TDBGrid Members Protected Methods

Protected Methods

	Name	Description
	_AddRef	Called when an application uses a component interface.
	_Release	Called when an application releases a component interface.
	AcquireLayoutLock	Calls BeginLayout if the table is not currently being reformatted.
	ActionChange	Responds when the action associated with the control changes.
	ActionChange	Updates the control to reflect changes in its associated action.
	AddBiDiModeExStyle	Sets control's window style according to its bi-directional support.
	AdjustClientRect	Provides the interface that adjusts the ClientRect property for idiosyncrasies of the window.
	AdjustSize	Sets the size of the control as determined by the AutoSize property.
	AdjustSize	Adjusts the control's size according to its contents and constraints.
	AdjustSize	Adds or deletes rows or columns from the grid.
	AlignControls	Aligns any controls for which the control is the parent within a specified area of the control.
	ArrangeControl	This is ArrangeControl, a member of class TWinControl.
	AssignTo	Copies the properties of an object to a destination object.
	AssignTo	Overrides the inherited AssignTo function to enable assignments to TAction objects.
	AssignTo	Copies the properties of the windowed control to another object.
	BeginAutoDrag	Begin Automatic Drag.
	BeginColumnDrag	Starts the dragging of a column in the grid.
	BeginColumnDrag	Starts the dragging of a column in the grid.
	BeginLayout	Increments the LayoutLock property when the column bindings or fields in the dataset change.
	BeginRowDrag	Starts the dragging of a row in the grid.
	BeginUpdate	Increments the UpdateLock property when the data in the grid changes.
	BoxRect	Returns the screen coordinates of a specified set of cells.
	CalcCursorPos	This is CalcCursorPos, a member of class TControl.
	CalcDrawInfo	Calculates the pixel locations of the grid boundaries.
	CalcFixedInfo	Calculates the pixel locations of the fixed cells.
	CalcSizingState	Determines the appearance of the mouse cursor during resizing.
	CalcSizingState	Determines the appearance of the mouse cursor during resizing.
	CalcTitleRect	This is CalcTitleRect, a member of class TCustomDBGrid.
	CanAutoSize	Indicates whether the control can resize itself automatically to accommodate its contents.
	CanAutoSize	Indicates how the control can be resized.
	CancelLayout	Decrements the LayoutLock property.
	CanEditAcceptKey	Indicates whether the Key parameter can be entered into the current cell.
	CanEditAcceptKey	Indicates whether the Key parameter can be entered into the current cell.
	CanEditModify	Indicates whether the current column of the grid can be edited.
	CanEditModify	Indicates whether the current cell in the grid can be edited.
	CanEditShow	Indicates whether the inplace edit control can be created to allow editing.
	CanEditShow	Indicates whether the inplace edit control can be created to allow editing.
	CanGridAcceptKey	Indicates whether the grid should respond to a given key combination.
	CanResize	OnCanResize event dispatcher.
	CanResize	Indicates how the control can respond to a resize attempt.
	CellClick	Generates an OnCellClick event.
	CellRect	Returns the screen coordinates of a cell in the grid.
	Changed	Sends a CM_CHANGED message to the control.
	ChangeGridOrientation	Prepares the grid's canvas for painting to reflect a right-to-left or left-to-right orientation.
	ChangeName	Sets the private, internal storage for the Name property to the string passed in NewName.
	ChangeScale	Rescaling event dispatcher.
	ChangeScale	Resize and reposition children and self.
	CheckColumnDrag	Validates whether the column currently selected for dragging can be dropped at the current location.
	CheckColumnDrag	CheckColumnDrag validates whether the column currently selected for dragging can be dropped at the current location.
	CheckRowDrag	CheckRowDrag validates whether the row currently selected for dragging can be dropped at the current location.
	Click	Respond to user click.
	ColEnter	Generates an OnColEnter event.
	ColExit	Generates an OnColExit event.
	ColumnAtDepth	Returns the column object associated with nth parent field of the given column.
	ColumnMoved	Generates an OnColumnMoved event.
	ColumnMoved	Provides the interface for a method that responds when the position of a column changes.
	ColWidthsChanged	Updates the column widths in the Columns property when the user resizes the columns.
	ColWidthsChanged	Responds when the column widths change.
	ConstrainedResize	Notify control of resize with constraints.
	ConstrainedResize	Generates an OnConstrainedResize event.
	ControlsAligned	This is ControlsAligned, a member of class TWinControl.
	CreateColumns	Creates the TDBGridColumns object that stores the column descriptors for the grid.
	CreateDataLink	Creates the data link that the grid uses to manage the connection to its data source.
	CreateDockManager	Creates the dock manager for the control.
	CreateEditor	Creates the inplace editor that allows the cells of the grid to be edited.
	CreateEditor	Creates the inplace editor control.
	CreateHandle	Creates underlying screen object.
	CreateParams	Initializes a window-creation parameter data structure.
	CreateParams	Initializes the window-creation parameter record.
	CreateSubClass	Creates a windowed control derived from an existing Windows window class.
	CreateWindowHandle	Creates a Windows control to represent the control.
	CreateWnd	Creates the underlying window.
	CreateWnd	Creates the window used to display the data-aware grid.
	CustomAlignInsertBefore	Returns placement order of custom-aligned child control.
	CustomAlignPosition	Returns aligned position of custom-aligned child control.
	DataToRawColumn	Converts a column index in the Columns property to the index of the corresponding column in the visual display.
	DblClick	OnDblClick event dispatcher.
	DefaultDockImage	Handles the painting and erasing of a dock image.
	DeferLayout	Decrements the LayoutLock property and posts a message to the grid to trigger a new layout sequence at a more appropriate time.
	DefineFieldMap	Builds the Fields array from the Columns property and the data source.
	DefineProperties	Designates methods for storing an object's unpublished data on a stream such as a form file.
	DefineProperties	Provides an interface for a method that reads and writes otherwise unpublished data.
	DefineProperties	Provides methods to read and write the IsControl property to a stream such as a form file.
	DefineProperties	Provides methods to read and write the IsControl property to a stream such as a form file.
	DefineProperties	Defines a savable version of the Columns property when necessary.
	DefineProperties	Adds the ColWidths and RowHeights properties to the values saved with the grid.
	DeleteColumn	Deletes a specified column from the grid.
	DeleteRow	Deletes a specified from the grid.
	DesignWndProc	This is DesignWndProc, a member of class TControl.
	DestroyHandle	Destroys the control's window without destroying the control.
	DestroyWindowHandle	Destroys the window created in the CreateWindowHandle method.
	DestroyWnd	Destroys the control's window.
	DoAddDockClient	Performs actions when a control is docked to the windowed control.
	DockOver	Responds when a docking client is dragged over the windowed control.
	DockReplaceDockClient	This is DockReplaceDockClient, a member of class TWinControl.
	DockTrackNoTarget	Handles dragging of the control over an invalid docking target.
	DoContextPopup	OnContextPopup event dispatcher.
	DoDock	Docking event dispatcher.
	DoDockOver	Generates an OnDockOver event.
	DoEndDock	OnEndDock event dispatcher.
	DoEndDrag	OnEndDrag event dispatcher.
	DoEnter	Respond to receiving input focus.
	DoExit	Respond to losing input focus
	DoExit	Hides the inplace editor when selection moves to another control in a form.
	DoFlipChildren	Flips the control's children.
	DoKeyDown	Performs some preprocessing before generating an OnKeyDown event.
	DoKeyPress	Performs some preprocessing before generating an OnKeyPress event.
	DoKeyUp	Performs some preprocessing before generating an OnKeyUp event.
	DoMouseWheel	Processes mouse wheel motion.
	DoMouseWheelDown	OnMouseWheelDown event dispatcher.
	DoMouseWheelDown	Performs tasks when the mouse wheel is rotated downward.
	DoMouseWheelDown	Performs tasks when the mouse wheel is rotated downward.
	DoMouseWheelUp	OnMouseWheelUp event dispatcher.
	DoMouseWheelUp	Performs tasks when the mouse wheel is rotated upward.
	DoMouseWheelUp	Performs tasks when the mouse wheel is rotated upward.
	DoRemoveDockClient	Responds when a control is undocked from the windowed control.
	DoStartDock	OnStartDock event dispatcher.
	DoStartDrag	OnStartDrag event dispatcher.
	DoUnDock	Undocks a control that is currently docked to the windowed control.
	DragCanceled	Provides the interface for a method that responds to the cancellation of a drag.
	DragOver	OnDragOver event dispatcher.
	DrawCell	Draws the cell specified by the ACol and ARow parameters.
	DrawCell	Provides the prototype for a method that draws the contents of a cell in the grid.
	DrawColumnCell	Generates an OnDrawColumnCell event.
	DrawDataCell	Generates an OnDrawDataCell event.
	DrawDragDockImage	Draws the dock image for the control.
	EditButtonClick	Generates an OnEditButtonClick event.
	EndColumnDrag	Ends the dragging of a column in the grid.
	EndColumnDrag	Ends the dragging of a column in the grid.
	EndLayout	Decrements the LayoutLock property and recomputes the Columns property if LayoutLock reaches 0.
	EndRowDrag	Ends the dragging of a row in the grid.
	EndUpdate	Decrements the UpdateLock property.
	EraseDragDockImage	Erases the dock image for the control.
	FindNextControl	Returns the control's next child in the tab order after the specified control.
	FixupTabList	Sorts the child controls by their tab order.
	FocusCell	Changes the current cell to a specified cell.
	GetAction	This is GetAction, a member of class TControl.
	GetActionLinkClass	Returns the appropriate action link class that is associated with the control class.
	GetActionLinkClass	Returns the associated action link class.
	GetChildOwner	Returns the owner of a child component being read from a stream.
	GetChildParent	Returns the parent, or if there is no parent, returns the owner of a child component being read from a stream.
	GetChildren	This is GetChildren, a member of class TComponent.
	GetChildren	Calls a specified method for each child of the control.
	GetClientOrigin	Returns the screen coordinates of the top-left corner of the control's client area.
	GetClientOrigin	Returns the value of the ClientOrigin property.
	GetClientRect	Returns a rectangle defining the client area of the control.
	GetClientRect	Returns the value of the ClientRect property.
	GetColField	Returns the field component that represents the binding of a specified column.
	GetControlExtents	Returns the smallest rectangle in which all the control's children fit.
	GetDeviceContext	Returns a device context for the control.
	GetDeviceContext	Provides access to a device context for the control.
	GetDockEdge	Returns the edge on which another control should be docked when it is dragged over the control.
	GetDragImages	Returns the control's image list containing the image to be displayed while dragging.
	GetEditLimit	Limits the number of characters that can be typed into cells representing string fields.
	GetEditLimit	Provides the interface for a method that limits the number of characters the user can type into cells.
	GetEditMask	Returns the input mask associated with the field for the selected cell.
	GetEditMask	Provides the interface for a method that returns an input mask for the specified cell.
	GetEditStyle	Indicates whether a specified cell has an ellipsis button or drop-down arrow.
	GetEditStyle	Indicates whether a specified cell has an ellipsis button or drop-down arrow.
	GetEditText	Returns the value of the indicated cell formatted for editing.
	GetEditText	Returns the value of the indicated cell formatted for editing.
	GetEnabled	Returns the value of the Enabled property.
	GetFieldValue	Returns the value of the indicated cell formatted for display.
	GetFloating	Returns the value of the Floating property.
	GetFloatingDockSiteClass	Returns the class used for the control when it is floating.
	GetGridHeight	Returns the value of the GridHeight property.
	GetGridWidth	Returns the value of the GridWidth property.
	GetIDsOfNames	Maps a single member and an optional set of argument names to a corresponding set of integer dispatch identifiers (dispIDs).
	GetOwner	Returns the owner of a component.
	GetOwner	Returns the owner of an object.
	GetPalette	Returns the handle to a palette for use by the control.
	GetParentHandle	Returns the window handle for the window of the control's parent.
	GetPopupMenu	Returns the pop-up menu associated with the control.
	GetSiteInfo	Generates an OnGetSiteInfo event
	GetTopParentHandle	Returns the window handle of the first window not associated with a VCL control that contains the windowed control.
	GetTypeInfo	Retrieves the type information for an object.
	GetTypeInfoCount	Returns the number of type information interfaces that an object provides (either 0 or 1).
	HideEdit	Hides the inplace editor.
	HideEditor	Hides the inplace editor when it is not in use.
	HighlightCell	Indicates whether a specified cell should be highlighted when it is drawn.
	InvalidateCell	Invalidates the region occupied by a cell so that it will be repainted with the next Windows paint message.
	InvalidateCol	Invalidates the region occupied by a column so that it will be repainted with the next Windows paint message.
	InvalidateDockHostSite	This is InvalidateDockHostSite, a member of class TWinControl.
	InvalidateEditor	Causes the inplace editor to repaint itself, moving to a new location if necessary.
	InvalidateGrid	Tells Windows to repaint the grid after other important Windows messages are handled.
	InvalidateRow	Invalidates the region occupied by a row so that it will be repainted with the next Windows paint message.
	InvalidateTitles	Invalidates the column titles so that they will be repainted.
	Invoke	Provides access to Automation properties and methods when the component wraps an Automation object.
	IsControlActivateMsg	This is IsControlActivateMsg, a member of class TWinControl.
	IsControlMouseMsg	Indicates whether a specified mouse message is directed to one of the windowed control's child controls.
	IsQualifyingSite	This is IsQualifyingSite, a member of class TWinControl.
	KeyDown	Respond to key press events.
	KeyDown	Provides special processing when the user presses down on a key.
	KeyDown	Provides special processing when the user presses a key.
	KeyPress	Respond to keyboard input.
	KeyPress	Responds when the user presses a key.
	KeyPress	Provides special processing when the user presses a key.
	KeyUp	Respond to released key.
	LayoutChanged	Recomputes the Columns property.
	LinkActive	Recomputes the Columns property and the vertical scroll bar of the grid.
	Loaded	Initializes the component after the form file has been read into memory.
	Loaded	Initializes the control after it is loaded from a stream.
	Loaded	Sets up the Columns property once the data grid and all its child components are loaded.
	MainWndProc	Receives Windows messages for the control.
	MouseActivate	This is MouseActivate, a member of class TControl.
	MouseDown	OnMouseDown event dispatcher.
	MouseDown	Provides special processing when the user clicks on the mouse.
	MouseDown	Provides special processing when the user presses a mouse button.
	MouseMove	Respond to mouse moving over control area..
	MouseMove	Provides special processing when the user moves the mouse.
	MouseUp	OnMouseUp event dispatcher.
	MouseUp	Provides special processing when the user releases the mouse button.
	MouseUp	Provides special processing when the user releases the mouse button.
	MoveColRow	Selects the cell indicated by the ACol and ARow parameters.
	MoveColumn	Moves a column to a new position.
	MoveRow	Moves a row to a new position.
	Notification	Forwards notification messages to all owned components.
	Notification	Responds to notifications that components are being created or destroyed.
	Notification	Responds to notifications that components are being created or destroyed.
	Notification	Responds to notifications that components are about to be destroyed.
	NotifyControls	Sends a message to all the child controls.
	Paint	Renders the image of a custom control.
	Paint	Draws the image of the grid control on the screen.
	PaintControls	Paints each of the child controls in a windowed control using the specified device context.
	PaintHandler	Responds to WM_PAINT messages.
	PaintWindow	Renders the image of the control on a specified device context.
	PaintWindow	Renders the image of a windowed control.
	PaletteChanged	Responds to changes in the system's palette by realizing the control's palette.
	PaletteChanged	Responds to changes in the system's palette by realizing the control's palette and the palette for each child control.
	PaletteCreated	Responds when the component is created from the component palette.
	PositionDockRect	Positions the docking rectangle according to the current drag-and-dock state.
	QueryInterface	Returns a reference to a specified interface if the object supports that interface.
	RawToDataColumn	Converts the index of a column in the visual display to the corresponding index in the Columns property.
	ReadState	This is ReadState, a member of class TComponent.
	ReadState	Prepares the control for having its properties assigned values read from a stream.
	ReadState	Prepares the control for having its properties assigned values from a stream.
	RecreateWnd	Recreate underlying Windows screen object.
	ReloadDockedControl	Reloads a docked control.
	RemoveWindowProps	This is RemoveWindowProps, a member of class TWinControl.
	RequestAlign	Instructs the parent of a control to reposition the control, enforcing its Align property.
	ResetIme	Restores the input method editor (IME) that was active when the application started.
	ResetImeComposition	Directs the composition window of the input method editor (IME) to perform a specific action.
	Resize	Respond to control resize.
	RowHeightsChanged	Responds when the row heights change.
	RowMoved	Provides the interface for a method that responds when the position of a row changes.
	ScaleConstraints	This is ScaleConstraints, a member of class TControl.
	ScaleControls	Rescale child controls only.
	Scroll	Updates the image of the grid to reflect a new record position.
	ScrollData	Scrolls the visual image of the cells in the grid.
	SelectCell	Determines whether a particular cell in the grid can be selected.
	SelectFirst	Locates first selectable child control.
	SelectNext	Moves the input focus from the current child control to the next one in the tab order.
	SendCancelMode	Cancels the modal state of the control.
	SendDockNotification	Sends a Windows message to the control's host dock site.
	SetAncestor	This is SetAncestor, a member of class TComponent.
	SetAutoSize	This is SetAutoSize, a member of class TControl.
	SetBiDiMode	Sets the control's bi-directional mode.
	SetChildOrder	This is SetChildOrder, a member of class TComponent.
	SetChildOrder	Changes the order in which the child component appears in the list of child components returned by the GetChildren method.
	SetColumnAttributes	This is SetColumnAttributes, a member of class TCustomDBGrid.
	SetDesigning	Ensures that components inserted at design time have their design-mode flag set.
	SetDesignInstance	Ensures that components inserted at design time have their design-mode flag set.
	SetDragMode	Sets the drag mode for the control.
	SetEditText	Updates the edited version of the current cell's data.
	SetEditText	Provides the interface for a method that updates the text associated with a cell.
	SetEnabled	Sets the value of the Enabled property.
	SetIme	Activates an input method editor (IME) using the values specified by the ImeMode and ImeName properties.
	SetImeCompositionWindow	Sets the position and font of the composition window.
	SetInline	Sets the csInline bit of the component's ComponentState property
	SetName	Sets the value of the Name property.
	SetName	Sets the name of the control.
	SetParent	Sets the parent of the control.
	SetParent	Sets the parent of the control.
	SetParentBackground	This is SetParentBackground, a member of class TWinControl.
	SetParentBiDiMode	Specifies whether the control uses its parent's BiDiMode.
	SetParentComponent	This is SetParentComponent, a member of class TComponent.
	SetParentComponent	Sets the parent for the control.
	SetZOrder	Repositions the control in its parent's control list, thereby changing position onscreen.
	SetZOrder	Moves the control to the top or bottom of the parent control's (or screen's) list of TWinControl controls.
	ShowControl	Ensures that a specified child control is visible.
	ShowEditor	Displays the inplace editor when the grid enters edit mode.
	ShowEditorChar	Displays the inplace editor, with its text set to the specified character.
	SizeChanged	Responds to changes in the size of the grid.
	Sizing	Indicates whether the indicated coordinates are on one of the resize hot zones of the graph.
	StoreColumns	Indicates whether the columns of the grid are stored when the grid is saved, or whether they are generated dynamically.
	TimedScroll	Moves the current record in response to the user dragging the mouse outside of the data cells.
	TimedScroll	Extends a move, resize, or selection out of the scrollable region when the user drags the mouse in a direction where the grid is scrolled.
	TitleClick	Generates an OnTitleClick event.
	TopLeftChanged	Updates the position of the inplace editor when the grid scrolls.
	TopLeftChanged	Updates the position of the inplace editor when the grid scrolls.
	UpdateBounds	This is UpdateBounds, a member of class TWinControl.
	UpdateBoundsRect	Changes the Top, Left, Width, and Height properties of the control, but doesn't update its screen image and bypasses all resize events.
	UpdateControlOriginalParentSize	This is UpdateControlOriginalParentSize, a member of class TWinControl.
	Updated	Clears the csUpdating state in the component's ComponentState property when the component finishes updating.
	UpdateDesigner	Notifies the designer when rows and columns of the grid are moved or resized.
	UpdateExplicitBounds	This is UpdateExplicitBounds, a member of class TControl.
	UpdateRecreatingFlag	This is UpdateRecreatingFlag, a member of class TWinControl.
	UpdateRegistry	Provides the interface for a method that adds type library and version information to the Registry on components that implement COM interfaces.
	UpdateScrollBar	This is UpdateScrollBar, a member of class TCustomDBGrid.
	UpdateUIState	Updates form User Interface State as needed
	Updating	Sets the csUpdating state in the component's ComponentState property.
	UseRightToLeftAlignmentForField	Indicates whether the alignment of a specified field should be changed from left-aligned to right-aligned.
	ValidateContainer	Determines whether an object can be inserted into a container.
	ValidateInsert	Provides the interface for a method that validates an child component before it is inserted.
	ValidateRename	Ensures that renaming an owned component does not create name conflict.
	VisibleChanging	Provides the interface for a method that responds to changes in the control's visibility.
	WndProc	Provides specific message responses for the control.
	WndProc	Provides specific message responses for the control.
	WriteState	This is WriteState, a member of class TComponent.