Dundas vs Code Jock
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I think a more descriptive phrase would be "sucks big hairy donkey shlongs". "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
I've gotta admire the subtlety here... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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The product is bad. This is, of course, *very* personal opinion. Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com
hey tomasz anybody who doesn't take even your 'personal' opinions seriously when it comes to tech stuff should go learn more ;) --- "every year we invent better idiot proof systems and every year they invent better idiots ... and the linux zealots still aren't being sterilized"
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Dylan, You may actually want consider our Ultimate Grid product if your primary goal is high performance list box behavior, this challenge is one that often moves developers to purchase the product, and then it finds its way into other parts of their development. UG has a ton of features for dealing with tremendously large datasets efficiently, and a great deal of thought has gone into developing the behavior that's exposed to the user. It is one thing to make it work, it another to make it work nicely. David http://www.dundas.com
i second that i've used the ug97 product in our financial market app for 3 years now and have very few complaints ... outside of tech support that is the ug is a good grid control --- "every year we invent better idiot proof systems and every year they invent better idiots ... and the linux zealots still aren't being sterilized"
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hey tomasz anybody who doesn't take even your 'personal' opinions seriously when it comes to tech stuff should go learn more ;) --- "every year we invent better idiot proof systems and every year they invent better idiots ... and the linux zealots still aren't being sterilized"
Lauren, You're overestimating me ;) Regards, Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com
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i second that i've used the ug97 product in our financial market app for 3 years now and have very few complaints ... outside of tech support that is the ug is a good grid control --- "every year we invent better idiot proof systems and every year they invent better idiots ... and the linux zealots still aren't being sterilized"
Lauren, Thanks for the vote of confidence! BTW, we heard your comments, along with those of our other customers. Comments about having inconsistent experiences with our technical support team, and the slowing pace of evolution in our product line. In '98 and '99 our product line grew to include more than 24 separately branded products, and the scope of it simply overwhelmed us. We made a decision to trim many of our less popular products, to redouble our efforts on the core products that our customers consistently demanded, and to reorganize the company into more defined groups focusing on key strategic areas. The results have been outstanding. Each of our core products (Ultimate Grid, Ultimate Toolbox, Dundas TCP/IP and Dundas Chart) has received a string of updates, fixes and new planned versions, a soup to nuts update of documentation and help, tight integration with Visual Studio through the Visual Studio Integration Program (VSIP), etc. David http://www.dundas.com
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Hello Dylan, You're not going to find a lightning fast list control from any of these guys. What you want is to create a virtual listbox where the data is stored and managed outside of the list control. It is very easy to do and worth the effort. Basically all you have to do is handle a few listctrl functions such as: OnGetDispInfoList(NMHDR* pNMHDR, LRESULT* pResult) OnLVFindItem(NMHDR* pNMHDR, LRESULT* pResult) OnLVCacheHint(NMHDR* pNMHDR, LRESULT* pResult) There is also a fairly good article explaining how to do this in the December 2000 issue of DDJ with sample source code that can be downloaded at: http://www.ddj.com/ftp/2000/2000\_12/vlist.zip As far as GUI libs, Stingray is no longer worth the cash and is obsolete IMHO. Dundas is OK and not that robust or efficient, buggy, and don't bother trying to get tech support. Also don't get burned by buying it while it's cheap, because it usually means the product is being dropped(HyperView for example) or replaced with a new version soon and won't be supported. You will need to buy the subscription or fork out more money when their XP look-and-feel version of UT comes out this year. I know Dundas is probably listening, so take the feedback as constructive criticism.:) I have not used CodeJock or BCG, but they do look interesting and it would be nice to hear from others what their opinions are on those products. Kind regards, Tim
Tim Ranker wrote: What you want is to create a virtual listbox where the data is stored and managed outside of the list control. I agree completly, Having a true list type box with 250k items is unmaageable. Regardz Colin J Davies
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