Flexible data grids

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Rob Oldfield

I'm looking for a type datagrid control that will allow me to have more
flexibility in the layout of each record that I display. So, similar to a
continuous form in Access, I can have multiple text boxes for each, so
increasing the height of each 'row'.

I've just installed VS 2005 and, at first look, it still doesn't seem to be
a feature of the datagridview. (Am I right there, or is there now some way
of doing it?)

If it's not available in the standard package, then does anyone have any
recomendations on a good third party control? The ability to change the
layout as described is the key thing I'm looking for, but something that
ironed out some of the other quirks and limitations of the datagrid would
also be nice.

Thanks for any suggestions.
 
I have been searching for an answer to this same question for a while.. I am
sure it is definitely possible to do this using the .NET framework classes
but will definitely be painful and time consuming.. So I came to a
conclusion that the only way to achieve this within a reasonable amount of
time is to use a third party control... I did some prototyping with the Grid
control from Infragistics and it looked okay but certainly not close to what
you can do in Access.. I do not have experience with Access but I have seen
an application with continuous forms.. We have finally decided to use
Sybase's Datawindow.NET.. Datawindow technology has been the heart and soul
of PowerBuilder and is extremely powerful and established tool for UI
design.. The only discouraging fact with Datawindow.NET to me is that it
does not execute in CLR.. it has its own runtime engine.. If you are not
bother by this fact, I recommend you using datawindow.net..

Anyone have other suggestions?

Raghu Mudundi
 
The one on Code Project clones an instance of a user control repeatedly
at runtime which may work for simple stuff but breaks the further you
try and extend it to make it more like an Access subform. It just
can't seem to get all of the internal state by cloning the public
members. The EWSoftware one is much better, has a lot more
flexibility, and supports standard data sources. I found a few bugs in
the 1.0 version but a new version is apparently coming soon that fixes
them and adds some new features.

Joe
 
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