[BUG] Metrics for Report Item doesn't show markup

Hi,

Hi Mark,

1. V12.1.0 > Works OK
2. V13.0.0 > grrrr.....

Hi,

mdoubson wrote: Sorry you always know how it SHOULD work and ignore when I show you HOW TO USE the feature. Wrong (obsolete) documention is not a reason of reporting bug but reason asking to fix the documentation

• Metrics.Text = "<TextBlock>" & rptGrouprow.GroupCaption & " " & "<Bold Foreground='Red'>" & "(" & rptGrouprow.Childs.Count & ")" & "</Bold></TextBlock>"

Hi Mark,

Hi Mark,

• Size a column (with Markup) to: let's say 20 pixels (to be sure )
• Drag column to GroupBox (Image 2)
• Drag column without Markup (Image 3) There's no problem with this, it resizes OK

Hi Mark,

Hi,

So the problem is here:

CRect rcItem(x, y, x + pColumn->GetCaptionWidth(pDC) + 50, y + nHeaderHeight - 3);

and function to GetCaptionWidth is here:

int CXTPReportColumn::GetCaptionWidth(CDC* pDC) {

if (m_pMarkupUIElement) {

CSize szText = XTPMarkupMeasureElement(m_pMarkupUIElement, m_rcColumn.Width(), INT_MAX);

return szText.cx;

}

return pDC->GetTextExtent(m_strName).cx;

}

so if XTPMarkupMeasureElement not properly calculated (and this is not a Report Control code but other component code) - we will have cutted text as we already see.

Hi Mark,

Hi Mark,

Hi Mark,

Sorry to drag up an old post, but I have a question about Metrics.Text and some behaviour that I find strange (and some behaviour that I require).

First, I want:

1) To be able to sort a report control column by a value that is different from what is displayed (easy).
2) The cell display should be automatically formatted with markup (easy)
3) The user to be able to edit a cell without any markup text appearing (apparently difficult, but maybe I am missing something).

I thought that in order to accomplish this, I would:

1) Set the Value property of a ReportRecordItem to the sortable value (for example, "2010-10-10T00:00:00Z")
2) Set the Caption property to the value that the user will edit (for example, "October 10, 2010"), 3) In the BeforeDrawRow event, set the Metrics.Text property to my markup formatted string (for example "<TextBlock><Span Backcolor='Yellow'>October</Span> 10, 2010</TextBlock>" (as long as the PaintManger.ForceDynamicMarkupForCell property was True).

This works in terms of sorting and displaying marked up values, but when the user tries to edit a cell, this is the result:



Why does the edit cell text appear with the markup tags if I only set the Metrics.Text property in the BeforeDrawRow event? My impression was that the Metrics object was for dynamic display purposes only, and the Caption property would be used for the edit cell text (or anywhere the Metrics.Text property wasn't set).

So my questions are:
1) Is this a bug?
2) If no to #1, is there a way to accomplish what I would like to do with the current ReportControl state?
3) If no to #2, can we have a way to accomplish this for the next version?

Thanks for any insights and help.


Also, here's a test project if required:

uploads/2676/RcEditMarkup.zip

Hi Aaron, thanks for the reply - so I'm not crazy then ;)

By #2, I meant that I generally want to accomplish the following:

3 "values" associated with a ReportControlItem:

1) A hidden value used for sorting purposes (i.e. the Value property)
2) A value used for editing and default display purposes (i.e. the Caption property)
3) A value used for dynamic formatting (display purposes only) that over-rides the Caption value when present (the Metrics.Text property).

The user should never see raw markup, so they should see the Caption property value when EditMode = True and see the Metrics.Text value (as rendered Markup if it's a markup string) when EditMode=False (or if Metrics.Text isn't set to anything in the BeforeDrawRow event, then just default the cell text to the Item.Caption value).

I used dates as just a simple example for demo, but what I really need a separate value for is a custom sort string that I create that allows me to sort alpha-numeric values smartly.

For example, if the user types this in 5 different cells:

A10
A3
A200
A1
A2

Normal sorting rules would display in this order:

A1
A10
A2
A200
A3

I have a routine which pads out internal numbers to something like this (again, example):

A00010
A00003
A00200
A00001
A00002

So that when you sort the list appears as:

A1
A2
A3
A10
A200

Of course, I don't want the user to see the padded out numbers, so I use the Value property for them. The user can type codes like A1, A2, etc... and they will now be sorted "correctly" but look just as they type them in the cell display and edit box. Lastly, different leading alpha characters (A, B, C, etc...) can have a different colour associated with them, so I want to use the Metrics.Text property to display the cell in a custom format.

I'm not sure why the edit window for a cell is defaulting to the Metrics.Text value - I've even tried changing the Metrics.Text property to Item.Caption in the RequestEdit and BeforeDrawRow events, but I haven't had any luck getting the edit window text to appear without markup tags...

I'll keep experimenting and also open a ticket.

Thanks for your help, Merry Christmas!