Basic Operations

The VSFlexGrid control has two properties that determine its dimensions: Rows and Cols. When used in bound mode, these properties are set automatically based on how much data is available on the data source. In unbound mode, you can set them to arbitrary values.

There are two basic types of rows and columns: fixed and scrollable. Fixed rows remain on the top of the grid when the user scrolls the grid vertically, and fixed columns remain on the left of the grid when the user scrolls the grid horizontally. Fixed cells are useful for displaying row and column header information. They cannot be selected or edited by the user. The number of fixed rows and columns is set by the FixedRows and FixedCols properties.

The AllowUserResizing property allows the user to resize rows and columns by dragging the edges of the fixed cells. The ExplorerBar property allows the user to move and sort columns by clicking and dragging the header rows.