Question

I have data setup like this..

Transaction
  -Name
  -ID
  -Amount
  -Tags <– Array of Tags
    – Name

In a website, I could just loop through the tags and create spans of each tag with a link, I’m trying to figure out how to add this structure to a windows form application inside a XtraGrid (DevExpress)

Wanting it be like this..

    ID
       Name
         Amount
        Tags

   1
        MyTran
      13.02
             tag1 tag2 <– each tag would be a linklabel with seperate event calls

I’m not sure how to accomplish this.

Answer 1

You can use the GridView.CustomDrawCell Event to format you display text, but you should not edit these tags using the gridview editors. you can change the display text of the cell (the RowCellCustomDrawEventArgs.DisplayText parameter.

private void advBandedGridView1_CustomDrawCell(object sender, RowCellCustomDrawEventArgs e) 
{
    //GridView currentView = sender as GridView;
    //if(e.RowHandle == currentView.FocusedRowHandle) return;
    if (e.Column.FieldName != "Tags") return;
    string[] arr = (string[])e.CellValue;
    string csv = String.join(',', arr);

    e.DisplayText = csv;
    // set e.Handles to true if you want custom drawing..
    e.Handled = true;
}

Check the custom drawing section links specified on GridView.CustomDrawCell Event documentation page.

Another approach is that you store comma separated tags in you table
which you are binding with grid control. then you can edit those
without any problem. you have handle update, insert event with some
customizations and this will be much better than displaying custom
text.

Choose which approach suite you better. Hope this help.