Display records like in Visual dBase5

[klasw]

Hello!

I have been using dBase and Visual dBase for quite some time. Now I am moving to Delphi which I use together with dBase-tables. In Visual dBase 5.5 and earlier versions you can display a record in 3 diffent ways. You change display mode by pressing F2 (or mayby F3, I don´t remember rignt now).
1. The common line display (good for most purposes)
2. Display like a lot of squares connected together, something like this:

(record 1)
field1|field2|field3|field4|field5|field6|field7|
field8|field9|field10|field11|field12|field13|field14|
field15|field16|field17|field18|field19|field20|field11|

(record 2)
field1|field2|field3|field4|field5|field6|field7|
field8|field9|field10|field11|field12|field13|field14|
field15|field16|field17|field18|field19|field20|field11|

and so on. This is extremely useful when you fill in data from surveys whith houndreds of fields. This is what I want to do in Delphi.

3. Each field on a new line:

(record 1)
field1
field2
field3

(record 2)
field1
field2
field3

Also useful in some cases.

Do you have any idea of how to show records in Delphi, I use version 5, like in 2? I would love to get some help on this.

Best wishes
Klas Westholm
Klas.Westholm@datakatten.se

 

[WildWill]

One possibility would be to use a Page Control with 3 pages:

Page 1 a DbGrid
Page 2 a DbCtrlGrid with data controls laid out to give a type 2 display
Page 3 another DbCtrlGrid with data controls laid out to give a type 3 display

X-)
Billy H

bhogar@acxiom.co.uk