If I set BestFitMode to honor all column widths, shown or not, this works fine for 'normal' rows, but footer row sizes would not be hored for calculating the column sizes.

 

Do I miss something?

 

Thanks for help

 

 

Better check your code because columns do resize for footer rows also.

 

https://forum.codejock.com/uploads/20080521_232104_TestColumns.zip - uploads/20080521_232104_TestColumns.zip

 

Thanks for your sample. It works because the first column with the long footer text was visible.

 

But look: If you set the long footer text ''This text is longer...' to the last column and fill the report control. Make the last column small. Adjust the column with of the first column so the last column totally vanishes. Then press your bestfit button, the whole column wasn't resized. Set Column.BestFitMode=xtpBestFitModeAlldata and repeat. The last column honors all 'normal' rows but not the long footer text.

 

So I came to the conclusion: BestFit doesn't honor BestFitMode=xtpBestFitModeAlldata

 

If you set the long text for the last column you have to set:

 

wndReportControlData.Columns(3).BestFitMode = xtpBestFitModeAllData
wndReportControlData.Columns(3).BestFit

 

as well. I made the sample just to let you see it does work.

 

change this in the sample:

 

 

Now all columns will call BestFit and not as in my first example with just the first column and if you set the longer text to another column it won't work

 

Change the above and see for yourself.

 

 

 

I had called the best fit method to column 3 and it won't work.

 

Your sample simply works because you use DoEvents in the loop. This is an old trick for the same problem with BestFit before .BestFitMode was introduced. But it does not always work. I am shure that for the footer rows the BestFitMode was not taken into account...

 

Thanks again

 

Yes, I had to use DoEvents otherwise it did't work. But it shows that all columns will be resized, also the FooterRows and if you think that it doesn't work all the time, show me. 

 

You say and I quote:

 

They have to be checked for the contents of the "cell" otherwise the columns wouldn't be resized, right? That we have to use DoEvents is another story...

 

I will wait for a few days and I will post an issue regarding the BestFit method (giving Oleg the time to reply on this post ) 

 

Yes, but if BestFitMode is 0 or not taken into account only the width of visible cells are measured. So your sample works if you have long text in the first, visible column but not in the last, hidden row.

 

Why it works from time to time with DoEvents - no idea. In V11 before BestFitMode was introduced I also used DoEvents AND .Poulate but sometimes it works sometimes not - depends on Windows repainting (sizing, pane sizing, overlaping windows...).

 

But - thanks a lot, I hope Oleg have the time to examine this issue.

 

With my sample it does not matter if xtpBestFitModeAllData or xtpBestFitModeVisibleData is set, it will always resize the long text and no matter where the column is and visible or not.

 

Please add code that it won't work. Convince me that this doesn't work

 

(I added the code where I loop through the columns)

https://forum.codejock.com/uploads/20080524_021103_TestColumns.zip - uploads/20080524_021103_TestColumns.zip