Best DataGrid ?

[Herve MAILLARD]

Hi,

What is the best (free) datagrid for .NET ?

Thanks,

H. MAILLARD.

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Herve,

Unfortunately, I think the best free grid out there right now is the
DataGrid that comes with the framework. I don't know if there is a better
one out there that is free. There are a good number of third-party grids
out there though. Personally, I am partial to XceedSoft's grid.

Hope this helps.
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- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- ni**************@exisconsulting.com

"Herve MAILLARD" <rv********@free.fr> wrote in message
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Hi,

What is the best (free) datagrid for .NET ?

Thanks,

H. MAILLARD.

[Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)]

Free? The datagrid that ships with .NET. Not sure if there is a third party
implementation that is nicer. Dino Esposito expanded on the DataGrid for his
book on ASP.NET, which would be free for book owners (may be a download on
the MSPress site???).

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA
Author: ADO.NET and XML: ASP.NET on the Edge

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"Herve MAILLARD" <rv********@free.fr> wrote in message
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Hi,

What is the best (free) datagrid for .NET ?

Thanks,

H. MAILLARD.

[Chris Blanco]

Not to many good FREE ones. For those that aren't free, I would highly
recommend Infragistics UltraWebGrid. Works in Bound and Unbound mode and is
EXTREMELY powerful. I like it a lot.

(www.infragistics.com is the site)
"Herve MAILLARD" <rv********@free.fr> wrote in message
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Hi,

What is the best (free) datagrid for .NET ?

Thanks,

H. MAILLARD.

[Rob Schoenaker]

The DevExpress components are the best out there. Not free, but worth a try.

http://www.devexpress.com/products/n...grid/index.asp

for the ExtraGrid, which come with full source.

/Rob

[Niall]

I have to beg to differ. We have used the DevExpress grid for around a year,
though we have recently stopped using it. It was ok in the beginning, but
with all the things we wanted to do with it, like get our custom controls in
the grid, etc, it became a nightmare. There are quite a few interesting
"niceties" about their grid, like how you have to throw a particular
exception to stop it from stealing the focus back if you load a new form on
the doubleclick. I understand that the grid stealing the focus back is a
..Net thing, but dealing with it through exceptions is terrible, because it
totally screws up your call stack.

Anyway, just my opinion. I've been told that their components for Delphi are
very good, but we found their .Net components somewhat lacking.

Niall

"Rob Schoenaker" <rs*********@NOhotmailSPAM.com> wrote in message
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The DevExpress components are the best out there. Not free, but worth a try.
http://www.devexpress.com/products/n...grid/index.asp

for the ExtraGrid, which come with full source.

/Rob

[Niall]

I have to beg to differ. We have used the DevExpress grid for around a year,
though we have recently stopped using it. It was ok in the beginning, but
with all the things we wanted to do with it, like get our custom controls in
the grid, etc, it became a nightmare. There are quite a few interesting
"niceties" about their grid, like how you have to throw a particular
exception to stop it from stealing the focus back if you load a new form on
the doubleclick. I understand that the grid stealing the focus back is a
..Net thing, but dealing with it through exceptions is terrible, because it
totally screws up your call stack.

Anyway, just my opinion. I've been told that their components for Delphi are
very good, but we found their .Net components somewhat lacking.

Niall

"Rob Schoenaker" <rs*********@NOhotmailSPAM.com> wrote in message
news:eu*************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

The DevExpress components are the best out there. Not free, but worth a try.
http://www.devexpress.com/products/n...grid/index.asp

for the ExtraGrid, which come with full source.

/Rob