Understanding How Cell Type Affects Model Data

The cell type has two methods that control how data is displayed from the data model and how data is written to the data model. The formatter method takes the data from the data model and formats it for display. The parser method writes the data to the data model. Different cell types write different types of data to the data model.

The following table lists the editable cell types, and how each cell type works with the model.

Editable Cell Type	Data Type Written to Model
CurrencyCellType	Decimal
DateTimeCellType	Date-Time Object
DoubleCellType	Double
GeneralCellType	Depends whether Date-Time, Boolean, or String
IntegerCellType	Integer
PercentCellType	String
RegExpCellType	String
TextCellType	String

The following table lists the graphical cell types, and how each cell type works with the model.

Graphical Cell Type	Data Type Written to Model
ButtonCellType	Boolean
CheckBoxCellType	Integer
ComboBoxCellType	Depends on value of EditorValue property. String, if EditorValue = String or item data, Integer, if EditorValue = index
HyperLinkCellType	String
ImageCellType	Null
LabelCellType	String
MultiColumnComboBoxCellType	Type of the selected value
RadioButtonListCellType	Depends on value of EditorValue property. String, if EditorValue = String or item data, Integer, if EditorValue = index
TagCloudCellType	Null

Return to the overview at Understanding How Cell Types Work.