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> Bruce L-C

> > I have an existing VC++ application that uses ADO.  I'm hoping that I
can
> > find an ADO aware grid.  There're many grids out there that uses the MS
> > Remote Data Control.  Is there one that uses ADO?

> > TIA,
> > phy

> > I downloaded its DBGridPro 5 VC++ version, and the max row numbers
> is
> > limited to short.  There's no VC++ version for DBGridPro 6, that's
> fine.
> > I'm more concerned with whether it'll handle over 400K of rows?

> I've used True DbGrid v5 extensively, and offer you my thoughts.
> Sometime during the life span of v4 to v5, I suspect the company went
> public. The quality of their software plummeted, the quality of their
> technical support dropped, and upgrades became ever more expensive. I
> have an application with some 30 forms, all of which use True DbGrid
> v5. My client regularly experiences strange problems after several
> hours' usage. I have not, and will not, upgrade to v6.

> I am developing another system for another client and am using
> Videosoft's FlexGrid Pro v7. Its display capabilities far exceed True
> Dbgrid v5's (obviously I cannot speak for v6). I find it faster, and
> generally easier to use. And I find the company somewhat more
> responsive, although by no means as strong technically as I would
> like. Both grids support ADO. I find VsFlexGrid much easier to use
> with arrays - you simply bind a grid to an array! Whereas, in True
> DbGrid, you are faced with various unbound modes, for which the
> required event programming can be quite difficult to fathom, or with
> using their ghastly XArray object, the behaviour of which at times
> causes me to gnash my teeth!