Report control current cell?

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   Hi, in my application the user can dynamically add columns to the report control and I want to allow them to remove columns too, but there doesn't appear to be any concept of a current cell in the report control so there is no intuitive way to select a column for deletion.  I can find the focused row but there is no equivalent focused column.   Am I missing something? Thanks.

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brianh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 30 April 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 83	Post Options Post Reply Quote brianh Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Report control current cell? Posted: 05 January 2005 at 11:31am
	Hi, in my application the user can dynamically add columns to the report control and I want to allow them to remove columns too, but there doesn't appear to be any concept of a current cell in the report control so there is no intuitive way to select a column for deletion. I can find the focused row but there is no equivalent focused column. Am I missing something? Thanks.

Boyd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 08 December 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 285	Post Options Post Reply Quote Boyd Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 January 2005 at 12:43pm
	I'm not certain if there is a way to determine the focused column, but you do have one alternative. I always use the right-click menu on the column header for actions such as this, and it is possible to determine which column the user right-clicked on. I don't use the MFC version, but the ActiveX version has a ColumnClick event as well as a HitTest method (both of which can be used to provide right-click menus for a column). The MFC version must surely have an equivalent approach. Since you know which column triggered the right-click menu, you'll know which column to remove if the user chooses that action.

brianh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 30 April 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 83	Post Options Post Reply Quote brianh Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 January 2005 at 3:43am
	Thanks Boyd, I never thought about the headers, I should be able to handle the normal MFC message for the context menu and by using the HitTest() method of the column header I could then find the associated column and add/enable the "delete" item in the context menu. I like to use a context menu for this kind of thing too, but I usually have a main menu item and toolbar button for the same purpose, so it would be nice if the grid maintained a "current column" to allow this, but until then the context menu will have to do. Thanks again. Edited by brianh