Custom sorting IComparer only called when sort direction is Ascending (bug?)

[User (Old forums)]

#17423 |

I have implemented a custom sorter and monitor the sort direction of the column using Column.SortDirectionChanged to create the illusion of fixed rows. What I need is to keep a certain order in a group while sorting. Say there are three types of values grouped together (value types A,B and C). I need to sort the A separate from the B which are in turn sorted separate from the C. Unfortunately, Compare is only called when the columns sort direction is Ascending (monitored during debug). Is this a know bug in the grid or might I have implemented something wrong? If the thought is this is in my implementation could you please provide a simple example that works properly?

 

Here is a quick sample to check this behaviour. It is just a VB.Net Windows Forms app with a single label dropped on it. When this is run it confirms what I saw while debugging in a larger application. The label text is only modified after the first click on the column header at which time its text is changed to Ascending. It never changes after this.

 

Imports Xceed.Grid

Public Class Form1
    Private grid As GridControl
    Private WithEvents Col1 As Column
    Private ColManagerRow As ColumnManagerRow
    Private Colmanager1 As ColumnManagerCell
    Public mSortDirection As Xceed.Grid.SortDirection
    Dim isorter As sorter
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
        Dim newrow As DataRow
        grid = New GridControl
        Me.Controls.Add(grid)
        ColManagerRow = New ColumnManagerRow
        Colmanager1 = New ColumnManagerCell(“Col1”)
        grid.Size = New Size(Me.ClientSize.Width – 20, Me.ClientSize.Height – 20)
        grid.Location = New Point(0, 0)
        Col1 = New Column(“Col1”)
        grid.Columns.Add(Col1)
        grid.FixedHeaderRows.Add(ColManagerRow)
        Col1.CanBeSorted = True
        Col1.Visible = True
        Col1.Title = “Col1”
        isorter = New sorter(Me)
        Col1.DataComparer = isorter
        For i As Integer = 1 To 10
            newrow = grid.DataRows.AddNew()
            newrow.Cells(“Col1”).Value = “Col1Row” & i
            newrow.EndEdit()
        Next
    End Sub

    Public Class sorter
        Implements IComparer
        Public mowner As Form1
        Public Sub New(ByVal Owner As Form1)
            mowner = Owner
        End Sub
        Public Function Compare(ByVal x As Object, ByVal y As Object) As Integer Implements System.Collections.IComparer.Compare
            mowner.Label1.Text = mowner.mSortDirection.ToString
        End Function
    End Class

    Private Sub Col1_SortDirectionChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Col1.SortDirectionChanged
        mSortDirection = Col1.SortDirection
    End Sub
End Class

Imported from legacy forums. Posted by David (had 2702 views)

[Xceed Support]

#17424

Hi David,

 

The observed behavior is normal: when a new sort is detected and that is the reverse of the previous one, we simply reverse the data order. This was done to get the maximum performance; however, we agree that it is not suitable for your situation.

Unfortunately, we do not have a workaround to provide that would fit exactly your specifications.

Imported from legacy forums. Posted by Mohamed [Xceed] (had 361 views)

[User (Old forums)]

#17425

That is very bad news. Back to searching for a workable solution then I guess. Thanks anyway.

Imported from legacy forums. Posted by David (had 635 views)

[User (Old forums)]

#17426

Hi, any news. Ive got a similar prob….

Imported from legacy forums. Posted by tm (had 575 views)

[User (Old forums)]

#17427

I am looking at this again and hoping there has been a change that would allow this type of implementation. Can this be accomplished using XCeed or should I look elsewhere for a workable solution? Let me rephhrase that. I really like the grid but not being able to keep items grouped as I wished is a deal breaker.

Imported from legacy forums. Posted by David (had 369 views)

[Xceed Support]

#17428

Hi David,

Can you email me a sample at support@xceed.com so that I may investigate further. You can put a reference to this forum post so that I know that it is you who will be emailing 

Imported from legacy forums. Posted by Marc [Xceed] (had 213 views)

[User (Old forums)]

#17429

Sent.

Imported from legacy forums. Posted by David (had 1693 views)

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