Overview

True DBGrid includes dozens of advanced data access, data presentation, and user interface features that enable developers to build intuitive, professional-looking applications:

Excel and Word-Like Styles

Hierarchical style objects encapsulate font, color, picture, and formatting information, facilitating easy customization of grid components at design time and run time.

Excel-Like Splits

Developers and end users can divide the grid into separate vertical and horizontal panes to provide multiple views of the data. The splits can scroll independently or simultaneously.

Fixed, Nonscrolling Columns

Splits can also be used to create nonscrolling columns anywhere in the grid (at the left or right edges, or in the middle).

In-Cell Objects

The grid supports a variety of in-cell objects for data display and editing, including bitmaps, command buttons, check boxes, and radio buttons.

Drop-Down Objects

The grid supports a variety of drop-down objects for data entry, including a multicolumn control (C1TrueDBDropDown), a combo box, and a multiline text editor. Third-party drop-down controls also supported.

Automatic Data Translation

Database values can be automatically translated into alternate text or graphics without coding. For example, numeric codes can be rendered as words or even bitmaps.

Data-Sensitive Display

A powerful regular expression facility can be used to apply different styles to individual cells depending upon their contents. For example, negative numbers can be shown in red, or fields containing a particular substring can be shown in bold.

Unbound Columns

The grid supports unbound columns while other columns are bound to a data control.

Input Masking

Input templates can be assigned to columns in order to reduce end-user data entry errors.

Run-Time CellTips

Provides context-sensitive help for end users.

Alternating Row Colors

Enhances the readability of the grid's display.

Excellent Documentation

True DBGrid includes an extensive manual and online help with plenty of tutorials and examples.

Free Run-Time Distribution

No royalty fees required.

New Vertical Splits

Like Microsoft Excel, the grid now has the ability to split both horizontally and vertically allowing for a grid matrix as well as singular horizontal and vertical views. In addition, a user-friendly matrix dereferencing notation makes splits quite accessible even with multiple horizontal and vertical splits.

New Column Objects

The True DBGrid now has two separate column objects to help simplify the sometimes daunting object model. The C1DataColumn object contains all of the properties related to data and data processing, while the C1DisplayColumn object contains all of the properties related to the column’s display.

Expanded Data Views

True DBGrid for .NET now has three alternate display formats. Form view presents data in a standard "form" that can be modified as needed. Inverted view transposes rows and columns, providing a more convenient "read down" format. While, the MultipleLines view displays all of the columns on multiple lines in the viewable grid.

Style Border Properties

The expanded style object now includes properties that let you customize the appearance, size, color, and type of cell borders.

Scroll Tracking and ScrollTips

The vertical scroll bar thumb can now scroll records as it is moved. You can also use the ScrollTips feature to provide an informational pop-up during scrolling.

Filter Bar

A special data entry row below the column headers, the filter bar lets you implement custom end-user operations such as incremental search and recordset filtering.

And Much More…

Auto completion for drop-downs, cell range selection, customizable ENTER key behavior, drop-down hierarchical grid, tag property for column objects, right to left support, and a wide variety of print enhancements.