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Differences, Pros and Cons to Datagrid & MSFlexgrid
I am curious about the Pro's and Con's of a DataGrid and a FlexGrid. What are the major differences? Why use one instead of the other?
I don't mind links to sights, but I would prefer personal opinions as well.
I will raise points to (100) for a clearly defined answer.
I don't mind links to sights, but I would prefer personal opinions as well.
I will raise points to (100) for a clearly defined answer.
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Hi
I want Just to add
DataGrid is easier to use as End user can just Write inside cell
Flex Needs some code to Create some entry control OVER a cell to simulate same operation
U can then use TextMatrix(Row,Col) property to fill in Grid ( that doesnot fire RowColChange event )
Thaugh Headache of Using Flex I prefer to use it.....but with expert caution in data entry
( Many problems in Lostfocus, gotfocus, ....events)
I want Just to add
DataGrid is easier to use as End user can just Write inside cell
Flex Needs some code to Create some entry control OVER a cell to simulate same operation
U can then use TextMatrix(Row,Col) property to fill in Grid ( that doesnot fire RowColChange event )
Thaugh Headache of Using Flex I prefer to use it.....but with expert caution in data entry
( Many problems in Lostfocus, gotfocus, ....events)
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Thank you for the answer. Thanks also to the others. While I appreciate the answer, it was explained clearly, I am not going to raise the points. It was very general with minimal detail.
Also, over testing I found that the flexgrid is sometimes more responsive than the datagrid, has more control over the appareance of the cells and captions and more properties for you to fiddle with, and has better performance with large recordsets.
I recommend you to use FlexGrid instead of the DataGrid.