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A ValueItem object describes the association between an underlying data value and its visual representation. It supports only two properties: Value, the underlying data value, and DisplayValue, its visual representation. Both properties are of type Variant.
A ValueItems collection contains zero or more ValueItem objects. Each Column object owns one ValueItems collection, which is initially empty.
At design time, the Values property page can be used to build the ValueItems collection for a column. Tutorial 7 and Tutorial 10 provide step-by-step instructions for using the Values property page.
At run time, you can manipulate the ValueItems collection as you would any other True DBGrid or Visual Basic collection.