You can easily configure True DBGrid at design time using its context menu, visual editing mode, property pages, and reusable layout facility. These features enable you to see the grid's run-time appearance at design time and eliminate the need to write customization code for most applications.
The following sections describe how to use True DBGrid's design-time environment to configure the TDBGrid control. Most of the following material also applies to the TDBDropDown control since it is a subset of TDBGrid. Specific differences between the two controls are discussed at the end of this chapter.