Hello all,

How does one restrict the display in a DBGrid of a TFloatField to only 2
decimals, specifically at run-time?

After my user selects an ACCESS 97 mdb file, I loop through the Fielddefs as
follows:

for i := 0 to table1.fielddefs.count-1 do
 with table1.fielddefs[i] do
  if FieldClass = TFloatField then Precision := 2;

However, the display still shows all of the decimals places (up to 15?) and
does not round to the selected precision. Am I off-track here?
Any Suggestions?

Thanks in advance,
Regards,
Bill
myname := 'bill_richards';
myISP := 'nic.edu';
myemail := myname + '@' + myISP;

I haven't used anything but Paradox files
so I may be way off base here, but have you
tried setting the DisplayFormat of the Tfield.
The Tfields show up when you double click on the
Table component and right click on the list and choose
add fields.

Bill d. Richards <bi...@icehouse.net> wrote in message
news:7mangf$p2o10@forums.borland.com...

Set the DisplayFormat property of the TFloatField field object to #.00

Bill

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Art,

Thanks for your suggestion. However, in my original post, I specified that I
needed to set thngs like displayformat at runtime, not design time by the
method you suggested. This would work for persistent fields, as opposed to
dynamic fields. In my application, I can not set all the fields persistent
because I don't know what they might be (and you can't mix persistent and
dynamic fields). However, working from your suggestion I was able (after
nearly TWO hours with the online docs and trial and error) to figure out how
to set the displayformat property at runtime for dynamic field components.
Apparently, the DisplayFormat property isn't "published" at runtime and is
only intended to be used from FieldComponent editor at designtime. Therefore
the following causes a compile-time error of 'Undeclared identifier :
displayformat' :

table1.FieldByName('Field1').displayformat := '0.##';

But, using a trick that someone more experienced than I showed me, I tried
putting the following in the beginning of the Type section:

tTableCracker = Class(TTable);

and then the following works:

tTableCracker(table1.FieldByName('Field1')).displayformat := '0.##';

Regards,
Bill
myname := 'bill_richards';
myISP := 'nic.edu';
myemail := myname + '@' + myISP;

Bill,

Actually, it should be set to '0.##'. Also, setting the DisplayFormat
property of dynamic field components is not all that straightforward, and is
NOT documented. See my previous response for my solution.

Regards,
Bill
myname := 'bill_richards';
myISP := 'nic.edu';
myemail := myname + '@' + myISP;

On Sun, 11 Jul 1999 21:24:10 -0700, "Bill d. Richards"

DisplayFormat is defined for TNumericField and descendants (like
TFloatField).  FieldByName returns a TField (even if the actual
fieldtype is TFloatField).  So you have to typecast:

Field := Table1.FieldByName('Field1');
if Field is TNumericField then
  TNumericField(Field).DisplayFormat := ...

Jan

Jan,

Thanks for clearing up the specifics for me.
Regards,
Bill