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    Creating a Hierarchical Display Manually
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    You can manually (programmatically) create a hierarchical display as shown in the example below. The parent is the higher level of the hierarchy and the child is the lower level.

    Example

    This example creates two custom SheetView objects: one as the parent and one as the child. In the parent sheet, the example overrides the ChildRelationCount property and GetChildView and FindChildView methods. The ChildRelationCount is how many relations between this object and children objects (usually this is one).

    The GetChildView is used to get the child sheet. It calls FindChildView to see if the sheet is already created. If it is, then use that sheet. If it is not, create a new child sheet.

    The SheetName property of the child SheetView determines which parent row it is assigned to.

    Override the ParentRowIndex property in the child SheetView to return the row number that child is assigned to. The SheetName in creating this sheet determines this number.

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    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
         fpSpread1.Sheets.Clear()
         fpSpread1.Sheets.Add(New customSheet)
         fpSpread1.Sheets(0).RowCount = 10
         Dim i As Integer
         For i = 0 To 9
              If i <> 1 Then
                   fpSpread1.Sheets(0).SetRowExpandable(i, False)
              End If
         Next i
    End Sub
    End Class
    
    Public Class customSheet
    Inherits FarPoint.Win.Spread.SheetView
    
      Public Overrides ReadOnly Property ChildRelationCount() As Integer
         Get
              Return 1
         End Get
      End Property
    
      Public Overrides Function GetChildView(ByVal row As Integer, ByVal relationIndex As Integer) As FarPoint.Win.Spread.SheetView
         Dim child As customChild = CType(FindChildView(row, 0), customChild)
         If Not (child Is Nothing) Then Return child
              child = New customChild
              child.RowCount = 5
              child.Parent = Me
              child.SheetName = row.ToString
              ChildViews.Add(child)
         Return child
      End Function
    
      Public Overrides Function FindChildView(ByVal row As Integer, ByVal relationIndex As Integer) As FarPoint.Win.Spread.SheetView
         Dim id As String = row.ToString
         Dim View As FarPoint.Win.Spread.SheetView
         For Each View In ChildViews
              If View.SheetName = id Then Return View
         Next
         Return Nothing
      End Function
    End Class
    
    Public Class customChild
    Inherits FarPoint.Win.Spread.SheetView
       Public Overrides ReadOnly Property ParentRowIndex() As Integer        Get             Return CInt(SheetName)
          End Get
       End Property
    End Class
    
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