Question

dtpicker in one of datagrid columns visual basic 6

Asked by: xayent

hi all,

one of my datagrid columns is date dd.mm.yyyy . i want that when i click at the row a dtpicker control appears on the row and let me select the date from dtpicker not anyway else just dtpicker.
how may i do that.

thanks,have a nice day

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2009-11-06 at 04:07:37ID24877593
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Answers

 

by: FER_GPosted on 2009-11-06 at 05:08:18ID: 25758734

I have prepared a specific code snippet for you, to take a look of it...

You only need a form, a dtpPicker (dtPick) and a dataGrid (DataGrid1) to prove the code...
see it, and let me know if it works and if you understand it.

best regards.
Ferg
--
Ing. Fernando D. Giletta
San Francisco. Córdoba. Argentina.

Dim rs As ADODB.Recordset
    
Private Sub crearRSDesconectado()
    Set rs = New ADODB.Recordset
    
    'CREAR EL RS DESCONECTADO.
    With rs
        .CursorLocation = adUseClient
        
         ' Añadimos los campos que los puedes llamar como
         ' creas conveniente:
        .Fields.Append "Campo1", adInteger
        .Fields.Append "Campo2", adVarWChar, 50
        .Fields.Append "Campo3", adVarWChar, 50
        .Fields.Append "Campo4", adDBDate
        ' Abrimos el recordset
        .Open
    End With
    
    'LLENAR EL RS.
    Dim i As Long
    For i = 0 To 10
        With rs
            
            rs.AddNew
            
            rs.Fields("Campo1").Value = i
            rs.Fields("Campo2").Value = "Campo2 " & i
            rs.Fields("Campo3").Value = "Campo3 " & i
            rs.Fields("Campo4").Value = Date + 1
            
            rs.Update
        End With
    Next
    
    
    ' Enlazamos el control DataGrid
    Set DataGrid1.DataSource = rs
End Sub 
Private Sub IniciarGrilla()
    
    With DataGrid1
        .Visible = True
        .AllowDelete = True
        .AllowUpdate = True
        .AllowRowSizing = False
        .MarqueeStyle = dbgHighlightRow
        '.top = 2520
        '.Height = 4800
    End With 
End Sub 
Private Sub DataGrid1_BeforeColEdit(ByVal ColIndex As Integer, ByVal KeyAscii As Integer, Cancel As Integer)
    With DataGrid1
        ' if this is a date column, edit it with the date picker control
        If ColIndex = 3 Then
            
            ' we'll handle the editing ourselves
            Cancel = True
            
            ' position date picker control over cell
            'dtPick.Move Grilla.CellLeft + 250, Grilla.CellTop + 150, Grilla.CellWidth, Grilla.CellHeight
            
            dtPick.Move .Columns(ColIndex).Left + .Left, .RowTop(.Row) + .Top, .Columns(ColIndex).Width, .RowHeight
            
            ' initialize value, save original in tag in case user hits escape
            dtPick.Value = .Text
            dtPick.Tag = .Text
            
            ' show and activate date picker control
            dtPick.Visible = True
            dtPick.SetFocus
            dtPick.ZOrder
            ' make it drop down the calendar
            'SendKeys "{f4}"
            
        End If
    End With
End Sub 
Private Sub DataGrid1_Scroll(Cancel As Integer)
    ' don't scroll while editing dates
    If dtPick.Visible Then Cancel = True
End Sub 
Private Sub Form_load()
    dtPick.Visible = False
    With DataGrid1
        .Columns.Add 0
        .Columns.Add 1
        .Columns.Add 2
        .Columns.Add 3
        Call IniciarGrilla
        Call crearRSDesconectado
    End With
End Sub 
Private Sub dtPick_LostFocus()
    ' hide date picker when user is done with it
    dtPick.Visible = False
End Sub 
Private Sub dtPick_Change()
    ' update grid value whenever the data changes
    DataGrid1.Text = dtPick.Value
End Sub 
Private Sub dtPick_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)
    
    ' close date picker when user hits escape or return
    Select Case KeyCode
        Case vbKeyEscape
            'grilla = dtPick.Tag
            dtPick.Visible = False
        Case vbKeyReturn
            dtPick.Visible = False
    End Select
    
End Sub
                                              
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by: xayentPosted on 2009-11-06 at 05:16:31ID: 25758783

ok , i will reply asap thanks.

 

by: game-masterPosted on 2009-11-06 at 17:27:58ID: 25764543



good morning!

try something like this...

add dtpicker and datagrid to your form...

populate your datagrid...


add code like this...


i hope i can give u some idea...


game-master

Private Sub MoveCombo()
    ' In case of error, hide the ComboBox.
    On Error GoTo Error_Handler
    Dim gcol As MSDataGridLib.Column
    Set gcol = DataGrid1.Columns(DataGrid1.Col)
    
    If gcol.Caption = "DATE" And DataGrid1.CurrentCellVisible Then
        ' Move the ComboBox inside the SupplierID column
        ' if it is the current column and it is visible.
        DTPicker1.Move DataGrid1.Left + gcol.Left, _
            DataGrid1.Top + DataGrid1.RowTop(DataGrid1.Row), gcol.Width
        DTPicker1.ZOrder
        DTPicker1.SetFocus
        'DTPicker1.Text = gcol.Text
        Exit Sub
    End If
Error_Handler:
    ' In all other cases, hide the ComboBox.
    Me.DTPicker1.Move -10000
    If DataGrid1.Visible Then DataGrid1.SetFocus
End Sub 
Private Sub DataGrid1_RowColChange(LastRow As Variant, _
    ByVal LastCol As Integer)
    MoveCombo
End Sub 
Private Sub DataGrid1_RowResize(Cancel As Integer)
    MoveCombo
End Sub 
Private Sub DataGrid1_ColResize(ByVal ColIndex As Integer, _
    Cancel As Integer)
    MoveCombo
End Sub 
Private Sub DataGrid1_Scroll(Cancel As Integer)
    MoveCombo
End Sub 
Private Sub DataGrid1_SplitChange()
    MoveCombo
End Sub 

Private Sub DTPicker1_Change()
    DataGrid1.Columns("DATE").Value = _
        Format(DTPicker1.Value, "dd.mm.yyyy")
    
    Me.DTPicker1.Move -10000
End Sub
                                              
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by: game-masterPosted on 2009-11-06 at 17:29:32ID: 25764548



sorry...

just change the procedure name, because i just used that code to move my combobox
on my datagrid...just modified it, to give u some idea...



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