True DBGrid Pro 8.0 ActiveX Features

OLAP (decision support)
You can now add decision support to your applications without relying on external tools and without losing any of the customization and other features of True DBGrid Pro 8.0! OLAP allows your end-users to explore data in different projections and hierarchies. They can interactively choose and reorder the dimensions in which data are represented and summarized. Our OLAP feature is a distinct improvement over existing OLAP choices because you no longer have to rely on external tools to add OLAP functionality to your applications—you can continue to use True DBGrid Pro, with its familiar object model. Additionally, True DBGrid Pro is fully customizable and programmable in OLAP mode, as it is in all other modes. You can make your OLAP solutions look and feel like other aspects of your application so that your users won't need to learn additional tools and user interfaces. Like the new Crosstab feature, OLAP is made possible with the True DataControl Lite add-in that is included with True DBGrid Pro 8.0

Enhanced Master-Detail presentation with fully editable, dropdown hierarchical views You can now view child data records from within the master table with the click of a mouse.

Excel-style cell selection
In addition to selecting rows and columns, True DBGrid Pro 8.0 now allows you to select any range of cells.

Rich scrolling capabilities
True DBGrid Pro 8.0 includes Scroll Tracking and Scroll Tips, which allow you to track the location of your scroll bar and give users an informational pop-up as the scroll bar moves.

Additional display modes
You can present data in useful formats: Form View repositions data in a standard "form" that can be modified as needed, and Inverted Mode repositions rows as columns to provide a convenient "read down" format.

Customizable row and column borders
This feature lets you alter the appearance of a cell by creating a border.

Tag property
This property allows you to attach any type of object to a column.

Even better keyboard navigation
Control the relative position of the next cell, by using the new DirectionAfterEnter property, when users press the Enter key.

More print options
True DBGrid Pro 8.0 includes enhanced print options, such as additional zoom and print preview capabilities, to give you full control over printing.

Bi-directional language support
True DBGrid Pro includes support for both right-to-left and left-to-right languages.

FilterBar data entry row
Implement custom end-user operations, such as incremental search and recordset filtering, with an easy-to-use interface.

Native integration with True DataControl™
Instantly add powerful data access and manipulation capabilities!

Additional 3D effects
New 3D effects allow mouse-over elements to take on a 3D appearance.

AutoDropdown and AutoCompletion properties
These new properties simplify data entry by reducing the number of keystrokes needed for dropdown selection.

Automatic column sizing
The new SpringMode allows you to keep your data viewable by resizing columns proportionally whenever the grid is resized horizontally.

Support for Windows® 2000 COM Redirection
This feature gives you the ability to certify your application for Windows 2000.

Expanded Styles
Expanded styles in True DBGrid Pro 8.0 let you customize row, column and cell borders using new appearance, size, color, and type properties.

Automatic grid cell translation to True DBDropDown values
Connect a TDBDropDown control to a table containing a value and representation. The dropdown will automatically map the representation to the value.

Outlook-Style Grouping
Dynamically reordering or grouping of grid columns.

Animation
The animation properties allow you to control the style, duration, and direction of an animation affect when the DropDown, In-Cell Combo, or Cell Tips are opened and closed. NOTE: These properties are only available in Windows 98 and NT 5.0.

BatchUpdate
True DBGrid Pro 8.0 (OLE DB only). This property allows the user to explicitly specify that the grid must or must not call update.

Native ADO and OLE DB support
True DBGrid Pro 8.0 contains two OCX controls, an ICursor version (for connecting to the Microsoft Remote Data Control and the VB5 and VB6 intrinsic data controls), and an OLE DB version (for connecting to OLE DB and ADO compatible data sources, such as the ADO data control included in VB6). The two OCXs are functionally identical, differing only in the data access methods supported.

Multi-column sorting and searching
An enhanced XArray object allows multi-column sorting and searching using up to ten columns as sort keys.

Auto Sizing
True DBGrid Pro 8.0 will allow you to specify auto-sizing for a specific column or split in code.

Merge contiguous like-valued cells
True DBGrid Pro gives you the ability to merge like-valued cells of a column into a single cell.

OLE drag and drop
Drag and drop content from an application to the grid.

OwnerDrawCell
Render graphics and text in grid cells using Windows API functions.

Enhanced styles
Background and transparent bitmaps can be displayed within the cells of a grid, split, or column.

Attach bitmaps
Bitmaps can be attached to headers, footers, and record selectors.

Asynchronously downloadable layouts
Initialize True DBGrid Pro on an HTML page.

Unbound columns
Supports unbound columns while other columns are bound.

Standard Windows push button display and event handling
True DBGrid Pro 8.0 permits event handling for push button display of column headers, footers, and data cells.

Per-row, per-column, per-cell refresh and refetch methods
These methods allow you to repaint or refetch data for an individual cell, column, or row.

In-cell editing using an external OCX
Use an external OCX as the grid's in-cell editor.

Tree view property pages
It is easy to view, navigate, and edit True DBGrid Pro properties for the grid, as well as its splits, columns, and style collections.

AutoDropDown property
True DBDropDown or the built-in combo can be set to open automatically when the user types into a cell.

Export to HTML files
True DBGrid Pro can be used in server-side applications to display formatted tables containing query result sets.

Migration Utility
Migrate projects from the True DBGrid Pro 7.0, True DBGrid Pro 6.0, True DBGrid Pro 5.0, True DBGrid 4.0, or DBGrid to True DBGrid Pro 8.0.

Reusable grid layouts
Grid layouts can be saved to a file, then reused in other projects. Multiple layouts can be stored in a single grid at design time, then loaded as needed in code. End-user layout preferences can also be saved to a file, then recalled the next time the application is run.

Input masking
Input templates similar to Visual Basic format strings can be assigned to columns in order to reduce end-user data entry errors.

Multiple lines per record
The cells in a single record can now span multiple lines, making all columns visible.

Row-oriented formatting
Complements per-cell formatting by providing efficient control of fonts, colors, and styles on a per-row basis.

Alternating row formats
Enhances the readability of the grid's display by applying different styles to even and odd numbered rows.

Array-based storage mode
The XArrayDB object included with True DBGrid Pro 8.0 works just like a Visual Basic array, but also acts as a data source for the grid. No unbound events to code!

Built-in data-aware drop-down list box
The TDBDropDown control included with True DBGrid Pro 8.0 can be bound to a different data control than the grid or used in unbound mode. It also supports incremental search.

Excel-like splits
Divide the grid into multiple vertical panes to provide distinct views of your data. Splits can scroll independently, simultaneously, or not at all.

Data-sensitive display
Control the color and font of a cell based on its contents. For example, negative numbers can be displayed in red.

Automatic data translation
Supports automatic translation of data field values for display. For example, you can display 0, 1, 2 as Yes, No, Maybe.

Fixed, non-scrolling columns
The fixed columns can be anywhere in the grid (at right, left, or anywhere in the middle).

Interactive design-time visual editing
Allows programmers to configure the grid layout at design time without writing a single line of code.

Display format masking
Fully supports the Visual Basic Format$ function when displaying text in a cell.

Per-object customization
Most grid layout and formatting features can be controlled at both design time and run time, and can be applied to the grid as a whole or to individual splits, columns, and cells.

Excel- and Word-like styles
This familiar model facilitates easy customization of grid layout and appearance at design time and run time.

100% DBGrid compatibility
Provides all of the features and benefits of DBGrid and previous versions of True DBGrid.

Split headers
Splits can now have their own caption bars.

Annotated in-cell graphics
Permits combined usage of in-cell graphics, check boxes, radio buttons, and text.

Add-in grid Design Assistant
Automates repetitive tasks, facilitates column and split configuration, and enables per-column color and font customizations that would otherwise require coding.

Complete programmer control
All grid and database operations can be controlled by the programmer.

Free run-time distribution
Allows applications developed with True DBGrid Pro 8.0 to be distributed with no royalty fees.

Flexible unbound modes
Supports any data source accessible in Visual Basic, including arrays, text files, or proprietary database formats.

Drop-down multiline text editor
Optionally drop down a multiple line text control for editing large fields in a cell.

Drop down any control from a cell
Supports arbitrary drop-down controls, including combo boxes, list boxes, or any third-party control.

Drag and drop cell contents
Supports drag-and-drop operations on a per-row or per-cell basis.

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