Re: How does Windows Explorer sort file names? Emulate this in table...

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From: Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP] (x-code_at_no-spam-please.hotpop.com)
Date: 09/15/04 

Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 16:04:08 +0300

Hi,

A vague guess... you need something like a type inherited from System.String
where the CompareTo method would be overridden to implement the proper
sorting algorithm. Then, you should store object of this customized String
type in the table. 

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Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]
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"VMI" <vonchi_m@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I have a Windows datagrid whose column values are
> (1,10,100,1000,101,10-1,103,11,1710,2).  When the column's sorted (the
> column's of type String), it'll sort this way
> [1,10,100,1000,101,10-1,103,11,1710,2], which is wrong.  But in Windows
> Explorer, when there are files with these same names , Explorer will sort
> them like this: [1,2,10,10-1,11,100,101,103,1000,1710], which is correct.
>
> How can I emulate this Windows explorer sort in my column?
>
> Thanks.
>
>

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