CGridView:SetType

The SetType method sets the data type of a grid cell. Although the default cell type of "string" works for most applications, there may be occasions when the data need to be interpreted as other types of information.

Syntax

CGridView:SetType( nCol, nRow, data_type )

bullet.gif    Where nCol, and nRow are the coordinates of the cell to set.

bullet.gif    Where cell_type is the type of information to specify for the specified cell.

Remarks

The data_type number specifies the interpretation of the cell values, as defined in the table below.

 

Data Type

Value Type

1

String

2

Number

3

Boolean true or false

4

Time, as a string

5

Currency, as a string

10

Special time (hh:mm:ss.sss)

11

Special date (yyyy/mm/dd)

12

Special degrees (dd:mm:ss.sss or +dd°mm'ss.sss")

other (1)

String

Example

The following script sets the cell contents of (column 5, row 10) to "My value":

G = attach_gridview()

-- attach a grid on the Mira desktop

G:SetType(5,10,2)

-- set the type of cell (5,10) to 2 ("number")

Related Topics

CGridView class, GetType, SetVal, SetNum


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