Hi Alan,
I finally got them to put a cable line here in my new apt, and
so as of today I am official back on-line! For awhile there, I was
worried I'd have to go back to dial-up, and I couldn't even imagine
having to deal with that after six years of high-speed access!
So I thought I would reply to your question as a means to
getting back into the swing of things here because I've been a proponent
of the Jedi lib and JVCL for a long time.
Which component or function one might select as his or her
favorite from a group like this changes almost continuously, depending
so much on the work you're doing, which version of Delphi is being used,
and many times on whether or not you have the time to research its
particular values.
Over the last two years I would have to say that the component
I've been using most is the dB-aware TreeView from the JVCL. Why?
Because in these last two years I've been doing more dB work than
anything else and its one of the few such components offering data-aware
capabilities! And as far as I've been able to find, the only freeware
component of its type besides the virtual dB TreeView which by
comparison is much harder to understand and use! Also, and regardless
of what Microsoft, Borland, and others may want us to believe, most of
the small business users I know prefer using TreeViews for navigation
much more than they do some of the more "modern" interface components
like side-bars, etc. It's simply a matter of how we have been taught to
visualize hierarchical systems since we were young!
I'm also quite fond of the TJvComputerInfoEx, TJvDataEmbedded,
TJvStrHolder and multi-StrHolder components, using one or more of these
in almost every application I write!
Finally, up until I moved to D2007 I also integrated the Jedi
exception handling functions within my project template, employing my
own TJvDebugHandler to interface with them and CodeSite to display and
record error information. I just haven't had time this year to set a
new template up.
I also make use of many of the Jedi library functions that are
available on a pretty regular basis. Between them and SysTools, just
about any need I've had has been covered.
from Robert Meek dba "Tangentals Design"
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Colburn
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 1:29 PM
To: Delphi-Talk Discussion List
Subject: Project JEDI
The response to my post about GExperts has been so great that I thought
I
would do it again--after thanking everyone for taking the time to post.
I
hope others find the responses as useful as me.
This time I'm asking about a much larger open source project--JEDI.
Project JEDI presents a *huge* collection of components. I'm certain
there's
some great stuff in there that I don't even know exists! So, this time
my
question is about one or two of the gems you've found within the
project,
including a little info about what they do that's so great.
Personally, I've made a lot of use of the JvWizard components. They are
useful for creating professional looking setup wizards for my
applications.
I also like the JvDBGrid component because it adds WordWrap
functionality to
a DBGrid. I have not really explored them yet, but I think the JVCL
includes
ini-storage components that I'll probably like--they'll make it easy not
only to save form settings but also component settings, i.e., I'll hook
a
JvDBGrid onto an app ini storage component and be able to save column
settings without any further effort.
How about you? Which components do you like? What do they do that's so
great?
Thanks -- Al
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