Testimonials

"As our application development progressed, the Microsoft PropertyGrid became more difficult and time-consuming to use. In some cases, we hit a dead end trying to implement a key feature. The VisualHint SmartPropertyGrid.NET solved our problems. With the comprehensive sample code, we were able to quickly complete our development. The SmartPropertyGrid is now an integral part of our system platform."

Brian Warren at MKS, Ion Systems

Partners

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.

Announcements

Apr23

Smart FieldPackEditor.Net 1.1: maturity for the DateTimePicker and all other built-in editors

Montreal, Quebec, Canada - April 23, 2008—VisualHint, a company specializing in the creation of elaborated and usable custom controls from scratch, is pleased to announce the first upgrade to its versatile FieldPackEditor framework. Bug fixes and usability improvements are the key elements of this new version.

Created initially to fix all the shortcomings of the Microsoft DateTimePicker, one of the most criticized within the developers’ community, SFPE 1.1 finetunes the use of this component and adds new features to its two other built-in controls:

* The IP address editor is able to handle strings and unsigned integers. It can also be placed inside Smart PropertyGrid.Net as an inplace control.

* The latitude/longitude control is now a true reusable editor, whose rendering can be customized to show only the information you need (among degrees, minutes, seconds, fraction part). It is able to handle several of your data types, like floats, doubles, decimals, their nullable types and even others if they are convertible. Like the IP address editor, it can now be displayed in Smart PropertyGrid.Net as an inplace control.

As a reminder, a few examples of the features that FieldPackEditor has to offer are: a flexible content, look and feel; Nullable value; Data binding for the control, for field packs as well as for individual fields; A ready to use inplace DateTime editor for the DataGridView plus an adapter for the PropertyGrid; A complete keyboard interface with autocomplete fields and automatic jumps to the next field; Buttons, icons and custom fields; Support for right to left languages and more! With this control you will even be able to develop your own editors for durations, frequencies, geographical positions and any other data that can be arranged into rule-based fields.

Don’t miss the four introductory screencasts that demonstrate what can be done with this original framework, as well as the new one that showcases the new features.

Smart FieldPackEditor.Net 1.1 is available on April 23, 2008, from VisualHint. Prices start at $49 (U.S.) per license, with quantity discounts available.

About VisualHint
VisualHint is a private company, owned by Nicolas Cadilhac, a software engineer with more than 10 years experience in software development, specializing in the creation of complex graphical user interfaces. The company also publishes Smart PropertyGrid for .Net and for MFC (now free for personal and commercial use).

Contact:
Nicolas Cadilhac
Web: http://www.visualhint.com
Email and Support: http://www.visualhint.com/helpdesk