TcxEditRepositoryPopupItem Class

A repository item that stores pop-up editor settings.

Declaration

TcxEditRepositoryPopupItem = class(
    TcxEditRepositoryItem
)

Remarks

A pop-up editor is a single-line plain text editor that allows you to embed other controls into a pop-up window. Users can interact with embedded controls in the same manner as with standalone controls.

The TcxEditRepositoryPopupItem class overrides the Properties property that allows you to access and customize pop-up editor settings.

Edit Repository Items and Standalone Editors

Edit repository items are useful when you need to share the same settings between multiple editors of the same type. To accomplish this goal, you can assign the same edit repository item to RepositoryItem properties of all target editors.

Edit Repository Items and Container Controls

A container control item (such as a toolbar edit item or a column (or any other data item) in a Data Grid, Vertical Grid, or Tree List control) can embed an in-place editor shipped with the ExpressEditors Library. An in-place editor exists (and, therefore, has its own WinAPI handle) only when the target container control item is being edited. Otherwise, the container control item displays a static editor image for resource usage optimization.

Create a Pop-Up Editor Repository Item at Design Time

To create a pop-up editor repository item at design-time, double-click a TcxEditRepository component to invoke its collection editor.

The collection editor dialog allows you to manage repository items. Click the Add… button to invoke a repository item creation dialog.

Select the PopupEdit item and click the Ok button to create a pop-up editor repository item.

Create a Pop-Up Editor Repository Item in Code

The following code example creates a pop-up editor repository item, customizes editor settings, and assigns the created repository item to two existing unbound pop-up editors:

Delphi

uses cxEdit, cxEditRepositoryItems;
// ...
var
  APopupRepositoryItem: TcxEditRepositoryPopupItem;
  ARepositoryItem: TcxEditRepositoryItem;
begin
  ARepositoryItem := cxEditRepository1.CreateItem(TcxEditRepositoryPopupItem);
  APopupRepositoryItem := ARepositoryItem as TcxEditRepositoryPopupItem;
  APopupRepositoryItem.Properties.PopupControl := cxMemo1; // Displays a memo editor
  APopupRepositoryItem.Properties.PopupMinWidth := 300; // Sets the minimum pop-up window width
  APopupRepositoryItem.Properties.PopupMinHeight := 200; // Sets the minimum pop-up window height
  // Assigns the created repository item to two existing unbound pop-up editors
  cxPopupEdit1.RepositoryItem := APopupRepositoryItem;
  cxPopupEdit2.RepositoryItem := APopupRepositoryItem;
end;

C++

#include "cxEdit.hpp"
#include "cxEditRepositoryItems.hpp"
// ...
  TcxEditRepositoryPopupItem *APopupRepositoryItem;
  TcxEditRepositoryItem *ARepositoryItem;
  // ...
  ARepositoryItem = cxEditRepository1->CreateItem(__classid(TcxEditRepositoryPopupItem));
  APopupRepositoryItem = dynamic_cast<TcxEditRepositoryPopupItem*>(ARepositoryItem);
  APopupRepositoryItem->Properties->PopupControl = cxMemo1; // Displays a memo editor
  APopupRepositoryItem->Properties->PopupMinWidth = 300; // Sets the minimum pop-up window width
  APopupRepositoryItem->Properties->PopupMinHeight = 200; // Sets the minimum pop-up window height
  // Assigns the created repository item to two existing unbound pop-up editors
  cxPopupEdit1->RepositoryItem = APopupRepositoryItem;
  cxPopupEdit2->RepositoryItem = APopupRepositoryItem;

Pop-Up Editor Repository Item Deletion

To delete all pop-up editor repository items in a TcxEditRepository component, call its RemoveItems procedure and pass a reference to the TcxEditRepositoryPopupItem class as a parameter.

If you need to delete an individual pop-up editor repository item, release it directly in code (call the Free procedure in Delphi or use the delete keyword in C++Builder).

Inheritance

TObject

TPersistent

TComponent

TcxEditRepositoryItem

TcxEditRepositoryPopupItem