DisplayFormat in a TDBGrid column
lazarus / 16-Databases

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AlZuur · 2010-05-21 15:42

I have table and in this table a float value. To display the float
value nicely in a TDBGrid I use a DisplayFormat string "#.000 'cr'"
which makes '0.36754' (the not-formatted text) look like '.367 cr'
(the formatted text), which is what I need.

However, when I edit the cell the formatted text is sent in the
editor, not the original value. The problem now is that I don't know
the orignal value and if I don't remove the 'cr' part then the value
is not recognized as a float value anymore.

I would say that the not-formatted text should be sent to the editor,
so my questions are:
* Is sending the formatted text to the editor intended?
* If it is intended, what is the reasoning behind it?
* Is there a way to avoid sending the formatted text to the editor?
Instead I want to send the not-formatted value.

Regards