DBGrid picklist, get selected picklist value.

[Hansvb]

Hi,
I have a dbgrid of which 1 column has a picklist. The picklist is created by assigning a TStringlist to the dbgrid.column.picklist. Now when I select a value from the picklist, I want to pick up this value. But I can't find a PickList.text or anything like that anywhere. I do see

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1. DBGrid.Columns[FColIndex]. PickList.ValueFromIndex[i];

Then you get the text, but then you have to know the index. You can also ask for the index:

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1.  DBGrid.Columns[FColIndex]. PickList.IndexOf('some text');

but then you need the text first.

I suffer from the chicken - egg story.
How can I read the text of the value selected in the picklist? I need this before it gets into the cell of the dbgrid.

[jamie]

ItemIndex ?

That is the selected Item, if its -1 then nothing is selected but this is strictly a TstringList, not sure if the DB code gets control of this.
 
 You also have "Items" which is an indexable array of the items.

Jamie

[Hansvb]

A picklist is a TStrings I see now and has no ItemIndex. I should probably switch to a dblookup combobox. And let's see what can be done then.

[CharlyTango]

It may help if you tell us what you need the value from the picklist for and in what form.

Actually, the value from the picklist should end up in the dataset of the DBGrid and can be accessed there because the record pointer of the dataset is synchronized with the DBGrid via the datasource. Therefore, the dataset pointer of the dataset is already on the correct line and no further identification is necessary.

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1. <Datasetname>.Fieldbyname('...').AsString