TcxDataSummaryItems.DataController Property

Provides access to the parent data controller.

Declaration

property DataController: TcxCustomDataController read;

Property Value

Type	Description
TcxCustomDataController	The parent data controller. You may need to cast the property value to the corresponding terminal TcxCustomDataController class descendant to access all public API members. Tip Call the DataController.ClassType function to identify the actual data controller type.

Remarks

Use DataController and Summary properties to access parent data and summary controllers.

Code Example

All predefined summary calculation algorithms use record values of only one data item. The OnSummary event allows you to modify a predefined summary calculation algorithm in any manner. For example, you can use values of multiple data items in every iteration of the summary calculation process.

The code example below demonstrates an OnSummary event handler that modifies the predefined algorithm MAX. The event handler calculates the highest population density based on data-aware grid columns that display country areas (DBTableView1Area) and corresponding population values (DBTableView1Population):

Delphi

procedure TMyForm.cxGrid1DBTableView1DataControllerSummaryDefaultGroupSummaryItemsSummary(
  ASender: TcxDataSummaryItems; Arguments: TcxSummaryEventArguments;
  var OutArguments: TcxSummaryEventOutArguments);
var
  AArea, APopulation: Variant;
begin
  // Obtain the area value for the currently processed record
  AArea := ASender.DataController.Values[Arguments.RecordIndex, DBTableView1Area.Index];
  // Obtain the population value for the currently processed record
  APopulation := ASender.DataController.Values[Arguments.RecordIndex, DBTableView1Population.Index];
  OutArguments.Value := APopulation/AArea; // Calculates the custom summary value (maximum population density)
end;

C++

void __fastcall TMyForm::cxGrid1DBTableView1DataControllerSummaryDefaultGroupSummaryItemsSummary(
  TcxDataSummaryItems *ASender, TcxSummaryEventArguments &Arguments,
  TcxSummaryEventOutArguments &OutArguments) {
  // Obtain the area value for the currently processed record
  Variant AArea = ASender->DataController->Values[Arguments.RecordIndex][DBTableView1Area->Index];
  // Obtain the population value for the currently processed record
  Variant APopulation = ASender->DataController->Values[Arguments.RecordIndex][DBTableView1Area->Index];
  OutArguments.Value = APopulation/AArea;  // Calculates the custom summary value (maximum population density)
}