Card View Tutorial. Overview

• Aug 02, 2022
• 2 minutes to read

This tutorial describes how to create a fully functional data-aware application using ExpressQuantumGrid as a key control for displaying and accessing data.

Consider the CARS table that is shipped with the ExpressQuantumGrid demos and contains information on various cars. This table will be connected to a Card View within the grid control.

This tutorial covers the following topics:

1. View Creation. This topic describes how to create a grid control with a Card View. Creating a data source for the View and connecting the Grid control to data is also demonstrated. Read the Connecting To Data, Working With Levels, and Data Representation topics for related information.

2. Card View Rows. This topic contains information on grid columns creation. The TcxGridCardVIewRow class description provides you with additional knowledge. Read the Create And Delete Columns topic for more information on columns and creating Card View rows.

3. Setting Up The View Look And Feel. This topic explains how to use the View and column options to make the grid data display look better.

4. Editors And Repository. This topic gives the basic information about using the ExpressEditors as in-place editors within ExpressQuantumGrid. It provides examples of setting up TcxCheckBox and TcxBlobEdit editors. For related information see the Data Editing Using Inplace Editors, Using Lookup Columns and TcxEditRepository topics.

5. Styles And Style Sheets. This topic provides information on using the Style Repository and TcxStyle objects. Here you will create and setup a style, assign to View elements and change the View’s appearance by using one of the built-in StyleSheets.