Re: [DUG]: DBCtrlGrid comments?
Its another halloween joke :-) DOnt use it. There is a commercial one called MRO, which was slightly better - but there is no demo for it. You have to trust them and fork out the money. On 21 Mar 99 at 21:31, Steve Peacocke wrote: > Hi All, > > Have any of you out there used the DBCtrlGrid in your applications? > > What are your comments on using it in a networking environment (Paradox > Tables) for a table that may hold, usually about 50 records, perhaps up to > a couple of hundred? (Delphi 3) > > It seems that with a bit of tweeking in the visual side, I can make it act > like a very effective grid that can hold all the combos and stuff without > programming. > > I seem to remember discussion in the early D3 days that it may have been > overly hard on resources, but does that really matter in that environment?. > Rohit == CFL - Computer Fanatics Ltd. 21 Barry's Point Road, AKL, New Zealand PH(649) 489-2280 FX(649) 489-2290 email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] == --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz
Re: [DUG]: DBCtrlGrid comments?
At 11:58 am 23/3/1999, Rohit Gupta said: >Its another halloween joke :-) DOnt use it. Why not??? >There is a commercial one called MRO, which was slightly better - but >there is no demo for it. You have to trust them and fork out the >money. > __ |Steve Peacocke ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | http://trader.co.nz/ | also, trader.co.nz/vizsla/ & trader.co.nz/vizsla/docking --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz
Re: [DUG]: DBCtrlGrid comments?
Hmm... I have to try and jog my memory. Most importantly, more than one component does not work on it like you would expect, in particular, complex components such as the combobox type components. It was a real pain - after spending weeks coding for it, the app goes to the test dept and its full of holes - holes that just could not be fixed, they are buried deep in either Windows or VCL. Yet the same components work fine on a panel. So I had to flag that approach and use a notebook instead. If I think of anything specific, I will let you know. If you are going to use just simple primary componets such as labels and tedits, it will probably work fine for you. On 23 Mar 99 at 11:48, Steve Peacocke wrote: > At 11:58 am 23/3/1999, Rohit Gupta said: > >Its another halloween joke :-) DOnt use it. > > Why not??? > > >There is a commercial one called MRO, which was slightly better - but > >there is no demo for it. You have to trust them and fork out the > >money. > > > Rohit == CFL - Computer Fanatics Ltd. 21 Barry's Point Road, AKL, New Zealand PH(649) 489-2280 FX(649) 489-2290 email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] == --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz
Re: [DUG]: DBCtrlGrid comments?
Thanks Rohit, Currently I'm only using it with DBEdits (read only) and a single DBCheckBox, this gives me the ability to have a checkbox on each line without going through the programming needed to place a checkbox in a grid where it doesn't work well anyway (always seems to need a couple of extra key strokes for the user anyway). I'll take that comment on board and maybe look at something else. Steve At 03:09 pm 23/3/1999, Rohit Gupta said: >Hmm... I have to try and jog my memory. Most importantly, more than >one component does not work on it like you would expect, in >particular, complex components such as the combobox type components. >It was a real pain - after spending weeks coding for it, the app >goes to the test dept and its full of holes - holes that just could >not be fixed, they are buried deep in either Windows or VCL. Yet >the same components work fine on a panel. > >So I had to flag that approach and use a notebook instead. If I >think of anything specific, I will let you know. > >If you are going to use just simple primary componets such as labels >and tedits, it will probably work fine for you. > __ |Steve Peacocke ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | http://trader.co.nz/ | also, trader.co.nz/vizsla/ & trader.co.nz/vizsla/docking --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz
RE: [DUG]: DBCtrlGrid comments?
I wonder how recent that experience was. I thought the D2 version was buggy (as in didn't support dbcombos well) but the D3/4 versions were OK. Having said that, I've not used any of them. -Original Message- From: Steve Peacocke [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 2:24 PM To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: Re: [DUG]: DBCtrlGrid comments? Thanks Rohit, Currently I'm only using it with DBEdits (read only) and a single DBCheckBox, this gives me the ability to have a checkbox on each line without going through the programming needed to place a checkbox in a grid where it doesn't work well anyway (always seems to need a couple of extra key strokes for the user anyway). I'll take that comment on board and maybe look at something else. Steve At 03:09 pm 23/3/1999, Rohit Gupta said: >Hmm... I have to try and jog my memory. Most importantly, more than >one component does not work on it like you would expect, in >particular, complex components such as the combobox type components. >It was a real pain - after spending weeks coding for it, the app >goes to the test dept and its full of holes - holes that just could >not be fixed, they are buried deep in either Windows or VCL. Yet >the same components work fine on a panel. > >So I had to flag that approach and use a notebook instead. If I >think of anything specific, I will let you know. > >If you are going to use just simple primary componets such as labels >and tedits, it will probably work fine for you. > __ |Steve Peacocke ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | http://trader.co.nz/ | also, trader.co.nz/vizsla/ & trader.co.nz/vizsla/docking --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz application/ms-tnef
