SetAutoColumnSizing problem

I don't want my columns to be auto-sized except for the last one!

GetReportHeader()->SetAutoColumnSizing(FALSE);

That has no effect as far as I can tell. Bug?

So I tried creating all my columns with bAutoSize = 0. That worked, except that the last column is not auto-sized. (And since I allow reordering of columns, I cannot create a rule for the bAutoSize-flag).

That is, when I resize my report control I don't want any of the columns to be affected except the last one, which shall fill the rest of the space. (Quite reasonable.)

A bug or a missing feature? I really need this though. Any chance you can fix it?

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You need to call Col->SetAutoSize(FALSE) for each column Col except the last.

Initial bAutoSize assigned in constructor to two different flags - m_bAutoSize = bAutoSize and m_bIsResizable = bAutoSize

We need to set column resizable for user (keep m_bIsResizable = TRUE) and not for form resizing (set m_bAutoSize = FALSE)

Now your last column will fill all feasible report width

It also make sense to set pCol->SetMinWidth(...) for your last column - it will prevent making this column too narrow and force to use scrollbar

Try this sample - e.g. I can resize this till the end of my second monitor and have last column to use 1.5 screens

https://forum.codejock.com/uploads/DemoVersion/EditVirtualListIconStaticLastColumn.rar

btw - this sample also demonstrate multi-level virtual tree - use menu - Report - Simple 1-tree (obsolete title!)

An idea is to handle XTP_NM_REPORT_COLUMNORDERCHANGED, but what if I hide/remove the last column? It soon becomes too many cases to take care of...

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>>Looks promising, but just like I said; reordering the columns breaks this

It is not break - it just resized moved column and keep other untouched - sometimes this is a logical feature - your initial last column has long strings with needed info (say reason of some modificaitions) but you want to move it near another column (say timestamp) to have more information together

What do you think about adding a special flags:

private m_bLastColumnExpand and m_bLastColumnExpandKeep with public SetLastColumnExpand(BOOL, BOOL) function to do all job with other columns to prepare such mode?

We can also use this setter on OnColumnChanged event in BASE class if second flag set to TRUE

Can't find SetLastColumnExpand in 13.2 beta

How am I supposed to test it? Will it be implemented in 13.2 release?

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Good to hear.

I'll play a bit with your mod until then. Thanks.

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OK but what do you think about app I asked you to take a look?

This is as simple as possible - check https://forum.codejock.com/uploads/DemoVersion/ReportSampleStatic.rar

and inside rinning app use menu - Report Control - Control Test - Task List sample

this is the code in the end of int CTaskListView::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct) function

.......................................................................................

wndReport.Populate();

wndReport.SetFocus();

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------

wndReport.GetReportHeader()->SetAutoColumnSizing(FALSE);

int nColumnsCount = wndReport.GetColumns()->GetCount(), nColumn;

for (nColumn = 0; nColumn < nColumnsCount; nColumn++)

{

CXTPReportColumn* pColumn = wndReport.GetColumns()->GetAt(nColumn);

if (pColumn && pColumn->IsVisible())

pColumn->SetAutoSize(FALSE);

}

wndReport.GetColumns()->GetLastVisibleColumn()->SetAutoSize(TRUE);

wndReport.GetReportHeader()->SetAutoColumnSizing(TRUE);

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------

return 0;

}

Please play now with this TaskListView - resize form and see reaction - all columns untouched and last one will take all possible space

Sure, but beware of user actions such as "Hide/show/move/remove column". If the last column is hidden, the second last column becomes the last one. So this setting must actively adapt to the column count/order!

PokerMemento - http://www.pokermemento.com/

What happened to the SetLastColumnExpand function? Will it be added in 14.x?

PokerMemento - http://www.pokermemento.com/

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znakeeye Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 26 July 2006 Status: Offline Points: 1672	Post Options Post Reply Quote znakeeye Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: SetAutoColumnSizing problem Posted: 30 August 2009 at 8:33am
	I don't want my columns to be auto-sized except for the last one! GetReportHeader()->SetAutoColumnSizing(FALSE); That has no effect as far as I can tell. Bug? So I tried creating all my columns with bAutoSize = 0. That worked, except that the last column is not auto-sized. (And since I allow reordering of columns, I cannot create a rule for the bAutoSize-flag). That is, when I resize my report control I don't want any of the columns to be affected except the last one, which shall fill the rest of the space. (Quite reasonable.) A bug or a missing feature? I really need this though. Any chance you can fix it?
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znakeeye Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 26 July 2006 Status: Offline Points: 1672	Post Options Post Reply Quote znakeeye Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 August 2009 at 9:01am
	Also, setting bAutoSize=1 in the CXTPReportColumn constructor yields a column which cannot be resized! That cannot be right!
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mdoubson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 17 November 2008 Status: Offline Points: 1705	Post Options Post Reply Quote mdoubson Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 August 2009 at 12:55pm
	You need to call Col->SetAutoSize(FALSE) for each column Col except the last. Initial bAutoSize assigned in constructor to two different flags - m_bAutoSize = bAutoSize and m_bIsResizable = bAutoSize We need to set column resizable for user (keep m_bIsResizable = TRUE) and not for form resizing (set m_bAutoSize = FALSE) Now your last column will fill all feasible report width It also make sense to set pCol->SetMinWidth(...) for your last column - it will prevent making this column too narrow and force to use scrollbar Try this sample - e.g. I can resize this till the end of my second monitor and have last column to use 1.5 screens https://forum.codejock.com/uploads/DemoVersion/EditVirtualListIconStaticLastColumn.rar btw - this sample also demonstrate multi-level virtual tree - use menu - Report - Simple 1-tree (obsolete title!)

znakeeye Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 26 July 2006 Status: Offline Points: 1672	Post Options Post Reply Quote znakeeye Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 August 2009 at 5:16am
	Looks promising, but just like I said; reordering the columns breaks this. If you move your last column to the left, you get strange behavior when resizing.
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znakeeye Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 26 July 2006 Status: Offline Points: 1672	Post Options Post Reply Quote znakeeye Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 August 2009 at 9:50am
	An idea is to handle XTP_NM_REPORT_COLUMNORDERCHANGED, but what if I hide/remove the last column? It soon becomes too many cases to take care of...
	PokerMemento - http://www.pokermemento.com/

mdoubson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 17 November 2008 Status: Offline Points: 1705	Post Options Post Reply Quote mdoubson Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 August 2009 at 10:01am
	Use nmData.nReason xtpReportColumnChangeOther = 0x0000, // Neither column order nor group order is changed. xtpReportColumnOrderChanged = 0x0001, // Column order changed. xtpReportColumnGroupOrderChanged = 0x0002, // Group order changed. xtpReportColumnAdded = 0x0010, // A column is added to the column list. xtpReportColumnRemoved = 0x0020, // A column is removed from the column list. xtpReportColumnWidthChanged = 0x0100, // The column width is changed. xtpReportColumnShown = 0x0200, // A column visibility property is changed to "visible". xtpReportColumnHidden = 0x0400, // A column visibility property is changed to "hidden". xtpReportColumnMoved = 0x0800, // A column is moved.

mdoubson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 17 November 2008 Status: Offline Points: 1705	Post Options Post Reply Quote mdoubson Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 August 2009 at 10:25am
	>>Looks promising, but just like I said; reordering the columns breaks this It is not break - it just resized moved column and keep other untouched - sometimes this is a logical feature - your initial last column has long strings with needed info (say reason of some modificaitions) but you want to move it near another column (say timestamp) to have more information together

znakeeye Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 26 July 2006 Status: Offline Points: 1672	Post Options Post Reply Quote znakeeye Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 September 2009 at 2:58am
	Thanks. I solved it by deriving CXTPReportHeader and handling OnColumnChanged. Before I call the base I modify my columns :)

mdoubson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 17 November 2008 Status: Offline Points: 1705	Post Options Post Reply Quote mdoubson Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 September 2009 at 10:32am
	What do you think about adding a special flags: private m_bLastColumnExpand and m_bLastColumnExpandKeep with public SetLastColumnExpand(BOOL, BOOL) function to do all job with other columns to prepare such mode? We can also use this setter on OnColumnChanged event in BASE class if second flag set to TRUE

znakeeye Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 26 July 2006 Status: Offline Points: 1672	Post Options Post Reply Quote znakeeye Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 September 2009 at 10:52am
	Sounds like a great idea.

znakeeye Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 26 July 2006 Status: Offline Points: 1672	Post Options Post Reply Quote znakeeye Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 September 2009 at 5:45pm
	Can't find SetLastColumnExpand in 13.2 beta How am I supposed to test it? Will it be implemented in 13.2 release?
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mdoubson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 17 November 2008 Status: Offline Points: 1705	Post Options Post Reply Quote mdoubson Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 September 2009 at 6:14pm
	You can try new demo app https://forum.codejock.com/uploads/DemoVersion/ReportPaneViewTrackStaticMod.rar It show some extention or your case - e.g. first columns - fixed and you can resize this columns and scrollbar will react on this. Last column - autozised and grow or shrink with form. You can also resize rows (same as columns) - select row and use tracker (up-down) I still not implemented SetLastColumnExpand but hope to do it before oficial release

znakeeye Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 26 July 2006 Status: Offline Points: 1672	Post Options Post Reply Quote znakeeye Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 September 2009 at 3:10am
	Good to hear. I'll play a bit with your mod until then. Thanks.
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znakeeye Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 26 July 2006 Status: Offline Points: 1672	Post Options Post Reply Quote znakeeye Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 September 2009 at 3:49pm
	I really hope this feature gets into 13.2 :) I'm planning a big release with this version, and this is one of the remaining items I want to get fixed.
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mdoubson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 17 November 2008 Status: Offline Points: 1705	Post Options Post Reply Quote mdoubson Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 September 2009 at 3:52pm
	OK but what do you think about app I asked you to take a look?

SuperMario Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 14 February 2004 Status: Offline Points: 18057	Post Options Post Reply Quote SuperMario Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 September 2009 at 12:40pm
	Did Mark's solution resolve your problem?

mdoubson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 17 November 2008 Status: Offline Points: 1705	Post Options Post Reply Quote mdoubson Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 September 2009 at 2:09pm
	This is as simple as possible - check https://forum.codejock.com/uploads/DemoVersion/ReportSampleStatic.rar and inside rinning app use menu - Report Control - Control Test - Task List sample this is the code in the end of int CTaskListView::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct) function ....................................................................................... wndReport.Populate(); wndReport.SetFocus(); //---------------------------------------------------------------------------- wndReport.GetReportHeader()->SetAutoColumnSizing(FALSE); int nColumnsCount = wndReport.GetColumns()->GetCount(), nColumn; for (nColumn = 0; nColumn < nColumnsCount; nColumn++) { CXTPReportColumn* pColumn = wndReport.GetColumns()->GetAt(nColumn); if (pColumn && pColumn->IsVisible()) pColumn->SetAutoSize(FALSE); } wndReport.GetColumns()->GetLastVisibleColumn()->SetAutoSize(TRUE); wndReport.GetReportHeader()->SetAutoColumnSizing(TRUE); //---------------------------------------------------------------------------- return 0; } Please play now with this TaskListView - resize form and see reaction - all columns untouched and last one will take all possible space

mdoubson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 17 November 2008 Status: Offline Points: 1705	Post Options Post Reply Quote mdoubson Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 September 2009 at 2:34pm
	I packed this piece of code into void CXTPReportHeader::SetLastColumnExpand(BOOL bLastColumnExpand, BOOL bLastColumnExpandKeep) function see result in same sample in main sample view - try to resize and also drag and drop last column on other place - it will keep get all resizing resources while other columns keep same width Fresh code - https://forum.codejock.com/uploads/DemoVersion/ReportControlMFCUpdated.rar beta-activex - https://forum.codejock.com/uploads/BetaOCX/ReportControlBeta13-2.rar

znakeeye Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 26 July 2006 Status: Offline Points: 1672	Post Options Post Reply Quote znakeeye Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 September 2009 at 10:12am
	Sure, but beware of user actions such as "Hide/show/move/remove column". If the last column is hidden, the second last column becomes the last one. So this setting must actively adapt to the column count/order!
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mdoubson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 17 November 2008 Status: Offline Points: 1705	Post Options Post Reply Quote mdoubson Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 September 2009 at 10:19am
	You can also prevent such action for last column is you don't want it

znakeeye Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 26 July 2006 Status: Offline Points: 1672	Post Options Post Reply Quote znakeeye Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 May 2010 at 6:34am
	What happened to the SetLastColumnExpand function? Will it be added in 14.x?
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