Blackberry GridFieldManager border - blackberry

Question

I have created a GridFieldManager in my Blackberry application and I want to set a border for each cell to make the grid look like an excel grid.
I used:
gridFieldManager.setBorder(BorderFactory.createSimpleBorder(new XYEdges(0, 0, 0, 0), Border.STYLE_DASHED));
But this just set the border around the manager and not to each cell.
Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

Just set the border for each Field you add to GridFieldManager.
Create a method that first add sets the border to a Field that is being added to the manager, then pass it to add(). Or subclass from the GridFieldManager and override add(Field f) to set the border to a Field that is being added (f) and then call super.add(f).

Answer 2

i am using the following code to create the ui for a crossword game...
i customized the grid
it still has some problems( scrolling issues) but it should atleast give you a few ideas on what to do:
public class GridField extends Field
{
int WIDTH = 0;
int HEIGHT = 0;
int x = 0;
int y = 0;
int numRows = 0;
int GRID_WIDTH = 30;
int GRID_HEIGHT = 30;
int fill_width=20;
int fill_height=20;
int currentColumn = 0;
int currentRow = 0;
public String[][] values = null;
int[][] numbers = null;
private Font numericFont = null;
private Font alphabetFont = null;
Graphics G;
int clu = 0;
int length=0;
char di;
public GridField(int width) {
this.WIDTH = width;
HEIGHT = 3;
}
public GridField(int width, int height) {
super(Field.FOCUSABLE);
this.WIDTH = width;
HEIGHT = height;
}
public GridField(int width, int height, int numRows, String[][] values) {
super(Field.FOCUSABLE);
this.WIDTH = width;
HEIGHT = height;
this.numRows = numRows;
this.values = values;
}
public GridField(int width, int height, int numRows, String[][] values,int[][] numbers) {
super(Field.FOCUSABLE);
this.WIDTH = width;
HEIGHT = height;
this.numRows = numRows;
this.values = values;
this.numbers=numbers;
}
public int getPreferredWidth()
{
return WIDTH;
}
public int getPreferredHeight()
{
return HEIGHT;
}
protected void onFocus(int direction)
{
System.out.println("onfocus direction =====>"+direction);
}
protected void onUnfocus()
{
System.out.println("onunfocus direction =====>");
}
protected void layout(int arg0, int arg1)
{
setExtent(getPreferredWidth(), getPreferredHeight());
}
public void paint(int clue, int len, char dir)
{
try {
clu=clue;
length=len;
di=dir;
FontFamily fontFamily = null;
try {
fontFamily = FontFamily.forName("Verdana");
} catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe) {
}
numericFont = fontFamily.getFont(FontFamily.SCALABLE_FONT, 9);
alphabetFont = fontFamily.getFont(FontFamily.SCALABLE_FONT, 13);
//G.clear();
G.setColor(0x00ffffff);
G.fillRect(0, 0, WIDTH, HEIGHT);
G.setColor(0x00000000);
y = 5;
for(int i = 0; i < numRows; i ++ )
{
for(int j = 0; j < numRows; j ++ )
{
G.setColor(Color.BLACK);
G.drawRect(x, y, GRID_WIDTH, GRID_HEIGHT);
G.setColor(Color.BLUE);
// G.setFont(alphabetFont);
G.setFont(Utility.getInstance().getGujaratiFont("rekha", 4));
// if(values[i][j]!=".")
// G.drawText("" + values[i][j], x + 13, y + 11);
if(values[i][j]!=".")
G.drawText("" + values[i][j], x + 5, y + 11);
G.setColor(Color.BLACK);
G.setFont(numericFont);
if (numbers[i][j] == clue)
{
currentColumn=j;
currentRow=i;
G.setColor(Color.RED);
G.fillRect(x, y, GRID_WIDTH, GRID_HEIGHT);
G.setColor(Color.ORANGE);
if(dir=='a'||dir=='A')
{
G.drawRect(x+GRID_WIDTH, y, 30*(len-1), GRID_HEIGHT);
// G.drawRect(x-1, y-1, 30*len+2, GRID_HEIGHT+2);
// G.drawRect(x-2, y-2, 30*len+3, GRID_HEIGHT+3);
// G.drawRect(x-3, y-3, 30*len+4, GRID_HEIGHT+4);
G.fillRect(x+GRID_WIDTH, y, 30*(len-1), GRID_HEIGHT);
}
else
{
G.drawRect(x, y+GRID_HEIGHT, GRID_WIDTH, 30*(len-1));
G.fillRect(x, y+GRID_HEIGHT, GRID_WIDTH, 30*(len-1));
}
}
G.setColor(Color.BLACK);
if(numbers[i][j]!=0)
G.drawText("" + numbers[i][j],x + 2 ,y + 2);
if(values[i][j] == "0"){
G.setColor(Color.BLACK);
G.fillRect(x, y, GRID_WIDTH, GRID_HEIGHT);
//Field.VISUAL_STATE_FOCUS;
}
x = x + GRID_WIDTH - 1;
}
x = 0;
y = y + GRID_HEIGHT - 1;
}
//this.invalidate();
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
protected void paint(Graphics g)
{
FontFamily fontFamily = null;
try {
fontFamily = FontFamily.forName("Verdana");
} catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe) {
}
try {
numericFont = fontFamily.getFont(FontFamily.SCALABLE_FONT, 9);
alphabetFont = fontFamily.getFont(FontFamily.SCALABLE_FONT, 13);
G=g;
g.setColor(0x00ffffff);
g.fillRect(0, 0, WIDTH, HEIGHT);
g.setColor(0x00000000);
y = 5;
for(int i = 0; i < numRows; i ++ )
{
for(int j = 0; j < numRows; j ++ )
{
g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
g.drawRect(x, y, GRID_WIDTH, GRID_HEIGHT);
if (clu != 0)
{
if (numbers[i][j] == clu)
{
currentColumn=j;
currentRow=i;
G.setColor(Color.RED);
G.fillRect(x, y, GRID_WIDTH, GRID_HEIGHT);
G.setColor(Color.ORANGE);
if(di=='a'||di=='A')
{
G.drawRect(x+GRID_WIDTH, y, 30*(length-1), GRID_HEIGHT);
// G.drawRect(x-1, y-1, 30*len+2, GRID_HEIGHT+2);
// G.drawRect(x-2, y-2, 30*len+3, GRID_HEIGHT+3);
// G.drawRect(x-3, y-3, 30*len+4, GRID_HEIGHT+4);
G.fillRect(x+GRID_WIDTH, y, 30*(length-1), GRID_HEIGHT);
}
else
{
G.drawRect(x, y+GRID_HEIGHT, GRID_WIDTH, 30*(length-1));
G.fillRect(x, y+GRID_HEIGHT, GRID_WIDTH, 30*(length-1));
}
}
//clu=0;
}
if(i == currentRow && j == currentColumn)
{
g.setColor(Color.RED);
g.fillRect(x, y, GRID_WIDTH, GRID_HEIGHT);
}
g.setColor(Color.BLUE);
g.setFont(Utility.getInstance().getGujaratiFont("rekha", 5));
if(values[i][j]!=".")
g.drawText("" + values[i][j], x + 5, y + 11);
g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
g.setFont(numericFont);
if(numbers[i][j]!=0)
g.drawText("" + numbers[i][j],x + 2 ,y + 2);
if(values[i][j] == "0"){
g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
g.fillRect(x, y, GRID_WIDTH, GRID_HEIGHT);
//Field.VISUAL_STATE_FOCUS;
}
x = x + GRID_WIDTH - 1;
}
x = 0;
y = y + GRID_HEIGHT - 1;
}
//clu=0;
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
protected int moveFocus(int amount, int status, int time) {
System.out.println("moveFocus -=======>");
return amount;
}
protected boolean navigationMovement(int dx, int dy, int status, int time) {
clu = 0;
System.out.println("navigationMovement -=======dx>"+dx);
System.out.println("navigationMovement -=======dy>"+dy);
if(dx == 1)
{
if(currentColumn < numRows - 1)
{
currentColumn ++;
}
}
else if(dx == -1)
{
if(currentColumn > 0)
{
currentColumn --;
}
}
else if(dy == 1)
{
if(currentRow < numRows - 1)
{
currentRow ++;
}
else
TabControlScreen.gridfocus();
}
else if(dy == -1)
{
if(currentRow > 0)
{
currentRow --;
}
}
invalidate();
return true;
}
public void drawText(String string) {
try {
System.out.println("inside keyChar ====>" + string);
System.out.println("CurrentRow:::" + currentRow + "CurrentColumn:::"
+ currentColumn + "Values:::"
+ values[currentRow][currentColumn]);
if (!values[currentRow][currentColumn].equalsIgnoreCase("0")) {
values[currentRow][currentColumn] = string;// String.valueOf(string);
System.out.println("GridField::Values::string::"+string);
invalidate();
} else
Dialog.alert("Invalid Field!");
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
//return true;
}
public String getText() {
return "";
}
public String returnText() {
return values[currentRow][currentColumn];
}