Thanks David
Thats the one I was thinking of ! Will have a look at their site. Our
app is already full of controls but there are some we are not especially
happy with.
Rob Martin
Software Engineer
phone +64 03 377 0495
fax +64 03 377 0496
web www.chreos.com
Wild Software Ltd
David Brennan wrote:
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.
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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
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