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.

Smart PropertyGrid.MFC

Property feels

Implementing inplace controls for the PropertyGrid was one of the most challenging part. Now that a framework is available to ease this task, you can extend it to add your own feels. This is a two parts job: the feel class is responsible for creating and initializing an inplace control. The latter is any windows control or custom control you need in which there is a set of rules to respect, messages to send or handle, and so on. The goal is to mimic the look of the property value and to edit it inplace, with no pixel shift at all.

There is a lot of built-in feels in the package, so by following the way they are done and by respecting the rules, you will be able to construct your own complex feels.

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