[Gtk-sharp-list] TreeStore saving state

[Christian Hoff]

A small example (note that this will only work with Gtk# 2.12):

System.Data.DataTable table = new System.Data.DataTable ();
table.Columns.Add ("ID", typeof (int)).Unique = true;
table.Columns.Add ("Name", typeof (string));

table.Rows.Add (0, "Winston Churchill");
table.Rows.Add (1, "Angela Merkel");

// Create a new DataView and sort the data somehow
System.Data.DataView view = new System.Data.DataView (table, "ID > '0'", 
"ID ASC", System.Data.DataViewRowState.CurrentRows);
DataViewStore store = new DataViewStore (view);

Gtk.TreeView TestView = new Gtk.TreeView (store.Adapter);
// SHowing only name and not ID, showing the ID will a little more 
difficult / cannot be done via attribute mappings; you will have to use 
a CellDataFunc for this purpose
TestView.Columns.Add ("Name", new Gtk.CellrendererText (), "text", 1);

Haven't tested this myself, but I hope it will help you...

Christian
> Thanks,
> Very interesting idea, I have quite a little experience in overloading 
> and sub-classing using C# I try to use object in the framework unless 
> there is no good way to do it using the base framework. Do you think 
> you could share a usage example so I can get a better of what you have 
> in mind. I think I know where your headed but I'm not quite sure.
>
> The more I think about it the more I like your idea, once you bridge 
> the gap between TreeStore and DataTable managing the database and sql 
> will fall right into place.
>
> Still I would be interested to hear what other ideas are out there 
> while I'm playing with your class, errr working with your class.
>
> Thanks
> Andy