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Rather than generalities, I will ask very specific's behind the question that I have raised:

The advantage I thought I will get using Essential Grid/XtraGrid (.NET based control imported in VCL.NET) is that I will move to .NET (C#) easily at later stage from the intermediate VCL.NET build.

Question 1:
I don't see any control specific properties of 3rd party .NET controls such as Xtragrid/EssentialGrid whereas I can able to see only properties that are usually visible for all the controls in Delphi 2006 say standard/Win32 etc. delphi controls.

Question 2:
The vendor confirmed that designer (XtraGrid Design-time-Xtragrid designer, Level Designer and Band and Columns customization design-time) feature are not implementable in VCL.NET as they have built it specifically for VS.NET platform. I have asked the vendor to explain why it is not possible in runtime.

EssentialGrid also has design-time feature such as Gridboundcolumn editor to add columns and configure each column properties individually with StyleInfo. But I am not able to create the equivalent code of VS.NET (C#) for this functionality in VCL.NET.

Question 3:
I get an error when I assign Datasource property of Essential grid with a Datasource (TDatasource- with ADOConnection and ADODataset or ADODB) on Delphi VCL.NET form(nfm file). The exception message is "BadDataSourceForComplexBinding". 

Whereas for VCL.NET based DBgrid control/data-aware controls the datasource is working fine.

Question 4:
The controls that I would like to know whether works in VCL.NET are Xtragrid control and Essential Grid control.

I am sure there are some light weight Winform .NET controls works in VCL.NET using this wizard.

Basically, both XtraGrid & Essential Grid is targetted for .NET (C#.NET) development and it is working fine.
 
Am I still going in right direction which is technically feasible or do you think I have to use specific Grid for VCL.NET i.e. ExpressQuantumGrid and target for C# based Grid (Essential Grid/XtraGrid) control at later stage of development.

regards,
Jitender



"Jitender" <jitender.mahinderkar@ge.com> wrote:
>
>Hi Arie,
>
>Thanks for response. 
>
>I got to know that Xtragrid design-time functionality (Xtragrid designer, Level Designer and Band and Columns customization design-time feature) is not possible to code at run-time, also it is not present at design-time in VCL.NET form) as the control designer are primarily targetted for VS.NET development.
>
>I want to know what workaround you have used so that I can switch to .NET based Essential grid control to see whether it will in VCL.NET platform.
>
>regards,
>Jitender
>
>
>"Arie Zilberstein" <azilberstein@mercury.com> wrote:
>>I'm using XtraTreeList (from the same vendor as XtraGrid) with success in 
>>VCL.NET.
>>
>>However, it does take a lot of workarounds and headaches to get it to work 
>>propertly, so be warned.
>>
>>
>>"Jitender" <jitender.mahinderkar@ge.com> wrote in message 
>>news:44cdff12$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
>>>
>>>
>>> Is .NET based 3rd party controls like Xtragrid or Essential Grid tested in 
>>> VCL.NET platform?
>>>
>>> As I don't find any general issues with these controls in VS.NET (C#) for 
>>> which this control was targetted(Developed).
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> Jitender
>>>
>>> "Arie Zilberstein" <azilberstein@mercury.com> wrote:
>>>>Hi Jitender,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Jitender" <jitender.mahinderkar@ge.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:44c9c986$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
>>>>>
>>>>> I am in the process of defining a best possible technical solution to
>>>>> replace legacy Delphi 3rd party controls in existing product.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am targetting the intermediate stage build in VCL.NET. So if I import
>>>>> .NET 3rd party control (Say Xtragrid/Essential grid) in VCL.NET for one 
>>>>> of
>>>>> the control replacement, I think I will be able to move it to .NET
>>>>> platform C# easily.
>>>>>
>>>>> Issue's that I can see with 3rd party .NET controls to be able to work 
>>>>> in
>>>>> VCL.NET platform:
>>>>>
>>>>> *All the control specific properties are not shown when you place import
>>>>> control on VCL.NET Form.
>>>>> *All the design time features of these 3rd party .NET control to 
>>>>> configure
>>>>> properties placed on VCL.NET form (in-place configuration) are missing.
>>>>> Say example:
>>>>> *3rd party .NET designer, control customization design-time feature
>>>>> totally not avaialble.
>>>>> *As soon as I place a 3rd party .NETcontrol on VCL.NET form it is 
>>>>> loosing
>>>>> its XP style appearance. I.e. it's becoming a basic control look(bland).
>>>>>
>>>>> If possible, please try to answer this direct questions that will help 
>>>>> me
>>>>> to come out with a feasible solution.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Do 3rd party .NET controls that primarily developed or targeted for 
>>>>> .NET
>>>>> plaform(C#) can still work in Delphi VCL.NET?
>>>>
>>>>Yes, they can. Although sometimes it takes some amount of hair-pulling, 
>>>>but
>>>>it can be made to work.
>>>>
>>>>> *Is Xtragrid control doesn't support the VCL.NET Delphi 2006 underlying
>>>>> architecture that its standard VCL.NET control supports.
>>>>
>>>>It doesn't, that's what the Winform Control Import Wizard is for. Also if
>>>>possible you can consider ExpressQuantumGrid from the same vendor, they 
>>>>have
>>>>a native VCL.NET version and it's very similar to XtraGrid.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Am I trying something which is not a technically feasible solution?
>>>>> That is, trying to import a .NET 3rd party control which is
>>>>> targeted for Visual studio .NET development (C#.NET based).
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. Is 3rd party .NET control targeted for Visual Studio .NET development
>>>>> (using C#) still work in VCL.NET platform?
>>>>>
>>>>> 3. Is the Winform control Import wizard works for 3rd party .NET based
>>>>> control (I.e Visual Studio) import process?
>>>>
>>>>It's feasible, yes and yes.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 4. Is this Winform control Import wizard works only for standard Windows
>>>>> form controls (C#) import process?
>>>>
>>>>No, it works with any control which inherit System.Windows.Forms.Control.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 5. Is there any utility available from Borland that converts VCL win32
>>>>> application to VCL.NET?
>>>>
>>>>No, you should do it all by yourself.
>>>>
>>>>Regards,
>>>>Arie
>>>>
>>>>
>>> 
>>
>>
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