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Binding:
Janus GridEX for .NET
is a data-aware, fully editable component that can be bound to
any table in a dataset or to any other data source that supports
IList, ITypedList or IBindingList interfaces.
The Janus
GridEX for .NET does
not sacrifice any group, sort or filter capabilities, when it is
bound to any of the previously mentioned interfaces.
Editing:
The control has several “built-in” editors like: MaskEdit,
CheckBox, UpDown, Calendar DropDown, Combo* and DropDown
Controls. The GridEX for .NET control also permits you to define
a “custom EditType” for a column.
*The Combo
EditType can have several columns and also has “Type ahead”
functionality.
Appearance: The
control offers many advanced formatting features that will give
the programmer total control over how data is displayed. New
in the .NET version
are enhancements to FormatStyles like support for Gradients,
Blend colors and Transparency (Alpha Blending).
Custom
Drawing, Watermarks and Support for
Windows XP Visual Styles were also added to provide a rich UI
appearance to modern applications.
Preview
Rows and ColumnSets:
Preview Rows provide a robust interface element, using them you
can "preview" one of your data columns below each row, much like
Microsoft Outlook does but now with the use of GridEX ColumnSets
you can also present one record in more than one row and even
have columns spanning across several rows. ColumnSets can also
be used while the control is in CardView.
Filtering: Janus
GridEX for .NET is now more functional than ever with the
addition of FilterConditions, where you can define simple or
complex conditions that can be used to filter, format, summarize
or find rows which conform to the criteria. The
new filter capabilities of the gridex control are so powerful
that you could filter rows in a parent table depending on
criteria met in a child table.
The Control
also presents a new MS Access like Filter Row which permits
users to easily filter the data presented in the control.
Formatting: Cell,
and Row Level conditional formatting can be done effortlessly
using FormatConditions, Now you can specify a simple condition
for a format or use the new FilterCondition property to have
compound conditions which greatly reduces the code you would
have to write for complex formatting calculations, also new in
this version is the ability to merge 2 or more Formats in a
single row for cells meeting specific criteria.
Printing: GridEX
Control for .NET library also includes a GridEXPrintDocument
component to easily achieve WYSIWYG
(What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get) printing of the data presented by
the control.
With the
GridEXPrintDocument component you can define page headers and
footers for your documents. To be able to print a range of pages
you can define the FromPage, ToPage properties in the printer
settings. When it is necessary to know ahead how many pages a
document will have, the GridEXPrintDocument includes a
PrepareDocument method which paginates the document before
starting the print job.
GridEXPrintDocument component can be used with the
PrintPreviewDialog or PrintPreviewControl to provide your apps
with a customizable Preview Window.
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