When I store a StringGrid with

StringGrid1.SaveOptions := [soDesign,soPosition,soAttributes,soContent];
StringGrid1.SaveToFile(filename);

and reload it later with LoadFromFile() it does not reload the column widths and row heigths. I can see that they are stored in the XML file but are ignored on loading. Am I doing something wrong?

2012/8/13 J?rgen Hestermann :

Are you setting
StringGrid1.SaveOptions := [soDesign,soPosition,soAttributes,soContent]; before
LoadFromFile() ?
Salvatore

Well, I was under the impression that the SaveOptions are for saving only (therefore the name) so I use these settings before *saving*. But there are no LoadOptions as far as I know. Therefore I didn't set it again before loading.

But now that you wrote it I tried it and yes, this seems to change it! Totaly illogical but works.
Thanks for this information.

I even added a bug report ( http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=22640 ) which can be closed now (can I close it myself somehow?).

J?rgen Hestermann wrote

Am 2012-08-16 11:22, schrieb Salvatore Coppola: > 2012/8/13 J?rgen Hestermann :

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> StringGrid1.SaveOptions := [soDesign,soPosition,soAttributes,soContent]; > before LoadFromFile() ?

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IMO this non-obvious behaviour needs to at least be documented. Added a documentation patch to the issue; please apply if ok.

Reinier Olislagers wrote

IMO this non-obvious behaviour needs to at least be documented. Added a documentation patch to the issue; please apply if ok. --

You mean you already changed it on http://wiki.freepascal.org/Grids_Reference_Page ? Yes, that explains it unambiguously now.
Thanks a lot.

No, I updated the Lazarus XML documentation files (that end up in LCL.CHM=>F1 offline help). See the bugtracker issue for the patch.

Yes, that explains it unambiguously now. Thanks a lot.

Thanks to whoever did that ;)

Ehm, last edit:
20:27, 14 July 2012? JuhaManninen (Talk | contribs)? (56,197 bytes) (?Sorting Columns or Rows)

... so it was there all along ;)

Reinier Olislagers wrote

Ehm, last edit: 20:27, 14 July 2012? JuhaManninen (Talk | contribs)? (56,197 bytes) (?Sorting Columns or Rows) ... so it was there all along ;) --

Hmm. Strange. I though I had extensively looked at everything I found about StringGrids. But could be that I only looked at the german translation at http://wiki.freepascal.org/Grids_Reference_Page/de which is not very clear about it.

"J?rgen Hestermann" wrote

Am 2012-08-16 12:49, schrieb Reinier Olislagers: > Ehm, last edit: 20:27, 14 July 2012? JuhaManninen (Talk | contribs)?

(56,197 bytes) (?Sorting Columns or Rows) ... so it was there all along ;)

Yes, in general that's what I try too. But when searching in Google I sometimes find hits for german translations before the english ones and sometimes don't know that an english version exists. I just read without paying much attention to where the link is from. Maybe the german translation should be removed. I can't think of anybody using Lazarus not beeing able to read the english documentation.