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Table View Tutorial

This tutorial describes how to add a VCL Grid Control to the application and set up a Table View display style.

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Tutorial Steps

Step 1: Bind to a Data Source
The step describes how to bind the VCL Grid Control to a database.
Step 2: Enable User-Friendly Content and Layout
The topic explains how to manage and customize grid columns, use lookup editors and repository items, bind a column to a dataset field, and create calculated expressions.
Step 3: Activate Auxiliary UI Elements
The topic demonstrates how to enable auxiliary elements that allow a user manage columns and navigate through the content.
Step 4: Process and Shape Data
The topic shows how to enable the View to group, sort, search, filter, and format the displayed data.
Step 5: Appearance Customization
This step describes how to apply skins to the View, adjust View styles and scrollbars.