Looking to create grid (not table) control on Base form

Ratslinger · April 2, 2016, 8:36pm

I’ve been able to create a grid control (not a table control) successfully in a dialog. Having discovered its’ potential, I can see uses for this type of control within a form. However, after countless hours of searching and trying a variety of things, I’ve had no success. I am turning to the community for any possible insight. Here is a sample: GridDialog.odb . Been using this on multiple versions of LO from 4.3.x through 5.1.1.3.

FYI: If interested, Mri v1.3.2 extension (fix for LO v5.1 problem) is available at Mri 1.3.2. Thank you Hanya!

Edit:

Brought this out from the dark spaces of the past to see if any new people may have an idea on this. I still have use for this and have not given up.

padricLibre · August 24, 2016, 12:43pm

I took a look but couldn’t figure out what menu I was supposed to choose from. Not that I would be able to help, just interested to see what you’ve been able to create.All I could offer would be from a user perspective.

Ratslinger · August 24, 2016, 2:43pm

If you open the only form, big letters across the form say “Select Dialog from Menu to view sample grid”. The creation of this dialog is a macro. Dialog is a menu item!

padricLibre · August 24, 2016, 3:52pm

Looks SWEET! Might I suggest rather than “Dialog” on the Main menu, “New Control” or some such? I didn’t see it because I am not familiar enough with LO and didn’t notice that it wasn’t normal. Of course your intended viewer was supposed to be someone with much more experience than me ! Sorry to interrupt.

padricLibre · August 24, 2016, 4:33pm

Couldn’t Help myself ! Image .

Ratslinger · August 24, 2016, 4:59pm

My image actually fills the entire gray area of the screen with only 1/4" space on left and right 1/2’ above button and immediately below red text. Will try to duplicate your display. There is nothing to “play” with. A grid (unlike a table control) is just to display info. Has some good potential in a form. Also has some property settings not available in table control - alternating line colors, no column headings and more.

Ratslinger · August 25, 2016, 11:32pm

What is the resolution of the monitor you used to view the dialog?

padricLibre · August 26, 2016, 1:02am

1920x1080 here.

Ratslinger · August 26, 2016, 1:43am

Thank you for the response. The dialog was designed for 1366x768 screen. The grid is created using pixels. Had no intention (not immediate) for distribution so didn’t bother to take into consideration varying resolutions resulting in the dialog you saw. Thanks again.

padricLibre · August 26, 2016, 2:27am

Reset resolution to 1366x768, restarted comp. Made everything HUGE on my screen. Opened
grid DB. Same result, just bigger. Same as before. As I am the only one that appears to have this problem, don’t let it drag you down. Sorry for the slow reply, LO won’t save my notifications settings. Have to login several times a day to see if my envelope is RED!

EasyTrieve · January 22, 2017, 1:50am

Very interesting. Thanks for the ideas.

PhLo · November 13, 2018, 11:48am

So basically what you are saying, @Ratslinger, is that your investigation so far concludes you can only use the grid control in a dialog, not in a form? If so, that’s too bad. I haven’t played with grid controls yet, but it’s cool to see they allow more visual manipulation than table controls.

Ratslinger · November 13, 2018, 5:17pm

Have concluded using this in a form is not currently possible. Also be aware that the control is NOT data aware. Data must be filled by the user.

Ratslinger · August 15, 2019, 2:43am

Years after asking and searching, I have determined this is not currently possible.

Have thought for some time that a Text Table may suffice. It works. One drawback is there is no scrolling as there is in a Grid Control.

Sample view:

Still requires macros, but manageable.

Blank areas shown are variable and change with the data displayed. Tables are inserted into a frame making size and position easier.