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Treeview search/Delphi

Asked by: bellfieldpark

I have a simple TreeView populated from a table that contains the following fields:

NodeID - Unique identifier
ParentID - Parent node, if any
Description - Label for display

Is there some way to go directly to a node in the Tree by identifying the nodeID?


procedure GoToNode(NodeID: Integer);
begin
  ???
end;'

                                  
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2009-08-12 at 04:44:37ID24646047
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Answers

 

by: Geert_GruwezPosted on 2009-08-12 at 05:21:33ID: 25077905

you'll need to somehow store the relationship between your NodeId and the Index
and recalculate all the indexes when moving nodes around

i tried with the sample below

basically for every node you add or move place all the indexes get recalculated
you could find the node faster using the parentid and working in reverse order.
first list all the parents upwards until you get the top parent and then work downwards again to find the node

unit Unit1;
 
interface
 
uses
  Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Variants, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms,
  Dialogs, StdCtrls, ComCtrls;
 
type
  TForm1 = class(TForm)
    TreeView1: TTreeView;
    Button1: TButton;
    ListBox1: TListBox;
    btnGoToNode: TButton;
    procedure Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
    procedure TreeView1Addition(Sender: TObject; Node: TTreeNode);
    procedure btnGoToNodeClick(Sender: TObject);
  private
    fNodeList: TStringList;
    fUniqueId: integer;
    procedure AddRandomNode(Tree: TTreeview);
    procedure AddNode(Tree: TTreeView; aUniqueId, aParentId: integer; aDescr: string);
  public
    constructor Create(AOwner: TComponent); override;
    destructor Destroy; override;
  end;
 
  TDataObj = class(TObject)
  private
    fParentId: integer;
    fNodeId: integer;
    fDescr: string;
  public
    property NodeID: integer read fNodeId write fNodeId;
    property ParentID: integer read fParentId write fParentId;
    property Description: string read fDescr write fDescr;
  end;
 
var
  Form1: TForm1;
 
implementation
 
{$R *.dfm}
 
procedure TForm1.AddNode(Tree: TTreeView; aUniqueId, aParentId: integer; aDescr: string);
var pp: TTreeNode;
  s: string;
  obj: TDataObj;
begin
  pp := nil;
  if aParentId > 0 then
  begin
    s := fNodeList.Values[IntToStr(aParentId)];
    if s <> '' then
      pp := Tree.Items.Item[StrToInt(s)];
  end;
  obj := TDataObj.Create;
  obj.NodeID := aUniqueId;
  obj.ParentId := aParentId;
  obj.Description := Format('Id: %d Descr: %s', [aUniqueId, aDescr]);
  Tree.Items.AddChildObject(pp, obj.Description, obj);
end;
 
procedure TForm1.AddRandomNode(Tree: TTreeview);
var x, pId, n: integer;
  P: TTreeNode;
  s: string;
begin
  n := Tree.Items.Count;
  x := -1;
  if (Random(100) > 70) and (n > 2) then
    x := Random(n);
  pId := -1;
  if x <> -1 then
  begin
    P := Tree.Items.Item[x];
    pId := TDataObj(P.Data).fNodeId;
  end;
  s := 'Random text ' + IntToStr(Random(500));
  Inc(fUniqueId);
  AddNode(Tree, fUniqueId, pId, s);
end;
 
constructor TForm1.Create(AOwner: TComponent);
begin
  inherited Create(AOwner);
  fUniqueId := 100;
  FNodeList := TStringList.Create;
end;
 
destructor TForm1.Destroy;
begin
  FreeAndNil(FNodeList);
  inherited Destroy;
end;
 
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  AddRandomNode(TreeView1);
end;
 
procedure TForm1.TreeView1Addition(Sender: TObject; Node: TTreeNode);
begin
  if Assigned(Node) then
  begin
    fNodeList.Values[IntToStr(TDataObj(Node.Data).NodeID)] := IntToStr(Node.AbsoluteIndex);
    ListBox1.Items.Assign(fNodeList);
  end;
end;
 
procedure TForm1.btnGoToNodeClick(Sender: TObject);
var s: string;
  p: TTreeNode;
begin
  s := '';
  if ListBox1.ItemIndex <> -1 then
    s := ListBox1.Items.ValueFromIndex[ListBox1.ItemIndex];
  if s <> '' then
  begin
    p := TreeView1.Items.Item[StrToInt(s)];
    ShowMessage(p.Text);
  end;
end;
 
end.
                                              
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by: bellfieldparkPosted on 2009-08-18 at 05:41:30ID: 25122530

Actually I want to set the focus on the exact node that I have specified.

For example, if I was using a DBGrid connecting to a dataset, I could use Locate as in
myDataSet.Locate('NodeiD',iNodeID,[]);
Grid1.SetFocus;  // current row is record where NodeID = iNodeID

How do I achieve the same thing with TreeView?

function GoToNode(iNodeID: Integer): Boolean;
begin
  TreeView1.SetFocus;

  Result := TreeView1.LocateNode(iNodeID)  // how do I do this?
end;

 

by: bellfieldparkPosted on 2009-08-18 at 05:51:49ID: 25122629

Please do not close iit!
I just asked you not too!

 

by: bellfieldparkPosted on 2009-08-18 at 05:52:33ID: 25122640

Please doi not close

 

by: Geert_GruwezPosted on 2009-08-18 at 07:42:03ID: 25123740

searching in a treeview can be done in several ways,
this is one:

well first you need to work up to the highest parent from the record you have
building the list as you go a long,
start with the current record, store it's unique id
then look for the parent record, store it's unique id
repeating this process until parent = null (or 0 = indicator no parent)

[pseudo code]

you could use a TStrings object and use the
Insert(0, Format('%d=%d', [RecordId, ParentId]));

then work the list down again on the treeview
using the TStrings with a for next and working with the Children for each node
like in below function

then use that function to select the node:

aNode := FindNode(3);
if Assigned(aNode) then
  TreeView1.Selected := aNode
else
  ShowMessage('Node not found');

(didn't test the code, wrote it in the ff editor, haven't got delphi here atm)


 



function TForm1.FindNode(SearchNodeId: Integer): TTreeNode;
var
  aNode: TTreeNode;
  I, J, aRecordId: Integer;
  Items: TStrings; // filled like described above from database
  Found: Boolean;
begin
  aNode := nil; 
  Items := TStringList.Create;
  try
    FillItems(SearchNodeId, Items);
    for I := 0 to Items.Count-1 do 
    begin
      aRecordId := StrToInt(S.Names[I]);
      if I = 0 then 
        aNode := TreeView1.Items.GetFirstNode 
      else 
        aNode := aNode.GetFirstChild;
      Found := False;
      repeat
        if (aNode <> nil) and (aNode.Data <> nil) and 
          (TDataObj(aNode.Data).NodeId = aRecordId) then 
          Found := True;
        if not Found and Assigned(aNode) then 
          aNode := aNode.getNextSibling;
      until not Assigned(aNode) or Found;
    end;
  finally
    Items.Free;
  end;
  Result := aNode;
end;  
                                              
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