Increased Flexibility for Adding Columns
Before you could only append the grid with added columns in the C1TrueDBGrid Designer, now with the Insert Column button you can add columns wherever you want in the grid.
Expand and Collapse Grouped Rows
You can now have improved control over how grouped rows are expanded and collapsed in GroupBy mode – you can choose to collapse all rows and choose to expand subrows when all rows are expanded.
Add a Filter Bar Watermark
With the FilterWatermark property you can now render text in an empty filter bar cell to give users instructions for filtering or suggested terms to enter. You can even format the filter bar watermark with the FilterWatermarkStyle property.
Enhanced MultipleLines and MultipleLinesFixed Data Views
Three new features were added to improve the MultipleLines and MultipleLinesFixed data views. First, the row widths in the MultipleLinesFixed data view are no longer constrained by the width of the grid; you'll now see a horizontal scrollbar if the grid is too wide to view. Second, setting the Merge property will now allow the left-most column to span the height of the row, improving the readability of the grid. Third, the MultiLineExtendColumns method will adjust the width of the last column on a subrow to align it with the widest subrow, so the right edge of the grid appears as a clean line.
Multiple Export Options
Export your grid to multiple formats including Delimited Text, Excel (XLS and XLSX), PDF, HTML, RTF, and more!
Enhance Your UI with Microsoft Office 2007 Styling
True DBGrid for WinForms supports Visual Styles that mimic the styles available in Office 2007 including Blue, Silver, and Black.
Universal .NET Data Binding
True DBGrid for WinForms can bind to any .NET data source with little or no code, allowing you to create a fully-navigational database browser in seconds.
Designed to Microsoft Specifications
True DBGrid for WinForms includes .NET objects designed according to Microsoft specifications so if you're familiar with the Microsoft .NET object and collection models, you'll have no problem using True DBGrid for WinForms.
Enhanced Keyboard Navigation
With just one property setting, control the relative position of the next cell when end-users press the ENTER key.
Rich Scrolling Capabilities
Easily track the location of the scroll bar in the grid, set the vertical scroll bar thumb to scroll records as moved, and provide an informational pop-up during scrolling.
2D and 3D Cell Display
Choose two-dimensional, three-dimensional, or a combination of the two to control cell appearance to your specifications.
Style Border Properties
Customize the appearance, size, color, and type of cell borders.
Microsoft Excel and Word-like Styles
Use hierarchical style objects to customize the grid's appearance with font, color, picture, and formatting specifications.
Alternating Row Colors
Add alternating row colors to the grid to enhance the readability of the grid's display.
In-cell Objects
Add a variety of in-cell objects for data display and editing in the grid, including bitmaps, command buttons, check boxes, and radio buttons.
Automatic Data Translation
Automatically translate database values into alternate text or graphics without coding in the grid. For example, numeric codes can be rendered as words or even bitmaps.
Data-sensitive Display
Apply different styles to individual cells depending upon their contents. For example, show negative numbers in red, or fields containing a particular substring in bold.
Input Masking
Assign input templates to columns in order to simplify the run-time data entry process and reduce end-user data entry errors.
Filter Bar
Implement custom end-user operations such as incremental search and record set filtering using the filter bar, a special data entry row below the column headers.
Unbound Grids and Columns
Easily create an unbound grid – you can even add unbound columns to a bound grid.
Run-time Cell Tips
Add context-sensitive help for end-users by using cell tips in the grid.
Fixed, Nonscrolling Columns
Create fixed, nonscrolling columns anywhere in the grid – create a fixed left or right-most column or even to fix a column in the middle of the grid. Creating fixed columns is also easy to do with splits.
Excel-style Cell Selection
Choose not only any row or column, but also any range of cells.
Automatic Column Sizing
Keep your data viewable by resizing columns proportionately whenever the grid is resized horizontally.
Merge Contiguous Like-valued Cells
Merge adjacent rows of like-valued data from a specified column into a noneditable cell, or display all cell values individually.
Simplify Data Entry
Reduce the number of keystrokes needed for drop-down selection with the AutoDropdown and AutoCompletion properties to simply end-user data entry.
Robust Print Options
Control printing fully with features such as zoom, fit in window, stop pagination, and print preview.