How to display the Arabic number digits in WinForms GridControl when the culture is Arabic?
Setting the Arabic number digits in the grid cell
By default,
the native number digits of a particular culture language are not displayed in
the WinForms GridControl since text is displayed
using GridStaticCellRenderer.
To reproduce the native number
display in Grid, follow the given steps.
- Go to Control Panel.
- Select Region
- Change the Format as Arabic (Egypt).
- Click the Additional Settings button.
- In the Numbers tab, change the Use native digits option as National.
- Click the Apply button and then click the OK button.
Solution
The native number digits of the culture language, that is, Arabic numbers, can be displayed in a grid cell by handling the DrawCellDisplayText event and displaying the text using TextRenderer.
//Triggering the DrawCellDisplayText event
this.gridControl1.DrawCellDisplayText += gridControl1_DrawCellDisplayText;
void gridControl1_DrawCellDisplayText(object sender, Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Grid.GridDrawCellDisplayTextEventArgs e)
{
//Canceling the default display text using default cell renderer
e.Cancel = true;
//Displaying the text with TextRenderer instead of GridStaticCellRenderer
TextRenderer.DrawText(e.Graphics, e.DisplayText, gridControl1.Font, e.ClipBounds, e.Style.TextColor);
}'Triggering the DrawCellDisplayText event
AddHandler Me.gridControl1.DrawCellDisplayText, AddressOf gridControl1_DrawCellDisplayText
Private Sub gridControl1_DrawCellDisplayText(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Grid.GridDrawCellDisplayTextEventArgs)
'Canceling the default display text using default cell renderer
e.Cancel = True
'Displaying the text with TextRenderer instead of GridStaticCellRenderer
TextRenderer.DrawText(e.Graphics, e.DisplayText, gridControl1.Font, e.ClipBounds, e.Style.TextColor)
End Sub Note:
To display the Arabic native digits in GridGroupingControl, the TableControlDrawCellDisplayText event can be handled.
//Triggering the TableControlDrawCellDisplayText event
this.gridGroupingControl1.TableControlDrawCellDisplayText += new Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Grid.Grouping.GridTableControlDrawCellDisplayTextEventHandler(gridGroupingControl1_TableControlDrawCellDisplayText);
void gridGroupingControl1_TableControlDrawCellDisplayText(object sender, Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Grid.Grouping.GridTableControlDrawCellDisplayTextEventArgs e)
{
//Canceling the default display text using default cell renderer
e.Inner.Cancel = true;
//Displaying the text with TextRenderer instead of GridStaticCellRenderer
TextRenderer.DrawText(e.Inner.Graphics, e.Inner.DisplayText, e.Inner.Style.Font.GdipFont, e.Inner.ClipBounds, e.Inner.Style.TextColor);
}'Triggering the TableControlDrawCellDisplayText event
AddHandler gridGroupingControl1.TableControlDrawCellDisplayText, AddressOf gridGroupingControl1_TableControlDrawCellDisplayText
Private Sub gridGroupingControl1_TableControlDrawCellDisplayText(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Grid.Grouping.GridTableControlDrawCellDisplayTextEventArgs)
'Canceling the default display text using default cell renderer
e.Inner.Cancel = True
'Displaying the text with TextRenderer instead of GridStaticCellRenderer
TextRenderer.DrawText(e.Inner.Graphics, e.Inner.DisplayText, e.Inner.Style.Font.GdipFont, e.Inner.ClipBounds, e.Inner.Style.TextColor)
End SubScreenshots:
Figure 1: GridControl
Figure 2: GridGroupingControl
Samples:
C# - Displaying_The_Arabic_Number_Digits_in_Grid_CS1269007616.zip
VB - Displaying_The_Arabic_Number_Digits_in_Grid_VB1192759562.zip
Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed learning how to display the Arabic number digits in WinForms GridControl when the culture is Arabic.
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