Do you use 3rd party grids controls?

Hi. I'm curious how many of you use 3rd party grid
controls and if so which one. Is it a lot better than
the ones included in VB? Does it make you a more
productive?

Thanks.

Wer're using TrueDBGrid by Apex. It allows you to edit every cell and you can add controls they use for input validation (so usually, in a numeric field you get an error after you typed plain text, now all you can enter is numbers). Well and it does do a lot more, and it's bloody fast.

I've used something called "Formula1" by Visual Components (I think they've been bought out now though) and the Apex TrueDB Grid.

Apex is faster and scores points over the former in that it's possibly a little more versatile. Formula1 though is easier to debug (not as many events) and has a smaller footprint (I think!); Formula1 scores in that, as it's name suggests, it carries the functionality of a spreadsheet - you can use virtually the same formulae as you would in Excel (but easier to use than embedded Excel).

I've tended to opt for Formula1 purely because it's quicker to get a decent looking grid with lots of formats and functionality out to the user than it is with TrueDB (especially if TrueDB is being used in one of the unbound modes).

I've used Apex TrueDBGrid for nearly 3 years and I still can't fault it. And now Apex have merged with VideoSoft (they produced the VSFlexGrid which was rated high by this site (although I don't like it!)) so the joint efforts in the future should be very good indeed.

http://www.apexsc.com

You can download an eval. version from their site, and I promise you that you will never look at MS DBGrid or MS FlexGrid again.

I use the one from VbAccelerator.com, S-Grid

It pretty fast compared to Listview and FlexGrid, it has some cool design possibility with the Outlook style and some other cool thingy's. Nice hover-over the Headers and stuff, worth checking out! It's free!

Thanks for all your replies. I'm trying out APEX True DBGrid right now for a programming job. I've tested Sheridan's DataWidgets and VideoSoft's VSFlexGrid, but I prefer the APEX grid.