TStringList to TStringGrid - delphi

This is my first post and I am still learning a lot about Delphi and general programming. So please feel free to teach.
I am trying to populate a TStringList with column names from Access. Then display them in a TStringGrid. I am currently getting an "Array Type required" error. But I fear there may be more.
procedure TFormDB1DataMapping.FieldNamesToGrid();
var
myFieldnames: TStringList;
I: Integer;
begin
if not Form1.ConnIn1.Connected then begin
try
//Set Connection Parameters and connect
Form1.ConnIn1Parameters;
Form1.ConnIn1.Connected:=True
finally
end;
end;
myFieldnames := TStringList.Create;
Form1.ConnIn1.GetFieldNames('','',Form1.ComboBoxDB1TableName.Text,'',myFieldnames);
StringGridDB1.RowCount := StringGridDB1.RowCount + 1;
for I:= StringGridDB1.RowCount - 1 downto 1 do
StringGridDB1.Rows[I] := StringGridDB1.Rows[I - 1];
StringGridDB1.Cols[0][1] := myFieldnames.Text;
myFieldnames.Free;
End;
Working procedure with answer below
procedure TFormDB1DataMapping.FieldNamesToGrid();
var
myFieldnames: TStringList;
I: Integer;
begin
if not Form1.ConnIn1.Connected then begin
try
//Set Connection Parameters and connect
Form1.ConnIn1Parameters;
Form1.ConnIn1.Connected:=True
finally
end;
end;
myFieldnames := TStringList.Create;
Form1.ConnIn1.GetFieldNames('','',Form1.ComboBoxDB1TableName.Text,'',myFieldnames);
StringGridDB1.RowCount := StringGridDB1.RowCount + 1;
StringGridDB1.RowCount := myFieldnames.Count + 1;
for I := 0 to myFieldnames.Count - 1 do
StringGridDB1.Cells[0, I + 1] := myFieldnames[I];
myFieldnames.Free;
End;

Assuming you want the field names in the first column sparing the top row for the header, you can do that with the following code:
StringGrid1.RowCount := myFieldnames.Count + 1;
for I := 0 to myFieldnames.Count - 1 do
StringGrid1.Cells[0, I + 1] := myFieldnames[I];

Related

Exporting DBgrid to CSV?

I have a DB grid which is sorted (the user clicked a few radio buttons and checkboxes to influence the display).
I would like to export all of the data (not just what is visible in the grid), sorted identically, to CSV - how do I do so? The data - not the user settings, just to clarify.
Thanks in advance for any help
[Update] I build sqlQuery bit by bit, depending on the user's settings of checkboxes & radio groups, then, when one of them changes, I
ActivityADQuery.SQL.Clear();
ActivityADQuery.SQL.Add(sqlQuery);
ActivityADQuery.Open(sqlQuery);
That is to say that there isn't a hard coded query, it varies and I want to export the current settings.
I don't know enough if I want to export from the grid or the dataset (I am just not a db guy, this is my first DBgrid), but I suspect that I want the grid, because it has a subset of fields of he dataset.
I guess that TJvDBGridCSVExport is a Jedi component(?) I have tried to avoid them so far, great as they sound, because I prefer discreet, stand-alone, components to installing a huge collection. That may not be the cleverest thing to do, but it's how I feel - ymmv (and prolly does)
Another solution, works also with (multi)selected rows:
procedure TReportsForm.ExportToCSV(const aGrid : TDBGrid; const FileName : String);
Var
I, J : Integer;
SavePlace : TBookmark;
Table : TStrings;
HeadTable : String;
LineTable : String;
First : Boolean;
Begin
HeadTable := '';
LineTable := '';
Table := TStringList.Create;
First := True;
Try
For I := 0 To Pred(aGrid.Columns.Count) Do
If aGrid.Columns[I].Visible Then
If First Then
Begin
// Use the text from the grid, in case it has been set programatically
// E.g., we prefer to show "Date/time" than "from_unixtime(activity.time_stamp, "%D %b %Y %l:%i:%S")"
// HeadTable := HeadTable + aGrid.Columns[I].FieldName;
HeadTable := HeadTable + ActivityReportStringGrid.Columns[i].Title.Caption + ','; // Previous separated wth semi-colon, not comma! (global)
First := False;
End
Else
begin
// HeadTable := HeadTable + ';' + aGrid.Columns[I].FieldName;
HeadTable := HeadTable + ActivityReportStringGrid.Columns[i].Title.Caption + ',';
end;
Delete(HeadTable, Length(HeadTable), 1); // Remove the superfluous trailing comma
Table.Add(HeadTable);
First := True;
// with selection of rows
If aGrid.SelectedRows.Count > 0 Then
Begin
For i := 0 To aGrid.SelectedRows.Count - 1 Do
Begin
aGrid.DataSource.Dataset.GotoBookmark(pointer(aGrid.SelectedRows.Items[i]));
For j := 0 To aGrid.Columns.Count - 1 Do
If aGrid.Columns[J].Visible Then
If First Then
Begin
lineTable := lineTable + aGrid.Fields[J].AsString;
First := False;
End
Else
lineTable := lineTable + ',' + aGrid.Fields[J].AsString;
Delete(LineTable, Length(LineTable), 1); // Remove the superfluous trailing comma
Table.Add(LineTable);
LineTable := '';
First := True;
End;
End
Else
//no selection
Begin
SavePlace := aGrid.DataSource.Dataset.GetBookmark;
aGrid.DataSource.Dataset.First;
Try
While Not aGrid.DataSource.Dataset.Eof Do
Begin
For I := 0 To aGrid.Columns.Count - 1 Do
If aGrid.Columns[I].Visible Then
If First Then
Begin
lineTable := lineTable + aGrid.Fields[I].AsString;
First := False;
End
Else
lineTable := lineTable + ',' + aGrid.Fields[I].AsString;
Delete(LineTable, Length(LineTable), 1); // Remove the superfluous trailing comma
Table.Add(LineTable);
LineTable := '';
aGrid.DataSource.Dataset.Next;
First := True;
End;
aGrid.DataSource.Dataset.GotoBookmark(SavePlace);
Finally
aGrid.DataSource.Dataset.FreeBookmark(SavePlace);
End;
End;
Table.SaveToFile(FileName);
Finally
Table.Free;
End;
End; // ExportToCSV()
You could use a own tiny procedure wich could be adapted to your needs
Procedure Dataset2SeparatedFile(ads: TDataset; const fn: String; const Separator: String = ';');
var
sl: TStringList;
s: String;
i: Integer;
bm: TBookmark;
Procedure ClipIt;
begin
s := Copy(s, 1, Length(s) - Length(Separator));
sl.Add(s);
s := '';
end;
Function FixIt(const s: String): String;
begin
// maybe changed
Result := StringReplace(StringReplace(StringReplace(s, Separator, '', [rfReplaceAll]), #13, '', [rfReplaceAll]), #10, '', [rfReplaceAll]);
// additional changes could be Quoting Strings
end;
begin
sl := TStringList.Create;
try
s := '';
For i := 0 to ads.FieldCount - 1 do
begin
if ads.Fields[i].Visible then
s := s + FixIt(ads.Fields[i].DisplayLabel) + Separator;
end;
ClipIt;
bm := ads.GetBookmark;
ads.DisableControls;
try
ads.First;
while not ads.Eof do
begin
For i := 0 to ads.FieldCount - 1 do
begin
if ads.Fields[i].Visible then
s := s + FixIt(ads.Fields[i].DisplayText) + Separator;
end;
ClipIt;
ads.Next;
end;
ads.GotoBookmark(bm);
finally
ads.EnableControls;
ads.FreeBookmark(bm);
end;
sl.SaveToFile(fn);
finally
sl.Free;
end;
end;

Loops and increasing letter values for cells in string grid

So this could be hard to explain but i want to do a for ... := 1 to 10 do statement but i want it to be for A to N do. The main purpose of this excersise is to load data into a string grid. So lets have it load the cells 0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4 0,5 0,6 0,7 with the Letter A, B, C, D, E all the way up to 14. If anyone knows how to do this i would be extremely thankful!
Here you got it, but I'm not sure if it's a good way how to learn programming (I mean asking question as requests so that someone else write code for you):
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
I: Integer;
begin
StringGrid1.FixedCols := 1;
StringGrid1.ColCount := 15;
for I := 1 to 14 do
StringGrid1.Cells[I, 1] := Chr(Ord('A') + I - 1);
end;
If you want to fill the StringGrid control one row at a time, you can do
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
i: Integer;
begin
StringGrid1.FixedCols := 1;
StringGrid1.FixedRows := 1;
for i := 0 to Min(25, (StringGrid1.ColCount-1) * (StringGrid1.RowCount-1)) do
StringGrid1.Cells[i mod (StringGrid1.ColCount - 1) + 1,
i div (StringGrid1.ColCount - 1) + 1] := Chr(Ord('A') + i);
end;
which works no matter how many rows and cols there are.
Want to fuse TLama's answer with that "want to do a for ... := 1 to 10 do statement but i want it to be for A to N do"
Don't know if it will be pun, or enlightening.
var c: char; i: integer;
s: string;
...
i := 0; s:= EmptyStr;
for c := 'A' to 'N' do begin
s := s + c + ',';
Inc(i);
end;
SetLength(s, Length(s) - 1); // we do not need last comma there
StringGrid1.ColCount := i;
StringGrid1.Rows[0].CommaText := s;
Or the same using TStringBuilder - which would be faster than re-arranging Heap on each new string modification.
uses SysUtils;
...
var c: char; i: integer;
s: string;
...
i := 0;
with TStringBuilder.Create do try
for c := 'A' to 'N' do begin
Append(c + ',');
Inc(i);
end;
s := ToString;
finally
Free;
end;
SetLength(s, Length(s) - 1); // we do not need last comma there
StringGrid1.ColCount := i;
StringGrid1.Rows[0].CommaText := s;

out parameter and "ShowMessage" function

I have a function declare like this :
function execProc(ProcName,InValues:PChar;out OutValues:PChar):integer; //The "OutValues" is a out parameter.
And I call this function like this:
procedure TForm1.Button6Click(Sender: TObject);
var
v:integer;
s:pchar;
begin
Memo1.Clear;
v := execProc(pchar('PROC_TEST'),pchar('aaa'),s);
showmessage(inttostr(v)); //mark line
Memo1.Lines.Add(strpas(s));
end;
when i delete the mark line(showmessage(inttostr(v))),i will have a correct result display in the Memo1,but if i keep use the showmessage(), the memo1 will dispaly an error string : "Messag" ,Why?
Thanks for any help!
function execProc(ProcName,InValues:PChar;out OutValues:PChar):integer;
var
str: TStrings;
InValue,OutValue: string;
i,j,scount: integer;
begin
Result := -100;
i := 0;
j := 0;
str := TStringList.Create;
try
sCount := ExtractStrings(['|'], [], InValues, str);
with kbmMWClientStoredProc1 do
begin
Close;
Params.Clear;
StoredProcName := StrPas(ProcName);
FieldDefs.Updated := False;
FieldDefs.Update;
for i := 0 to Params.Count - 1 do
begin
if (Params[i].ParamType = ptUnknown) or
(Params[i].ParamType = ptInput) or
(Params[i].ParamType = ptInputOutput) then
begin
inc(j);
InValue := str[j-1];
Params[i].Value := InValue;
end;
end;
try
ExecProc;
for i := 0 to Params.Count - 1 do
begin
if (Params[i].ParamType = ptOutput) or
(Params[i].ParamType = ptInputOutput) then
OutValue := OutValue + '|' + Params[i].AsString;
end;
OutValues := PChar(Copy(OutValue,2,Length(OutValue)-1));
Result := 0;
except
on E:Exception do
begin
if E.Message = 'Connection lost.' then Result := -101;//服务器连接失败
if E.Message = 'Authorization failed.' then Result := -102;//身份验证失败
Writelog(E.Message);
end;
end;
end;
finally
str.Free;
end;
end;
The problem is in the design of your interface and the use of PChar.
OutValues := PChar(Copy(OutValue,2,Length(OutValue)-1));
This is implemented by making an implicit, hidden, local string variable which holds the value
Copy(OutValue,2,Length(OutValue)-1)
When the function returns, that string variable is destroyed and so OutValues points at deallocated memory. Sometimes your program appears to work but that's really just down to chance. Any small change can disturb that, as you have observed.
The problem is easy enough to fix. Simply use string parameters rather than PChar. This will make the code easier to read as well as making it work correctly.
function execProc(ProcName, InValues: string; out OutValues: string): integer;

Word blocks in TMemo

I am trying to make a basic Hex viewer out of a TMemo, I know this is probably not ideal but it will be only me personally using it so that does not really matter.
(1)
Firstly, suppose a Memo is filled with Hex information like so:
How could I get a count of all the text blocks shown, ignoring the white space? So using the image the result in this case would be 28.
This is what I tried and I know it is completely wrong as I am accessing the Memo lines but I don't know how to access each character.
I cant seem to solve this simple problem :(
function CountWordBlocks(Memo: TMemo): Integer;
var
i: Integer;
vCount: Integer;
begin
for i := 0 to Memo.Lines.Count - 1 do
begin
if Length(Memo.Lines.Strings[i]) = 2 then
begin
Inc(vCount);
end;
end;
Result := vCount;
end;
Here is the code I am using to display the Hex values in the Memo:
procedure ReadFileAsHex(const AFileName: string; ADestination: TStrings);
var
fs: TFileStream;
buff: Byte;
linecount: Byte;
line: string;
begin
linecount := 0;
line := '';
fs := TFileStream.Create(AFileName, fmOpenRead);
try
ADestination.BeginUpdate;
try
while fs.Position < fs.Size do
begin
fs.Read(buff, 1);
line := line + IntToHex(buff, 2) + ' ';
Inc(linecount);
if linecount = 16 then
begin
ADestination.Add(line);
line := '';
linecount := 0;
end;
end;
if Length(line) <> 0 then
ADestination.Add(line);
finally
ADestination.EndUpdate;
end;
finally
fs.Free;
end;
end;
(2)
If I click onto the Memo and a text block is under the cursor, how could I know which number the selected block is out of all the others?
So using the same first image, the caret is at the top line next to 68, so the result would be 3 as it is the third text block out of 28.
This should be so easy but I cannot think clearly, I don't have the right programming mind yet and so really struggle with basic logic and solving problems!
(3)
Finally I would like to select a block at runtime by passing a block number value. I tried this without much success:
procedure FindBlock(Memo: TMemo; BlockNumber: Integer);
var
i: Integer;
txt: string;
ThisWhite, PrevWhite: boolean;
vRead: Integer;
begin
txt := Memo.Text;
vRead:= 0;
PrevWhite := True;
for i := 1 to Length(txt) do
begin
ThisWhite := Character.IsWhiteSpace(txt[i]);
if PrevWhite and not ThisWhite then
begin
Inc(vRead);
PrevWhite := False;
end;
PrevWhite := ThisWhite;
if vRead = BlockNumber then
begin
Memo.SelStart := vRead;
Memo.SetFocus;
Exit;
end;
end;
end;
(1)
This works:
function TForm1.CountBlocks: integer;
var
i: Integer;
txt: string;
ThisWhite, PrevWhite: boolean;
begin
txt := Memo1.Text;
result:= 0;
PrevWhite := true;
for i := 1 to Length(txt) do
begin
ThisWhite := Character.IsWhiteSpace(txt[i]);
if PrevWhite and not ThisWhite then
begin
inc(result);
PrevWhite := false;
end;
PrevWhite := ThisWhite;
end;
end;
However, it can be optimized if more detailed information about the memo contents is available. For instance, if you know that each line consists of four blocks, then the number of blocks is simply 4*Memo1.Lines.Count. My code above will even accept blocks of different width.
(2)
Simply replace
for i := 1 to Length(txt) do
by
for i := 1 to Memo1.SelStart + 1 do
Since you are in control of the formatting of your lines, and the lines have a fixed format, it is very easy to calculate the number of bytes being displayed without resorting to looping through the individual lines one a time. Every line displays 3 characters per byte, and every line other than the last line displays 16 bytes, thus 48 characters per complete 16-byte line. Use those facts to your advantage to calculate the number of bytes based on the number of complete 16-byte lines present, and then you can add on the number of remaining bytes from just the last line:
function CountWordBlocks(Memo: TMemo): Integer;
var
Count: Integer;
begin
Count := Memo.Lines.Count;
if Count > 0 then
Result := (16 * (Count-1)) + (Length(Memo.Lines[Count-1]) div 3);
else
Result := 0;
end;
You can do something similar to translate a character offset within the Memo into a work block number:
function GetCurrentWordBlock(Memo: TMemo): Integer;
var
SelStart, LineStart, LineNum: Integer
begin
Result := 0;
SelStart := Memo.SelStart;
if SelStart < 0 then Exit;
LineStart := Memo.Perform(EM_LINEINDEX, SelStart, 0);
if LineStart < 0 then Exit;
LineNum := Memo.Perform(EM_LINEFROMCHAR, LineStart, 0);
Result := (16 * LineNum) + ((SelStart - LineStart) div 3) + 1;
end;
To select a given block number, you can do this:
procedure FindBlock(Memo: TMemo; BlockNumber: Integer);
var
LineNum, LineStart: Integer;
begin
if BlockNumber < 1 then Exit;
LineNum = (BlockNumber - 1) div 16;
LineStart = Memo.Perform(EM_LINEINDEX, LineNum, 0);
if LineStart < 0 then Exit;
Memo.SelStart = LineStart + (((BlockNumber - 1) - (16 * LineNum)) * 3);
Memo.SelLength := 2;
Memo.SetFocus;
end;

GetFormFieldNames not always working

I am trying to find out which form and element belongs too. The code that I now understand from this website:
http://www.cryer.co.uk/brian/delphi/twebbrowser/read_write_form_elements.htm
containing this code
function GetFormFieldNames(fromForm: IHTMLFormElement): TStringList;
var
index: integer;
field: IHTMLElement;
input: IHTMLInputElement;
select: IHTMLSelectElement;
text: IHTMLTextAreaElement;
begin
result := TStringList.Create;
for index := 0 to fromForm.length do
begin
field := fromForm.Item(index,'') as IHTMLElement;
if Assigned(field) then
begin
if field.tagName = 'INPUT' then
begin
// Input field.
input := field as IHTMLInputElement;
result.Add(input.name);
end
else if field.tagName = 'SELECT' then
begin
// Select field.
select := field as IHTMLSelectElement;
result.Add(select.name);
end
else if field.tagName = 'TEXTAREA' then
begin
// TextArea field.
text := field as IHTMLTextAreaElement;
result.Add(text.name);
end;
end;
end;
end;
seems to be working fine for most sites. However there are a few websites such as this one:
http://service.mail.com/registration.html#.1258-bluestripe-product1-undef
By looking at that code and comparing it with the active id, I can find the form it is in. However it does not work for that website. for some reason I think it has to do with htmldocument3 adn that this code is for htmldocument2. But I am not sure.
so my question is How can I extract a tstringlist from this website with all the elements names in them? hope you can help!
Edited: Added some code
begin
theForm := GetFormByNumber(webbrowser1.document as IHTMLDocument2,
0);
fields := GetFormFieldNames(theForm);
num := fields.IndexOf(theid);
end;
until (num <> -1);
One complication with locating form elements in a web page is that the page may contain frames and there may be forms in any of the frames. Basically, you have to iterate through all the frames and the forms in each frame. Once you get the form as an IHTMLFormElement, use Cryer's function to get the form element names.
The example link you gave does not have any frames and you should have had no problems getting your list of form elements, unless you tried to get the form by name because it had no name assigned. I had no problem getting the form element names and values using the following procedure
procedure GetForms(doc1: IHTMLDocument2; var sl: TStringList);
var
i, j, n: integer;
docForm: IHTMLFormElement;
slt: TStringList;
s: string;
begin
if doc1 = nil then
begin
ShowMessage('doc1 is empty [GetForms]');
Exit;
end;
slt := TStringList.Create;
n := NumberOfForms(doc1);
sl.Add('Forms: ' + IntToStr(n));
for i := 0 to n - 1 do
begin
docForm := GetFormByNumber(doc1, i);
sl.Add('Form Name: ' + docForm.Name);
slt.Clear;
slt := GetFormFieldNames(docForm);
for j := 0 to slt.Count - 1 do
begin
s := GetFieldValue(docForm, slt[j]);
sl.Add('Field Name: ' + slt[j] + ' value: "' + s + '"');
end;
end;
sl.Add('');
slt.Free;
end;
Cryer's example for navigating a frameset will not work for all web sites, see http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q196/3/40.ASP. The following function successfuly extracts a frame as an IHTMLDocument2 on all sites I have tried
function GetFrameByNumber(Doc:IHTMLDocument2; n:integer):IHTMLDocument2;
var
Container: IOleContainer;
Enumerator: ActiveX.IEnumUnknown;
Unknown: IUnknown;
Browser: IWebBrowser2;
Fetched: Longint;
NewDoc: IHTMLDocument2;
i : integer;
begin
// We cannot use the document's frames collection here, because
// it does not work in every case (i.e. Documents from a foreign domain).
// From: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q196/3/40.ASP
i := 0;
if (Supports(Doc, IOleContainer, Container)) and
(Container.EnumObjects(OLECONTF_EMBEDDINGS, Enumerator) = S_OK) then
begin
while Enumerator.Next(1, Unknown, #Fetched) = S_OK do
begin
if (Supports(Unknown, IWebBrowser2, Browser)) and
(Supports(Browser.Document, IHTMLDocument2, NewDoc)) then
begin
// Here, NewDoc is an IHTMLDocument2 that you can query for
// all the links, text edits, etc.
if i=n then
begin
Result := NewDoc;
Exit;
end;
i := i+1;
end;
end;
end;
end;
Here is an example of how I have used GetForms and GetFrameByNumber
// from the TForm1 declaration
{ Public declarations }
wdoc: IHTMLDocument2;
procedure TForm1.btnAnalyzeClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
wdoc := WebBrowser.Document as IHTMLDocument2;
GetDoc(wdoc);
end;
procedure TForm1.GetDoc(doc1: IHTMLDocument2);
var
i, n: integer;
doc2: IHTMLDocument2;
frame_dispatch: IDispatch;
frame_win: IHTMLWindow2;
ole_index: olevariant;
sl: TStringList;
begin
if doc1 = nil then
begin
ShowMessage('Web doc is empty');
Exit;
end;
Form2.Memo1.Lines.Clear;
sl := TStringList.Create;
n := doc1.frames.length;
sl.Add('Frames: ' + IntToStr(n));
// check each frame for the data
if n = 0 then
GetForms(doc1, sl)
else
for i := 0 to n - 1 do
begin
sl.Add('--Frame: ' + IntToStr(i));
ole_index := i;
frame_dispatch := doc1.Frames.Item(ole_index);
if frame_dispatch <> nil then
begin
frame_win := frame_dispatch as IHTMLWindow2;
doc2 := frame_win.document;
// sl.Add(doc2.body.outerHTML);
GetForms(doc2,sl);
GetDoc(doc2);
end;
end;
// Form2 just contains a TMemo
Form2.Memo1.Lines.AddStrings(sl);
Form2.Show;
sl.Free;
end;
The logic in your example is faulty, 1. when there is only 1 form on the web page the list of form elements is never extracted, 2. the repeat loop will result in a access violation unless the the tag in "theid" is found
Here is your example cut down to successfully extract the form elements.
var
i : integer;
nforms : integer;
document : IHTMLDocument2;
theForm : IHTMLFormElement;
fields : TStringList;
theform1 : integer;
num : integer;
theid : string;
begin
fields := TStringList.Create;
theid := 'xx';
// original code follows
i := -1;
// nforms := NumberOfForms(webbrowser1.document as IHTMLDocument2);
// document := webbrowser1.document as IHTMLDocument2;
// if nforms = 1 then
// begin
// theForm := GetFormByNumber(webbrowser1.document as IHTMLDocument2, 0);
// theform1 := 0;
// end
// else
begin
// repeat
begin
inc(i);
theForm := GetFormByNumber(webbrowser1.document as IHTMLDocument2,
i);
fields := GetFormFieldNames(theForm);
num := fields.IndexOf(theid);
theform1 := i;
end;
// until (num <> -1);
end;
// end of original code
Memo1.Lines.Text := fields.Text;
fields.Free;
end;
Hm, are you sure this link contains any form elements? At least I did not see any visible ones. Perhaps they are hidden - did not check this myself, however.
Michael

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