Looking for a good Grid in FB

[YogiYang]

I am playing with FB for quite some time but I can't find any descent grid in FB.

Actually I am trying to convert a small app from VB6 to FB and in this software I have used VSFlex Grid which is really a very feature rich grid.

Can someone please point me to some good grid solutions available in FB?

TIA

Yogi Yang

[TJF]

Check GtkTreeView (and Tree and List Widget Overview).

[YogiYang]

Thanks I will look at it. But I think using GTK Treeview means I will have to use the whole of GTK.

I don't really want to do that just for a grid.

Now that you have mentioned GTK can you tell me whether it is possible to deploy FB apps using GTK by just xCopy method instead of running an installation of GTK on client's machine?

Regards,

Yogi Yang

[TJF]

But I think using GTK Treeview means I will have to use the whole of GTK.

I don't really want to do that just for a grid.

No, you haven't. You can create a mixed GTK and win API user interface ;-)

You asked in General forum. If you can create a general and cross-platform solution why should you be satisfied with less?

Now that you have mentioned GTK can you tell me whether it is possible to deploy FB apps using GTK by just xCopy method instead of running an installation of GTK on client's machine?

There are several ways to install. You can have a minimal version xCopied near your FB app binary. But you have to care about all files needed. It's easier to use an installer. AMIBCT made an NSIS installer that checks if GTK is present on the users box. If not it can either make a system wide or a local for your app installation (choosen by the user) by downloading and executing an GTK-runtime installer from the internet. Find it here.

[YogiYang]

@TJF,

Thanks for your help. I personally would not like to tell my client to install the whole of GTK+ framework because I have used a component from it. But nevertheless thanks for your help.

You asked in General forum. If you can create a general and cross-platform solution why should you be satisfied with less?

This particular application is only targeted to run on Windows XP and higher. Actually I would have used VSFlexGrid ActiveX but then on further investigating FB I found that using ActiveX and programming for event of ActiveX in FB is a nightmare and required unnecessary coding. So it becomes necessary to avoid ActiveX where ever possible!