That's exactly what I ended up doing! All of the methods I tried which supposedly would estimate the required width for each column based on the text entered were a disaster. Another way I was successful was to create a bmp and take a screen shot of the window...which is full-screen all the time anyway...and then send that to the printer's canvas.
>From "Robert Meek" Personal e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] dba / "Tangentals Design" Visit us at: www.TangentalsDesign.com Home of "The Keep"! Member of: "Association of Shareware Professionals" Moderator for: "The Delphi", "Delphi-DB", and "Delphi-Talk" programming lists at elists.org, and "DelphiTalk.net" at www.DelphiTalk.net -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mick Arundell Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 6:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Delphi Digest, Vol 26, Issue 40 > Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 02:20:51 -0500 > From: "Robert Meek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: StringGrids D2005 > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Although I've done a lot of work with DBGrids I've not up until now > ever had need to use a TStringGrid, and as much as they are alike I'm > surprised at many of the differences...some of which have me a little > baffled! > For example, although one can set the columns up so that the user > can alter their individual widths at runtime, I have not been > able to find a > way of storing this info back into an ini-file so that these > settings can be > retained and used again in future sessions. Is this possible? If so how, > because the StrGrid.Col[0] doesn't have a width property...only a default > width that sets all of them the same including the fixed column! > Also, I was under the impression I could store a stringgrid with any > string info it's cells contain, including that in it's fixed columns, to a > text file and then load the stringgrid back up with that same > info directly > from the file. It seems the individual column text can be saved that way > but not all in one file. How is this handled? > Finally, Because this particular grid will be used by a restaurant > manager to set her waitress's working hours, I need to be able to print a > copy of the grid out in landscape format after she has made all > the entries > for a particular week. I don't want a print screen because that > would show > the entire form...just the grid itself. How can this best be > accomplished? > > >From "Robert Meek" > Personal e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > dba / "Tangentals Design" > Visit us at: www.TangentalsDesign.com > Home of "The Keep"! > > Member of: "Association of Shareware Professionals" > Moderator for: "The Delphi", "Delphi-DB", and "Delphi-Talk" > programming lists at elists.org, and "DelphiTalk.net" > at www.DelphiTalk.net > > > > Hi Robert, Try Grid.ColWidths[Index : integer]; To print use PaintTo, though you will get far better results if you generate a suitably size Grid on your printer's canvas at Print time It is only iterative after you've determined some multipliers. As for loading to or from a stream perhaps you could stream the component. Other wise save/reading is an iterative process You might want to sub class to make your own Mick _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi
