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TdxDBGridController

About

TdxDBGridController is a non visual component with no dependencies providing added functionalities for the TDBGrid object.

Download: https://gitlab.com/lazaruscomponent/dbgridcontroller

Demo project: https://gitlab.com/lazaruscomponent/dbgridcontroller/-/tree/master/demo

Licenses: MPL 2.0 or LGPL.

TdxDBGridController component

TdxDBGridController will be installed in the Data Controls tab

Features

Main functionalities

A grid controller that provides extra features to your existing TDBGrid.

Searching expression in the grid
Searching expression in column
Column filter editor
Datetime editor, memo editor and lookup editor
Saving the current filter view (JSON)
Multi column sorting
Column chooser editor
Column grouping visual separator on one level
No data indicator
Footer and aggregation on columns
Perform 50000 records under a second

TDBGrid events to achive the task

For all these events the inherited events are called before they are triggered, it is possible that these cause unexpected behavior, it is therefore necessary to validate the relevance of keeping them or at least validating their execution.

OnDrawColumnTitle
OnDrawColumnCell
OnEditButtonClick
OnGetCellHint
OnKeyDown
OnMouseMove
OnMouseDown
OnTitleClick

Overriden event of the dataset linked to the TDBGrid

If an OnFilterRecord event is used by the dataset, it will be override by the builtin event of the controller, no inheritance is taken into account in this case. Need this to achive the filtering with no interference.

OnFilterRecord

TdxDBGridController events

OnAfterFilterGrid	Event handler triggered after filter execution
OnAfterSortColumn	Event handler triggered after sorting a column
OnAggregation	Event handler to define which column is showing an aggregation
OnBeforeSortColumn	Event handler triggered before sorting a column
OnLocalize	Event handler triggered to translate string resources
OnPrepareLookupDataset	Event handler triggered to prepare the lookup dataset if needed
OnSortColumn	If your dataset is inherited from TBufDataset , TSQLQuery (Lazarus), TMSQuery , TMSTable (Devart), TZQuery , TZTable (ZeosLib) you don't need to use this event handler, the controller will automatically detect the class and set the IndexDef , IndexFieldNames or SortedFields properties accordingly to the dataset you're using. You can use the SQLOrderBy value to requery your dataset on the db server side if needed.

Examples

Aggregation example on 2 lines

pascal

Procedure TForm1.dxDBGridController1Aggregation(Sender: TdxDBGridController);
    Begin
       Sender.ColumnPropertyList.ColumnPropertyByName('ProjectManager').FooterAlignment   := taRightJustify;
       Sender.ColumnPropertyList.ColumnPropertyByName('ProjectManager').FooterDisplayText :=
          'Count Distinct : ' + Sender.ColumnPropertyList.Aggregation(agDistinct, 'ProjectManager').AsString;
       
       // Use the FooterPanel property to set the height : dxDBGridControler1.FooterPanel.Height := Self.DBGrid1.DefaultRowHeight * 2;  
       Sender.ColumnPropertyList.ColumnPropertyByName('OpeningDate').FooterAlignment   := taCenter;
       Sender.ColumnPropertyList.ColumnPropertyByName('OpeningDate').FooterDisplayText :=
          'Min : ' + Sender.ColumnPropertyList.Aggregation(agMin, 'OpeningDate').AsString + Char(13) + Char(10) +
          'Max : ' + Sender.ColumnPropertyList.Aggregation(agMax, 'OpeningDate').AsString;
    End;
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Localization

This is an example, French translation of some of the component string resources:

pascal

Procedure TForm1.dxDBGridController1Localize(Sender: TObject; Component: TComponent; ID_Ressource: String; Var Translation: String);
    Begin
        If ID_Ressource = msg_search Then
             Translation := 'Recherche...'
          Else If ID_Ressource = msg_first Then
             Translation := 'Aller au début'
          Else If ID_Ressource = msg_prior Then
             Translation := 'Précédent'
          Else If ID_Ressource = msg_next Then
             Translation := 'Suivant'
          Else If ID_Ressource = msg_last Then
             Translation := 'Aller à la fin'
          Else If ID_Ressource = msg_add Then
             Translation := 'Ajouter'
          Else If ID_Ressource = msg_delete Then
             Translation := 'Détruire'
          Else If ID_Ressource = msg_edit Then
             Translation := 'Éditer'
          Else If ID_Ressource = msg_save Then
             Translation := 'Enregistrer'
          Else If ID_Ressource = msg_cancel Then
             Translation := 'Annuler'
          Else If ID_Ressource = msg_refresh Then
             Translation := 'Actualiser'
          Else If ID_Ressource = msg_btncancel Then
             Translation := 'Annuler'
          Else If ID_Ressource = msg_of Then
             Translation := 'de'
          Else If ID_Ressource = msg_nodata Then
             Translation := 'Aucune donnée trouvée!'
          Else If ID_Ressource = msg_columnchooser Then
             Translation := 'Sélectionner les colonnes...'
          Else If ID_Ressource = msg_clearselection Then
             Translation := 'Annuler sélection'
          Else If ID_Ressource = msg_selectall Then
             Translation := 'Tout sélectionner'
          Else If ID_Ressource = msg_sortingasc Then
             Translation := 'Trier en mode croissant'
          Else If ID_Ressource = msg_sortingdesc Then
             Translation := 'Trier en mode décroissant'; 
    End; 
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List of ressourcestring used by the TdxDBGridController

msg_search = 'Search...';
msg_first = 'First';
msg_prior = 'Prior';
msg_next = 'Next';
msg_last = 'Last';
msg_add = 'Add';
msg_delete = 'Delete';
msg_edit = 'Edit';
msg_save = 'Save';
msg_cancel = 'Cancel';
msg_refresh = 'Refresh';
msg_btncancel = 'Cancel';
msg_btnok = 'OK';
msg_of = 'of';
msg_nodata = 'No Data Found!';
msg_columnchooser = 'Column Chooser...';
msg_clearselection = 'Clear Selection';
msg_selectall = 'Select All';
msg_sortingasc = 'Sort by ascending order';
msg_sortingdesc = 'Sort by descending order';

Screenshots

Global search

Multi sort

A Ctrl+Left clic is use to performe a multi column sorting, the index will appear under the sort indicator.

Column filter

Once you have focused on the grid you can have access to the column filter by clicking the filter icon or with the default shortcut Ctrl+J, this shortcut could be changed with the ColumnFilterShortCut property.

Column search and aggregation

It is not mandatory to use the footer panel to display the aggregation, you can use any other control at your convenience. The values are calculated and set in the OnAggregation event. In this example, the FooterPanel height of the TdxDBGridController was set to Self.DBGrid1.DefaultRowHeight * 2 in order to display the result on 2 lines.