> Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 14:30:47 -0800
> From: "Alan Colburn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Highlighting Rows in dbGrid
> To: "Moderated discussion list about database programming
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>     Borland's    Delphi" <delphi-db@elists.org>
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> I've got a DBGrid (JvDBGrid, to be precise), and I'd like
> the selected row  to be highlighted--while still being
> editable. Any suggestions about how to  do this?
> 
> Searching myself, solutions generally seem to include
> deriving another  version of the grid, inside the same
> unit, to allow access to protected  attributes of the
> class, i.e., declare something like 
> "THackDBGrid=class(TJvDBGrid)" in the interface, and then
> add code to the  OnDrawColumnCell event along the lines
> of:
> 
> //got this sample code from 
> http://www.delphi3000.com/articles/article_373.asp?SK=
> with THackDBGrid(Sender) do
> begin
> if DataLink.ActiveRecord = Row - 1 then
> begin
> Canvas.Brush.Color := $0088FFFF; {ActiveRowColor for
> MainGrid} Canvas.Font.Color := clBlack;
> end
> else
> Canvas.Brush.Color := clWindow; {default grid color, set
> in obj. inspector} DefaultDrawColumnCell(Rect, DataCol,
> Column, State); end;
> 
> For me, the only problem with this code is that I don't
> have access to all  "my" grid's properties. TJvDBGrid has
> a WordWrap property, and I lose  WordWrap with the code
> above, even doing something like adding  "WordWrap:=True"
> to the snippet above.
> 
> As always, thank you -- Al C.
OnPaint

It's there right from TDbGrid

Mick
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