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XPTable: .NET ListView Update

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An update to the excellent XPTable control
/*
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using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Windows.Forms;

using XPTable.Models;


namespace XPTable.Sorting
{
	/// <summary>
	/// An IComparer for sorting Cells that contain CheckBoxes
	/// </summary>
	public class CheckBoxComparer : ComparerBase
	{
		#region Constructor
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Initializes a new instance of the CheckBoxComparer class with the specified 
		/// TableModel, Column index and SortOrder
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="tableModel">The TableModel that contains the data to be sorted</param>
		/// <param name="column">The index of the Column to be sorted</param>
		/// <param name="sortOrder">Specifies how the Column is to be sorted</param>
		public CheckBoxComparer(TableModel tableModel, int column, SortOrder sortOrder) : base(tableModel, column, sortOrder)
		{
			
		}

		#endregion


		#region Methods

        /// <summary>
        /// Compares two cells and returns a value indicating whether one is less 
        /// than, equal to or greater than the other.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="cell1"></param>
        /// <param name="cell2"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        protected override int CompareCells(Cell cell1, Cell cell2)
        {
            int retVal = 0;

            if (cell1.Checked && !cell2.Checked)
            {
                retVal = -1;
            }
            else if (!cell1.Checked && cell2.Checked)
            {
                retVal = 1;
            }

            // if the cells have the same checked value and the CheckBoxColumn 
            // they belong to allows text drawing, compare the text properties 
            // to determine order
            if (retVal == 0 && ((CheckBoxColumn)this.TableModel.Table.ColumnModel.Columns[this.SortColumn]).DrawText)
            {
                // check for null data
                if (cell1.Text == null && cell2.Text == null)
                {
                    return 0;
                }
                else if (cell1.Text == null)
                {
                    return -1;
                }

                retVal = cell1.Text.CompareTo(cell2.Text);
            }

            return retVal;
        }
		#endregion
	}
}

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