Hello all. I'm writing a component for Delphi 7, a child of TDBGrid, and I need to make the following changes:
1. Transparency - I want to add a Transparent (boolean) property, that will include the cells, the titles and indicators, and the empty space below and right of the actual grid. I know how to use BitBlt, and have managed to produce some semblence of transparency by adding a TPicture, and overriding the Paint method, but what I'd really want is some way to get the graphic of the underlying controls. Is that possible? 2. I need to add properties to the TColumn class (i.e. create a child). The problem is that the new class has to be editable in design-time, and I have problems making the collection-editor reflect these changes. I found a helping example in delphi.about.com (excellent must site, BTW), but that handles the generalities of creating children of TCollectionItem, and TCollection, and those are insufficient here. Could anyone give me a helping hand here - what other (beyond Assign, Add, Insert, Update, Get/Set) methods in TColumn, TDBGridColumns and TCustomDBGrid need to be overridden so that I can get full object-inspector capabilities for my DBGrid child? BTW - If any are interested I'll gladly post the source code for this component once done, or email any contributors. It should be worthwhile - I added functionality to hide the scrollbars, and alter the display and edit controls for different field-types (checkboxes, spinedits, leds, etc). Thanks in advance, Assaf. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/i7folB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----------------------------------------------------- Home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
