Testimonials

"Our application required a flexible, accessible property grid with a rich feature set beyond what is offered by the WinForms PropertyGrid. We found the Smart PropertyGrid to be an ideal and cost-effective solution, and we received outstanding integration support. The SPG demonstrates the excellence and vibrancy of the .NET community."

C. Meyer at Microsoft

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.

Smart PropertyGrid.MFC

Appearance customization

To customize the appearance of the whole PropertyGrid, there are some ready-made calls in the API (for example, to change the background color). But when this is not enough and you need to make the look of the control compliant with the rest of your application, you can create a Drawing Manager class, assign it to the control and override the necessary virtual methods.

Beyond general appearance, customizing a part of the control may be useful for specific needs. For example, in a list of shortcut keys, the next screenshot displays a red gradient under duplicate assigned keys. In this case this is a way to validate user inputs and you are free to ochoose the way to inform the user about it.

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