CustomComparer Property

Gets or sets a custom comparer object used by the grid to perform grouping, merging, and searching operations.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Property CustomComparer As IComparer

public IComparer CustomComparer {get; set;}

Remarks

The grid has a default System.Collections.IComparer implementation that is used to compare cells and determine if their contents are equivalent. This implementation is used when merging, grouping, or searching for values (see the AllowMerging property and the Subtotal(AggregateEnum,Int32,Int32,Int32,Int32,String,AggregateFlags) and FindRow(String,Int32,Int32,Boolean,Boolean,Boolean,Boolean) methods).

The default implementation is case-sensitive and takes leading and trailing blanks into account.

If you want to merge cells using a case-insensitive comparison or trimming blanks, write a custom class that implements the System.Collections.IComparer interface and assign an instance of it to the grid's CustomComparer property.

Setting this property to null (Nothing in Visual Basic) restores the default behavior.

Example

The code below replaces the built-in comparer with a System.Collections.CaseInsensitiveComparer. This causes the Subtotal(AggregateEnum,Int32,Int32,Int32,Int32,String,AggregateFlags) method to group items that differ only in case into the same groups:

// use case-insensitive comparer
flex.CustomComparer = new CaseInsensitiveComparer(); 
            
// add groups ignoring case
flex.Subtotal(AggregateEnum.Sum, 0, groupOn, totalOn);
            
// restore default (case-sensitive) comparer
flex.CustomComparer = null;

Reference

C1FlexGridBase Class
C1FlexGridBase Members