"We had just exhausted the capabilities of the standard Microsoft PropertyGrid and had started writing our own extensions when we found SmartPropertyGrid. SPG negated the need for custom extensions whilst greatly simplifying and accelerating our product development.
We recently commissioned one of our expert users to do some Alpha testing and here is a direct quote from his first report:
"I'd say the model build takes around 70-80% of the time required using the existing interface, and with more experience with the new interface could reduce the time a bit further still - it really is that good!"
He is referring to the process of building transportation models using the new version of the product versus the previous version - which was based on individual object editor dialogs.
I can say in all honesty that a large part of the credit for this goes to SPG."
VisualHint and
Skybound
have reached agreement on a technical partnership where both companies can share their expertise and code. The first impact for Smart PropertyGrid.Net is to allow better XP theme rendering for .Net 1.1 and 2.0 as well as the support of their incredible VisualTips which represent a must-have feature along value validation. Check Skybound products! They can be used for free or based on a premium subscription.
VisualHint's blog
May06
PropertyGrid and property value icons screencast
As promised, here is a screencast demonstrating the various ways to attach and show an icon with a property value.