In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the SelectedRows and SelectedCols objects copy a range from the grid in such a format that it can be pasted into Microsoft Excel.

Complete the following steps:

1. Start with the project created in Tutorial 1: Binding True DBGrid to a DataSet.
2. Add a command button to the form, place it in the lower left corner of the form, and set its Text property to "Copy".
3. Next add the following code to the Click event of Button1:

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   ' String to be copied to the clipboard. Dim strTemp As String Dim row As Integer Dim col As C1.Win.C1TrueDBGrid.C1DataColumn Dim cols As Integer, rows As Integer If Me.C1TrueDBGrid1.SelectedRows.Count > 0 Then For Each row In Me.C1TrueDBGrid1.SelectedRows ' Copy everything here. For Each col In Me.C1TrueDBGrid1.SelectedCols strTemp = strTemp & col.CellText(row) & vbTab Next strTemp = strTemp & vbCrLf Next System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard.SetDataObject(strTemp, False) MessageBox.Show ("Range of " & Me.C1TrueDBGrid1.SelectedCols.Count & " x " & C1TrueDBGrid1.SelectedRows.Count & " cells have been copied to the clipboard in TAB delimited format") Else MessageBox.Show ("Please select a range of cells") End If

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   // String to be copied to the clipboard. string strTemp; int row; C1.Win.C1TrueDBGrid.C1DataColumn col; int cols, rows; if (this.c1TrueDBGrid1.SelectedRows.Count > 0 ) { foreach (row in this.c1TrueDBGrid1.SelectedRows) { // Copy everything here. foreach (col in this.c1TrueDBGrid1.SelectedCols) { strTemp = strTemp + col.CellText(row) + "\t"; } strTemp = strTemp + "\n"; } System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard.SetDataObject(strTemp, false); MessageBox.Show ("Range of " + this.c1TrueDBGrid1.SelectedCols.Count.ToString() + " x " + this.c1TrueDBGrid1.SelectedRows.Count.ToString() + " cells have been copied to the clipboard in TAB delimited format"); } else { MessageBox.Show ("Please select a range of cells"); }

Run the program and observe the following:

• C1TrueDBGrid1 displays the data specified in Tutorial 1: Binding True DBGrid to a DataSet.
• If you select a range of cells in the True DBGrid, then press the copy button a message box will appear detailing the cells that you have copied to the clipboard.
  
• Now open Microsoft Excel. Select the exact amount of row and column cells as you selected in the True DBGrid, then click the Paste button. The cells that you copied in the grid are now pasted into Microsoft Excel.

You've successfully completed using range selection; this concludes the tutorial.