You can display a preview row to provide more information about a record. The preview row is displayed below the row for which it provides information. You can specify colors and other formatting for the preview row as well. The following figure shows preview rows with text (the rows without row header numbers):

Set the Visible property of the PreviewRowInfo class to true to see the preview row. Use the ColumnIndex property of the PreviewRowInfo class to specify which column’s text you want to see in the preview row. If the cell text is null, then the preview row content is null. You can also use the PreviewRowFetch event to specify the preview row text. You can set various properties for the PreviewRowInfo class such as BackColor, Border, Font, and so on.

The column header or footer does not display a preview row. A child sheet in a hierarchy does not inherit the preview row settings from the parent sheet. If the sheet with the preview row has child sheets, the preview row is shown below the rows with plus symbols. If a row that has a preview row has spanned rows, the span is not displayed. The preview row is read-only (no keyboard or mouse events, focus, and/or selections).

The preview row is printed and exported to PDF when printing or printing to PDF. The height of the preview row can be increased to show all the preview row text. If there are multiple horizontal pages, the preview row content is displayed in the left-most page.

The API members involved in this feature include (see the PreviewRowInfo class for a complete list):

• PreviewRowInfo class
• ColumnIndex property
• BackColor property
• Visible property

Using the Properties Window

1. At design time, in the Properties window, select the Sheet.
2. In the SheetView Collection Editor (Misc section), select the PreviewRowInfo option and set properties.

Method to set

Set the PreviewRowInfo class properties for the sheet.

Example

This example sets preview row properties.

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
FarPoint.Win.BevelBorder bord = new FarPoint.Win.BevelBorder(FarPoint.Win.BevelBorderType.Raised, Color.Red, Color.Blue);
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[0, 1, 10, 1].Text = "Preview Row";
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].PreviewRowInfo.Visible = true;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].PreviewRowInfo.BackColor = Color.BurlyWood;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].PreviewRowInfo.ForeColor = Color.Black;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].PreviewRowInfo.Border = bord;
}

private void fpSpread1_PreviewRowFetch(object sender, FarPoint.Win.Spread.PreviewRowFetchEventArgs e)
{
FarPoint.Win.Spread.SheetView sheetView = e.View.GetSheetView();
if (sheetView.SheetName == "Sheet1")
{
if (e.PreviewRowContent == string.Empty)
e.PreviewRowContent = "The preview row content is empty";
if ((e.Row + 1) % 2 == 0)
e.PreviewRowContent = string.Format("Preview Row Content is: {0}", e.PreviewRowContent);
}
}

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim bord As New FarPoint.Win.BevelBorder(FarPoint.Win.BevelBorderType.Raised, Color.DarkBlue, Color.Blue)
fpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(0, 1, 10, 1).Text = "Preview Row"
fpSpread1.Sheets(0).PreviewRowInfo.Visible = True
fpSpread1.Sheets(0).PreviewRowInfo.BackColor = Color.BurlyWood
fpSpread1.Sheets(0).PreviewRowInfo.ForeColor = Color.Black
fpSpread1.Sheets(0).PreviewRowInfo.Border = bord
End Sub

Private Sub fpSpread1_PreviewRowFetch(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As FarPoint.Win.Spread.PreviewRowFetchEventArgs) Handles
fpSpread1.PreviewRowFetch
Dim sheetView As FarPoint.Win.Spread.SheetView
sheetView = e.View.GetSheetView()
If sheetView.SheetName = "Sheet1" Then
If (e.PreviewRowContent = String.Empty) Then
e.PreviewRowContent = "The preview row content is empty"
End If
If ((e.Row + 1) / 2 = 0) Then
e.PreviewRowContent = String.Format("Preview Row Content is: {0}", e.PreviewRowContent)
End If
End If
End Sub

Using the Spread Designer

1. Select Sheet from the drop-down combo list located on the top right side of the Designer.
2. From the Misc section, select the PreviewRowInfo option to set properties.
3. From the File menu, select Save and Exit to save the changes.