Grid functions

A context menu to display a list of functions for a grid can be displayed by right-clicking anywhere on the grid.

Note: All changes to the grid layout are saved in the Windows registry. For example, groups , column width attributes, column order attributes , and column font and color information . However, filtering and sorting preferences are not saved.

The grid functions context menu contains the following commands:

Column Selector - Displays a Customize window that contains a list of columns that have been removed previously. A column can be restored by performing a drag-and-drop operation to the desired position in the list. A column can be removed from a list by performing a drag-and-drop operation from the list to the Customize window.
Best Fit (All Columns) -Resizes all the columns from the list to allow the content of each record to be displayed.
Export to File… - Exports the information to a file using one of the following compatible formats:
- Comma separated value (.csv)
- Hyper Text Markup Language (.htm)
- Text (.txt)
- Excel (.xls)
- Extensible Markup Language (.xml)
Show Summary Footer - Displays the summary footer beneath the grid. By selecting a row and right-clicking the summary footer, a context menu displaying arithmetic operations you can perform on the selected row appears.
Show Group Panel - Displays the column name by which data is grouped above the grid. By dragging the column headers into this window, a group hierarchy can be defined.
Note: If data is being grouped by column, a footer panel is displayed beneath the grid for each group.
Filter Active - If enabled, lets you choose data to be displayed on the grid; a downward arrow icon will appear in the column headers.
Click an arrow to choose the data to be displayed on the grid. This function lets you generate a personal filter.

Note: The time taken to display the window increases with the number of records to be loaded.