Understood.
I will look into it once the current conversion is complete - we need to
focus simply on getting a 'working' prototype for demonstration asap, then
we can go back and re-engineer for optimal performance etc.

Thanks for the pointers.

George Elton

----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoff Worboys" <geoff@...>
To: <IBObjects@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: [IBO] F2 to Edit


>> User input to the grid must be restricted to pre-defined
>> entries previously entered in small lookup tables.
>
>> The need is for either F2 or double click within a grid cell
>> to display the drop-down list of lookup values for selection.
>> No editing is permitted, no values other than those in the
>> lookup tables.
>
>> A TDBGrid is linked to a TDataSource associated with a
>> TIBOQuery. The lookup fields are added to the TIBOQuery field
>> list using the fields editor and related to the source tables.
>> The TDBGrid gives full control over each of its columns in
>> terms of format and source field so each column can be
>> associated with the new lookup fields.
>
>> I will email a small screen dump for clarity.
>
> This list does not accept attachments.
>
> But probably does not matter. What you describe in terms of
> function is already available. It is only the details of user
> interaction that need to be clarified.
>
> If you need F2 to work exactly as Alan is looking for then he
> has already described his work around on this thread. (And we
> can discuss "fixing the problem" with Jason for a future
> release.)
>
> If you need help to set up your TIB_Grid with TIB_LookupCombo
> for each column then I suggest starting a new thread. I think
> the Contact sample has a lookup on a grid as an example.
>
> --
> Geoff Worboys
> Telesis Computing
>
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