HOWTO: Get rid of sort arrow in header

No ideas?

CXTPReportColumn* pCol = wndReport.AddColumn(new CXTPReportColumn(COLUMN_FROM, _T("From"), 100));

pCol->SetSortable(FALSE);

pCol->SetAutoSortWhenGrouped(FALSE);

Last flag help to get rid from arrow

mdoubson wrote: CXTPReportColumn* pCol = wndReport.AddColumn(new CXTPReportColumn(COLUMN_FROM, _T("From"), 100)); pCol->SetSortable(FALSE); pCol->SetAutoSortWhenGrouped(FALSE); Last flag help to get rid from arrow

Hi;
In my case it's not working, because the columns have to be in a special (partially grouped) sort order. If I set SetAutoSortWhenGrouped(FALSE), the groups are no longer in the required sort order...

Hi;
Once again this solution does not work in my case, because records are dynamically added/updated and removed and the sort order has to be maintained at each point of execution by the control itself. With your solution, each time any updates are done, I have to clear the internal sort order, clear the internal group order, temporary remove the group auto sort flag and manually redraw the control. This is too time consuming, since several 100 updates are executed per second.
Also I have to assure that the control itself never internally redraws at least the header part of the control - sort triangle flickering occures.
I believe that I have to create my own CXTPReportPaintManager derived class and overwrite DrawColumn().

But it would be much easier if the CXTPReportColumn::HasSortTriangle() could be made virtual.

Oleg, is this possible in a future release?

Hi;
Still not the right way!
It only removes the triangle, when the caption is larger than the column width. Append a large amount of spaces adds an ellipsis at the end of the caption...

Hi;
In my case the columns are always wider than the caption text. So in any case, the triangle is drawn (BTW user resize of column widths is enabled). To prevent it I tried to add a lot of spaces to the end of each caption and voilá the ellipsis appears.
Perhaps you have an older version of the toolkit, or I miss something in any of my report message handlers.

Very good idea!
DrawSortTriangle::NeverDrawSortTriangle should be set as soon as GetReportHeader()->AllowColumnSort(FALSE) is set.
But what do you think about the idea to change CXTPReportColumn::HasSortTriangle() to virtual too? This puts the developer in the position to change the behaviour on a column basis.

Until release 13 will be available, which of my presumed solution do you recommend with version 12?

Nevertheless, do you have any timeline for release 13?

Suppose you have a column sort order col 3 asc, col 4 asc, col 1 asc, col 2 asc. This results in four sort triangles shown in the header. The whole control is also grouped by col 5 followed by col 6. This kind of group and column sort order is required to display the records in a meaningful form. If the user changes this order the records are no longer in end user (quickly) recognizable style.
Additional, the triangles alone do not show the sort order position.
These issues are the reason why I do not need the sort arrows in the header.

I proposed NeverDrawSortTriangle/AllowColumnSort(FALSE) because of my special needs. The appearance of the triangle should of course be setable - on e per column basis - as you posted earlier...

it already in source for release 13 - means Feb