// populate grid
private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
// initialize columns: file name, date, size
_flex.Rows.Count = 1;
_flex.Cols.Count = 4;
_flex.Cols[0].Width = _flex.Rows.DefaultSize;
Column c = _flex.Cols[1];
c.Name = c.Caption = "Name";
c.DataType = typeof(string);
c = _flex.Cols[2];
c.Name = c.Caption = "Last Mod";
c.DataType = typeof(DateTime);
c.TextAlign = c.TextAlignFixed = TextAlignEnum.CenterCenter;
c = _flex.Cols[3];
c.Name = c.Caption = "Size";
c.DataType = typeof(MySize);
c.TextAlign = c.TextAlignFixed = TextAlignEnum.RightCenter;
// populate grid
//
// note: MySize has a TypeConverter that knows how to convert from longs,
// so we can assign any longs (fi.Lenght) directly to the "Size" column.
//
string sysDir = @"c:\winnt\system32";
if (!Directory.Exists(sysDir))
{
sysDir = @"c:\windows\system32";
}
DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(sysDir);
_flex.Rows.Count = 1;
foreach (FileInfo fi in di.GetFiles())
{
_flex.AddItem(new object[] { null, fi.Name, fi.LastWriteTime, fi.Length });
}
}