Rob, The component everyone talks about which is escaping you is probably Developer Express. They have all sorts of controls and a PageControl which can emulate Microsoft's various vogue styles (eg Office 11, etc) is included in their editor suite.
We use the Developer Express controls and in general they are the best controls I have ever used (I said in general - I didn't like the DevExpress NavBarSuite when I tried it 4 years ago but it has been rewritten since and might be much better). They have an unbelievably powerful grid, treelists, pivot grids and stand alone editors, often using interrelated technology behind the scenes. So for example we were able to make our own versions of their editors which link to our business objects by creating our own descendent version of their DataBinding class. Furthermore we were then about to their grids and treelists to bind to our business object sets by making a few more descendent classes. Having said that I think the best way to use DevExpress controls is to dive in and use them seriously, taking advantage of as many control suites as you can. If you already have a full app and only want to pickup a PageControl then there may be better options. Cheers, David. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert martin Sent: Friday, 20 April 2007 11:15 a.m. To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: [DUG] Components / PageControl Rob Martin Software Engineer phone +64 03 377 0495 fax +64 03 377 0496 web www.chreos.com Wild Software Ltd Hi We have been looking further at our problems with TPageControl in Vista. Originally we thought we could fix the problem (or TDBEdits not being the same colour as the page by adding ParentBackground as a property - didn't work). However the problem is worse as pagecontrols with 'Flatbuttons' show as clbtnFace while normal tabs show as white (on Vista). We have flat tab pages inside normal tab pages and so end up with the situation where Some tabs are white while some tabs are clBtnFace. We are considering changing to a third party component that allows us to fix the colours. What do you guys think of this as a solution? We are considering getting the tms software component pack for the TadvPagecontrol and some other components that look usefull. Has anyone used these / comments? What would others recommend? There is a component set everyone always talks about but I forget the name? TIA _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: [email protected] Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: [email protected] Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe
