[Gambas-user] setting columnview column sizes

[Rolf-Werner Eilert]

Am 04.10.2010 06:08, schrieb richard terry:
> Having wasted a couple of frustrating hours on this simple task, I thought I'd
> ask the list.
>
> I have a 3 column column view. I want to set the sizes of this to a user-
> defined width (I've put in the code to save this ok), but for the moment to be
> concete lets say these are the values:
>
> If I put this up the top of my subroutine:
>
>     cvwResults.Columns[0].width = 70
>      cvwResults.Columns[1].width = 179
>      cvwResults.Columns[2].width = 180
>
> Then load the columnview with data:
>
>          x = results_received!pk_document
>           cvwResults.Add(x, 0)
>           cvwResults[x][0] = Format(results_received!date_created,
> "dd/mm/yyyy")
>           cvwResults[x][1] = result_received 'results_received!tag_user
>           cvwResults[x][2] = results_received!originator
>
> Then the column widths as re-set and the columnview expands the columns to
> whatever it wants, as dictated by the widest bit of data .
>
> Any help appreciated as I'm about to slit my wrists over this one!!!!! I would
> have thought it was simple. I looked at all the columnview properties to no
> avail.
>
> Regards
>
> ricahrd


Just a guess: Try setting the column width AFTER filling them. Does that 
help?

Regards

Rolf