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Resolved Grid dw , first / second / third ... column

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  1. John Vanleeuwe
    John Vanleeuwe
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  3. Tuesday, 9 January 2018 05:44 AM UTC

HI all,

i have a grid datawindow with a few columns that our users can drag & drop left and right in the order they like.

is there any way how to get the name of the first column , second , ... from left to right please ?

 

tia

john

 

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Marco Meoni
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  1. Tuesday, 9 January 2018 10:05 AM UTC
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Hi John, here below the code (credits to René's idea).
In essence: 1) create a temporary datastore for storing columns' name and x, 2) fill the DS scanning the columns, 3) sort DS by x.
Cheers,
Marco

datastore lds_temp
String ls_err, ls_colname
Long i, ll_colx

// Build a temporary DataStore for column sorting
lds_temp = CREATE datastore
String ls_dsdef = 'release 12.6; datawindow() table(column=(type=char(30) name=colname dbname="colname") column=(type=number name=colx dbname="colx"))'
lds_temp.CREATE(ls_dsdef, ls_err)

// Insert Column name and x
For i = 1 To Integer(object.datawindow.column.count)
    ll_colx = Long(Describe('#' + String(i) + '.x'))
    ls_colname = String(Describe('#' + String(i) + '.Name'))
    lds_temp.InsertRow(0)
    lds_temp.SetItem(i, 'colname', ls_colname)
    lds_temp.SetItem(i, 'colx', ll_colx)
Next

// Sort by x
lds_temp.SetSort("colx ASC")
lds_temp.Sort()

// Display
For i = 1 To lds_temp.RowCount()
    MessageBox("Position: " + String(i), "Name: " + lds_temp.GetItemString(i, 'colname'))
Next

DESTROY lds_temp
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Matthew Balent
  1. Matthew Balent
  2. Tuesday, 9 January 2018 12:49 PM UTC
One minor note, you might want to check the visible property of the column in case there are some 'non visible' columns within the dw.

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René Ullrich
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  1. Tuesday, 9 January 2018 06:13 AM UTC
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The only way I know is to get the x position of each column. The first column is the one with the smallest x position.

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