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Top 6 DB Aware Grid Components

By Zarko Gajic, About.com

The list of the best Data Aware Grid components available for Delphi. The TDBGrid component enhanced to maximum.

1. TDBAdvStringGrid

Adds a Datasource & Fields property to TAdvStringGrid to load any datasource into the grid. Allows per row or per cell viewing of datasources. Allows page mode and full mode viewing...Comes in the TMS Grid Pack: all grid power combined in a single pack.

2. QuantumGrid

The QuantumGrid Suite combines Grid, TreeList, and Data Editors Library. Written from the ground up, this suite is 100% native VCL and is specifically designed to help you create killer applications, deliver unbelievable features to your end-users, and blow away your competition - all without writing a single line of source code!

3. InfoPower 3000

Infopower includes a greatly enhanced data-aware grid, advanced edit controls including controls for lookups, dates and times, visual filtering dialogs, picture mask validation support, record viewers, incremental searching, QBE support, a powerful and versatile new datainspector component, true virtual dataset support, custom framing and transparent effects in its edit controls, and so much more.

4. TopGrid

The TopGrid's many properties, methods and events give you full control over the grid's operation, and allow you to use it in a wide variety of ways. The TopGrid can be used with bound and unbound data, as a normal grid for editing or viewing data, as a professional multi-column listbox with both single or multi-line selection capabilities, as a multi-column drop down combo box, and more.

5. DbAltGrid

DbAltGrid adds the following features to the common DBGrid: Multiple lines per record, column resizing and moving, Hierarchical columns, The footer panel , Alternate row coloring, Clickable button-like depressible column headers, ...

6. TXDBGrid

TXDBGrid implements all standard TDBGrid's functions and the many additional, which are launched including new options or by setting values for new properties. TXDBGrid is fully compatible with TDBGrid component on properties level and can be used as a replacement without losing existing values. TXDBGrid has its own ColumnEditor, which can fully support all new column's properties.

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