Nick,

Thanks for the response. You certainly made a good argument for using the
native components and after I finish this conversion, I will have to take a
closer look.

Chris Landowski

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kaputnik" <delphi@...>
To: <IBObjects@egroups.com>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 5:47 PM
Subject: RE: [IBO] TDataSet vs. Native


> Hi....
>
> well, the IBO Native components are not only a carry over but more than a
> good replacement....
>
> Well, where to start....
> First, the IB_xxx stuff has no persistent fields, but almost every
settings
> stored in the dataset itself. That has some drawbacks, but much more
> advantages...This makes configuring data-aware components a no-brainer.
> Simply assign the field and datasource, and everything else is configured.
> The grid itself is fabulous.....headers indicate possoble sorting-orders
and
> clocking them resorts the query, without closing and repoening it....also,
> switching datasets at runtime fo the grid is no problem...as all settings
> are stored in the dataset, the grid configueres itself accordingly.
> Also, the Grid accepts in-place-editors that you simply drop into the
grid.
>
> The Lookup-components are also a hit...they have not simple dropdowns, but
> complete picklists with several columns with headers and are
> sortable(!!)...you'll need 3rd-parties to do that with the
TDataset-classes
> which almost cost as much as IBO itself :-))
>
> Added to this the state-awareness of the components with changing colors
> (colors indicate edit, browse or search-mode), and the complete built in
> search-capabilities with almost complete QBE-syntax, you have a great
> framework to build cool and user-friendly applications.
> Also, there is support for incremental searching built in right into the
> Grid, but also there are seperate controls to do this.
>
> Also, the Datasources of IBO use a messaging-subsystem to announce, when
any
> components linked to them are focussed....and the IBO-bars can receive
this
> focus, making e.g. MDI-apps with centralized bars a breeze....if one form
is
> selected, the bars are focussing on its datasource without code....and
there
> is not oly a navigation-bar, but 6+2 bars, all capable of beeing included
in
> standard-toolbars.
>
> There is much more to the native components, but I hope, you got a first
> impression.
>
>
> CU, Kaputnik
> (Nick Josipovic)