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Topic: Feature suggestion

Posted By: TimStowe
Subject: Feature suggestion
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 10:30am

It'd be very useful to be able to lock a property grid item but still be able to use the buttons - sort of a variation on read only. This way, the user is forced to use the color picker, rather than manually enter the color code (and possibly screw it up).

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Posted By: gshawn
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 10:43am

cool... I would also be able to use this feature :)

Posted By: Oleg
Date Posted: 20 February 2006 at 10:44am

Hello,

just don't set ItemHasEdit flag:

Set Item = Category.AddChildItem(PropertyItemColor, "ToolbarColor", &HAA00FF)
Item.Flags = ItemHasComboButton

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Oleg, Support Team
CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Posted By: TimStowe
Date Posted: 22 February 2006 at 7:20am

Oleg,

I've done that, and it still allows editing in the item.

Posted By: Oleg
Date Posted: 23 February 2006 at 8:01am

Hello,

Show your code. it must work.

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Oleg, Support Team
CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Posted By: TimStowe
Date Posted: 23 February 2006 at 8:14am

Oleg, this code allows the user to type into that field. Whatever they add to that field disappears as soon as the field loses focus, but they can still type there.

Dim pgiColorDesc As PropertyGridItem
Dim pgiColorItem As PropertyGridItem

On Error GoTo ErrorHandler

Set pgiColorDesc = pgiCategory.AddChildItem(PropertyItemString, sParentCaption)
pgiColorDesc.ReadOnly = True
Set pgiColorItem = pgiColorDesc.AddChildItem(PropertyItemColor, lblBackColor.Caption)
pgiColorItem.Value = lBackColor
Set pgiColorItem = pgiColorDesc.AddChildItem(PropertyItemColor, lblForeColor.Caption)
pgiColorItem.Value = lForeColor
pgiColorItem.flags = ItemHasComboButton
pgiColorDesc.CaptionMetrics.BackColor = lBackColor
pgiColorDesc.CaptionMetrics.ForeColor = lForeColor
pgiColorItem.EnsureVisible

Posted By: TimStowe
Date Posted: 23 February 2006 at 9:44am

Wait a minute... I'm a moron. Just figured it out.

Disregard that previous code snippet.