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...autosize a dbgrid-column to fit its contents?
Autor: Old man from up north
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{ Thanks to Thomas Stutz' tip on this site!}
{ A dbgrid is awkward since it has no cells,}
{ you have to step through the table using next;}
{ This procedure is however slow }

procedure SetGridColumnWidths(Grid: Tdbgrid);
const
  
DEFBORDER = 10;
var
  
temp, n: Integer;
  lmax: array [0..30] of Integer;
begin
  with 
Grid do
  begin
    
Canvas.Font := Font;
    for n := 0 to Columns.Count - 1 do
      
//if columns[n].visible then
      
lmax[n] := Canvas.TextWidth(Fields[n].FieldName) + DEFBORDER;
    grid.DataSource.DataSet.First;
    while not grid.DataSource.DataSet.EOF do 
    begin
      for 
n := 0 to Columns.Count - 1 do 
      begin
        
//if columns[n].visible then begin
        
temp := Canvas.TextWidth(trim(Columns[n].Field.DisplayText)) + DEFBORDER;
        if temp > lmax[n] then lmax[n] := temp;
        //end; { if }
      
end{for}
      
grid.DataSource.DataSet.Next;
    end{ while }
    
grid.DataSource.DataSet.First;
    for n := 0 to Columns.Count - 1 do
      if 
lmax[n] > 0 then
        
Columns[n].Width := lmax[n];
  end{ With }
end{SetGridColumnWidths  }

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  
SetGridColumnWidths(dbgrid3);
end;


 

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