grid control

Hi,
I need some grid control that will have two main abilities

1. the option to copy some field by using the mouse ( in the same form like you are copy some text within document )

2. the option to control how many rows within the control.

thanks,

I believe you can get all that functionality from the standard FlexGrid that shipped with VB. The copy and pasting functionality you can add in with a few lines of code.

The problem with the standard datagrid is that you can't detrmine how many rows it will show ,
for example if you have only two rows with data, i want to show 5 rows so the last 3 will be empty.

Off course you can! See the Rows and Cols properties for the FlexGrid control. See the attached image. I've got 5 empty rows with NO data showing.

I am soory but there is misundrstanding here, remmber what i said in the biggining

I need some grid control that will have two main abilities

1. the option to copy some field by using the mouse ( in the same form like you are copy some text within document )

2. the option to control how many rows within the control.

in the flexgrid you can't put the focus inside the cell and therefore you can't have ability no 1

am i right ?

If you look at the image which I have attached, you will notice that there is a focus rectangle drawn in cell(2,2), or the first non fixed cell, which means that cell(2,2) has the focus.

I don't think you'll find a grid control that supports copy and paste functionality ready made. Anyway, it will take two or three lines of code max to implement copy/paste functionality.

The question is if you can put the foucs within the cell not as rectangle

Ok, I see what you mean....you want the user to be able to edit values directly in the cell?!

not to edit, just to be able to mark the value ( like you mark some text within word doc ) and then to copy it.

Ok, but in order for you to select anything, you must be able to edit it. I.o.w you must be able to display the info in a textbox or something similar.

Ok, here's what you need. Go to http://www.visualbasicforum.com/t67614.html and download the EdFlexGrid control by Banjo. It encapsulates the MSFlexGrid and adds a textbox for you. Now you can double click on a cell and get a textbox with the cell's value.

Thanks a lot,
can you tell me how i can add this component to my project

Either compile the control, and then include in under the components menu under the project menu, or include the .ctl and .pag files directly into your project.

Only one problem there is no option to have the cell lock, and i can't allow the user's to change the content any seggstaion
thanks,

Come on mate, you've got the source code. What more can you ask for? Just change the source to do what you want. ;)