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dhtmlxGrid, setting rowspan using a json array

Hello,

I'm using dhtmlxSuite, 2.5. I'm using IE 8 in compatibility mode.

In my code for the grid I'm calling

var jsonData = getJsonArray();
myGrid.parse(jsonData,"json");

Is there any way to set rowspan within each json cell while I'm dynamically building my json data? For example each cell could have:

{"value":"0", "rowspan":"2"},...

I tried this and it ignored "rowspan". I also tried the setRowspan() before the parse but the grid didn't like it.

After I've performed the parse() I have to then iterate through my data again to apply:

myGrid.setRowspan(id,col,span);

Either I did something wrong or this is a bit inefficient. Thank you for your help.

-Doug

To set rowspan from xml/json you should add enableRowspan() method to the grid initialization:
 mygrid.enableRowspan();
This method is available in PRO version only. To use it you should attach dhtmlxgrid_rowspan.js file to your page.
http://dhtmlx.com/dhxdocs/doku.php?id=dhtmlxgrid:api_method_dhtmlxgridobject_enablerowspan
http://dhtmlx.com/dhxdocs/doku.php?id=dhtmlxgrid:cells_manipulation#merging_cells