken from lookup tables.
>
>> Driven by commercial need to get the job done rather than a
>> purist need for perfection I ended up retaining the TDBGrid
>> control but linking it to an IBO Query - the only way I could
>> find to retain the F2 / Drop-down list functionality.
>
>> For later releases, if there is a better way using IBO
>> controls I would be glad to migrate fully.
>
>> Are there any reasons why my approach should not work?
>
> It has been a long time since I used any TDB* components or
> controls in a real app. Can you please explain exactly what
> behaviour you are looking for and perhaps we can help (or
> at least add it to a list of adjustments that are needed to
> emulate TDBGrid).
>
> --
> Geoff Worboys
> Telesis Computing
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