Question

I’m working on a VB6 program that connects to a SQL Server 2008 R2 database. In the past I have always used the MSFlexGrid control and populated it manually. Now, however, the guy who is paying me for this wants me to use data-bound grids instead, which forces me to use the MSHFlexGrid control because I’m using ADO and not DAO. So, I have two questions…

First, how would I move a column in a MSHFlexGrid? For example, if I wanted the third column to appear as the sixth column in the grid, is there a simple single line of code that would do that?

Second, believe it or not, I’ve never had to do anything in a grid other than display the data, as is, from a recordset. Now, however, I have a recordset with some fields that contain just ID numbers that refer to records in other files – for example, a field containing an ID number referring to a record in the Customers table, instead of the field containing the customer’s name. What is the easiest way to, instead of having a column showing customer ID numbers from the recordset, having that column show customer names? I thought I read somewhere that there’s a way to embed a sql command in a MSHFlexGrid column, but if there is I wouldn’t know how to do it. Is this possible, or is there a simpler way to do it?

TIA,

Kevin

Answer 1

The column order would typically be handled by your SELECT statement.

Say you have a Pies table that has a FruitID foreign key related to the FruitID in a Fruits table:

SELECT PieID AS ID, Pie, Fruit FROM Pies LEFT OUTER JOIN Fruits
    ON Pies.FruitID = Fruits.FruitID

This returns 3 items: ID, Pie, and Fruit in that order.

Moving columns after the query/display operation is rarely used, but yes ColPosition can be used for that.