Do you keep the standard .NET DataGrid?
Updated by Brady Stroud [SSW] 1 year ago. See history
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In Visual Studio 2003 the standard **DataGrid** has some limitations. It was ugly compared to a **ListView** and did not support combo box or button columns, making it useless for many applications.
In Visual Studio 2005 we have this great new **DataGridView** control which solves these problems.
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If you still want more then you need a 3rd party control. We recommend these (in this order):
- Janus GridEx
- Developer Express XtraGrid
- Infragistics Wingrid
- ComponentOne TrueDBGrid
For more Details have a look at our Best 3rd Party Controls for Windows Forms
❌ Figure: Bad example - The standard .NET DataGrid in 2003 was ugly and missing combos
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✅ Figure: Good example - Janus Grid is even better. A great datagrid has easy grouping, just like Outlook
Figure: The great new Visual Studio 2005 much improved DataGridView
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