Background on a grid

[safarijoe2000]

Hello,

I was wondering if it's possible to have a background on a grid.

Any help will be great.

Thanks

 

[Mike Gagnon]

safarijoe2000

No, unlike some grid Activex, I believe it is not possible.

Mike Gagnon

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[safarijoe2000]

Mike,

Thanks for the info.

Could I make my grid "see-through" instead ? So, I could actually have a layer underneath the grid, where I could actually add my background.

Thanks

 

[Mike Gagnon]

Although there is an API (SetLayeredWindowAttributes) that allows to affect the opacity of a form, I don't think you can affect the opacity of a single control on that form (This requires Win2000 and up and there is a sample in the "solutions" provided with VFP)

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http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...indowFunctions/SetLayeredWindowAttributes.asp

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You may have a better chance with a Grid Activex that will permit the insertion of a background (Although I have yet to see one at work).

Mike Gagnon

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[darrellblackhawk]

Although you can set the opacity of many controls, the grid control will not allow this because columns in grids don't have an opacity setting.

As a test, create a form with a grid, a text box, add a table to the form's dataenvironment, and set the form's picture property to a known image file.

Set the opacity of the textbox (backstyle=0) and place the following code in the init() method of the form:

WITH THIS.grid1
FOR i = 1 TO .COLUMNCOUNT
.COLUMNS(i).text1.BACKSTYLE = 0
NEXT
ENDWITH

You'll notice the picture shows through the textbox but not the grid control.

In addition, you'll notice that the backcolor of the textbox shows when the textbox receives the focus and reverts back to underlying form's picture when it looses the focus.

As Mike states, I believe you'll need an ActiveX grid control.

Darrell