Saturday, January 16, 2010

Whats the best 3rd party VB.NET Grid control for hosting comboboxes & other controls with report generation?

I need a simple VB.NET Grid without too many complex features. Basically the grid should be able to host comboboxes, textboxes, checkboxes, radio buttons %26amp; datetime controls.





It should have WYSIWYG printing capability with options to suppress or print borders, gridlines, etc. It should support cell-merging, individual formatting for different cells, non-editable cells, etc.





The grid should raise events when the user moves to a different row or column, and that event must be cancellable. It should also raise events when the user starts editing a cell and when the user has finished editing. I must be able to restrict input in any way.





The look and feel of the grid must be customizable. It should be a free-form grid (like VB6 FlexGrid), not a data-bound grid.





There should be an option to start cell-editing on the first keypress, or when the user presses a particular key like F2. Moreover, I should be able to trap the press of ANY key so that I can customize its functionality.Whats the best 3rd party VB.NET Grid control for hosting comboboxes %26amp; other controls with report generation?
We use the infragistics package. Their stuff is very visual, so they have tons of ways you can change the appearance of the controls. A bit cludgy to learn their objects, but ok. If the default microsoft stuff is a D+, then I give Infragistics a B-

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