TSortGrid 2.00 (02-08-2001), freeware component for Delphi 2-6 by Karsten Bendsen. 

Hi Delphi user.
As I've been unable to locate Bill Menees (The original Author) on the internet, I will continue working on his component.

I havn't been working on the grid for a couple of years now, but now I finally have made some changes and released a new version.

If I'm to release another version of the component, I'm going need to get some help from you users. I simple don't have the time to keep updating alone. So if, when :) you find a bug or comes up with a new feature, try to fix/make it yourself. I know that the code isn't very friendly, but try to see what you can do.


*******1. What is TSortGrid********************************************************

TSortGrid is a highly improved TStringGrid, lots of new or improved functions, events and properties, to name a few: 
Search & Filter: Easy and fast, fully customable
Sort           : Different sorts, like numbers, date, your own
Load & Save    : Save to file and registry, export to csv
MultiSelect    : Using ctrl and shift
Components     : Add button, picklist or checkbox to a cell
Paint          : Draw cells in lot of different ways
print          : Print the grid, with preview
Auto size Columns and much more....



*******2. Readme section***********************************************************

Some of the Sort-procedures uses exceptions, which mean you will get a lot of errors when running the program from Delphi, you might turn Break On Exception off, 
Delphi 4-6: Menu|Tools|DebuggerOptions|Lan. Ext.|Stop on.. to prevent this.

MyGrids.pas and TMyStringList is almost the same as Grids.pas and TStringGrid with the exception that I have have change the InLineCell editor a bit, so that a home or end press didn't jumps to another cell. I think this was the easiest way to do it

The help-file was made with Visual VCL Component Help, so thanks to www.CytronResearch.co.uk

The component registers under the sample page


*******3. Contact******************************************************************

email   : koger@iname.com

homepage: www.koger.cjb.net



*******4. History******************************************************************

  TSortGrid 1.00
    Started by Bill Menees 1996

  TSortGrid 1.21
    Modified by Eric W. Engler, Feb 1997
    - fixed a bug in autodetection of type
    - OnBeginSort event was called before the autodetect of type; moved to after.
    - expanded date sort to incl datetime (these are usu compatible in Delphi)
    - added a time sort

  TSortGrid 1.22
    Modified by Koger koger@iname.com
    - Fixed a little fix in MoveTo
    - Fixed a bug with Clear;
    - Added better Save and Load procedure
    - Added Extended Sort, a bit slow, but sorts both alpha and numbers correct.
    - Also create sortoptions, so they are easiere to use
    - Added nice Bitmap to show SortDirection    
    - (Added filter and search functions)
    - MultiSelect, still some small bugs
      Most of the code for MultiSelect was original written by Tom Lee,
        tom@libra.aaa.hinet.net 
    - Fixed a lot of bugs, don't want to use time telling you which, as they 
      are removed anyway.

  TSortGrid 1.30
    - Added UpdateOnSizeChange: Boolean
    - Added SecondaryIndex
    - Added Sorted column don't change when moving columns 
    - Added The grid can now be printed
    - Fixed error with two TSortGrids, thanks to Ralf Schiener
    - Fixed error with extended sort mode, thanks to Ralf Schiener
    - Fixed error with jump to row on single key press
    - Fixed MoveTo also makes column visible

  TSortGrid 1.31
    - Fixed Jumps to row, now used the sorted column instead of the first
    
  TSortGrid 2.00
    - A lot!