Re: Setting StringGrid.Height

Posted by Lee p12462 on January 28, 2009

In Reply to Re: Setting StringGrid.Height posted by webmaster Guido on January 28, 2009

: : I have a StringGrid that I populate on the fly. Once I'm done populating it, I want to set the .height property such that the bottom border is just below the [possible horizontal scroll bar and] last line in the StringGrid. When I click the button with the following code, the bottom border ends up below row 7 out of 10 rows. I'm guessing it is because I am summing the height of the characters but not the space above and below the horizontal lines. Is there some other property(s) I should be summing to get the results I want?
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: Well, the total height of a StringGrid component is influenced by:
: Grid.RowCount, Grid.DefaultRowHeight, Grid.RowHeights, its "Bevels" (borders), etc...
: So, it's not easy to calculate the exact total height. I'm testing some combinations, just give me some time ;)
: Unless... you agree with an approximation that at least shows all or most of the rows, but sometimes with a vertical scrollbar?

Thanks Guido!
Well, it isn't scientific but, I experimented by just adding a "fudge factor" for each line. I found by adding 8 to the StringGrid1.Canvas.TextHeight for each row, it comes close enough for what I need!

Don't spend much time on this but if you come up with something close, I'd like to see it. Having a vertical scroll bar would be OK :-)

Thank you very much for your time and effort :-)

Lee