new XBrowse features for next build

[Antonio Linares]

Using trees from XBrowse:


Using a brush for a specific column:

[patrickmast]

Antonio,

Nice work!
Can you show me the sample code part for the "Trees browse"?

Patrick

[James Bott]

Antonio,

I have been wanted to do trees in a browse for a long time. Nice!

I would also like to see the code.

James

[Antonio Linares]

Assuming you have grouped data and built a Tree, the code for browsing
the Tree is simple

Syntax: oBrw:SetTree( oTree, [ { resOpen, resClose [, resNoChildren ] } ], [ <bDataLink> ] )

Example:

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REDEFINE XBROWSE oBrw ID <id> OF oDlg
oBrw:SetTree( oTree, { "OPEN","CLOSE","NONE" } )
ACTIVATE DIALOG oDlg


XBrowse creates one column showing the oItem:cPrompt with the bitmaps specified. Based on nLevel, the cPrompt along with bitmaps, if any, is indented within the first column.

If there is any data linked to the TreeItems that is to be shown in the
next columns, simple alternative is to assign all such data as an array
to oItem:cargo. Then columns can be created for this data.

Example:

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ADD TO oBrw DATA oBrw:oTreeItem:Cargo[ 1 ] PICTURE "999" HEADER "Employees"
ADD TO oBrw DATA oBrw:oTreeItem:cargo[ 2 ] PICTURE "999,999" HEADER "Salary"


It is possible for some reason, you may not like to copy all the data into
arrays and assign to oItem:Cargo. This may be the case when the data is very large and copying all the data may be time consuming or memory intensive. In such cases, there is another alternative. You can assign to oItem:Cargo a pointer to the relavant row in the datsource. For example it can be RecNo() of DBF or AbsolutePosition of a Recordset, etc.

In such a case you need to specify a codeblock as 3rd paramter of SetTree method. The codebock can be like { |oItem| (cAlias)->( DbGoTo( oItem:Cargo ) ) }.

In that case, Browse object takes care of positioning the datasource by
evaluating the codeblock with every skip. Then you may add columns like this:

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ADD TO oBrw DATA (cAlias)->EMPCOUNT PICTURE "999" HEADER "Employees"
or
ADD TO oBrw oRs:Fields("TotSalary"):Value PICTURE "999,999" HEADER "TotSalary"


Rest are cosmetics. We welcome any suggestions for further simplification

[ShumingWang]

Antonio,
Great!
Could add drag some cells like EXCEL ? a black colored area,so to copy ,delete,click ?
Regards!
Shuming Wang

[Antonio Linares]

This feature is in the to-do list. But in 8.04, we can achieve same results by selecting multiple rows and hiding unwanted columns.

Methods Copy() to clipboard ( by pressing Ctrl-C ), report and export to excel work on the selected rows and visible columns only.

[Antonio Linares]

New display modes:

1. Entire selected line, with highlighted cell


2. Same as before, but after having selected a group of lines

[JC]

Fantastic!