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itGrid = DevTimeSaved. It's that simple.
This control is truly a pleasure to use, with a comprehensive suite of examples, covering many possible scenarios. In our evaluations between itGrid and other grids on the market, itGrid won hands down, both in programmability and performance.
The printing capabilities of itGrid have been particularly impressive. In fact, we've been able to replace many of our fiddly, painful to design and work with, grid type reports using itGrid's wide ranging set of print properties and formatting abilities.
itCombo has also replaced the VB combo control throughout our applications. This wee little control addresses everything that has ever annoyed us about the VB version and then some :)
Features like the in cell combos are also used extensively, and with far more ease than in other competitors.
In short, itGrid is one of the most impressive and full featured controls I've seen in a while. The cost of purchasing this product has been covered over and over again in development time and grief saved.
If you're looking for a grid control, it's hard to go past itGrid.
Doug Cotterill, DODE Computer Systems (Australia)
March 2006

I am a developer who writes large database applications in Visual Basic. I had been looking for a grid control around which I could construct a custom 'wrapper' that set up and populated both read-only and editable grids of information from data held in database tables. In this way, everything about how the grid appears in an application can be modified 'on-the-fly' from the application front-end (obviating re-compilation, re-deployment, etc.) The wrapper includes complex input validation, with colour-coded notification of input errors.
I tested many of the best grid controls on the market and found that the itGrid was a no-nonsense product that included all of the functionality I needed. Having extensively developed using itGrid for over a year I can confirm that it is a very fast and robust grid control. I can also confirm that the support of the product is second to none.
Mike Donnerstag, Training and Development Consultant, AYS Systems Limited
July 2004

If you are reading this review because you are thinking of buying itGrid, I have just one thing to say to you - "Buy it!, you will not be disappointed".
I have been using itGrid for two years now, and so far have not come across anything that I have had to work around. The example source code that comes with itGrid is second to none. I have never seen such in depth quality examples before, so much so that as a programmer you can pretty much figure out anything from the help file and the example source code. That's not to say however I have not needed to contact the support team at it-partners.com because I have, on many occasions. Not because of problems I am pleased to say, but for advice on "how best to do this" with a specific job in mind. Each and every time I have contacted support, I have had my email replied to quickly and with a polite and intelligent reply.
We reviewed several grid components before deciding on itGrid, and from the outset it has always been my favourite, even though I was being pushed by colleagues towards other packages which came bundled with many more components. Luckily I had the deciding vote and I sold it to the others by summing it up very simply ..

We need a grid component, and we have found an excellent one with itGrid that is easy to use and offers excellent performance

The examples are of such high quality I am very confident in the quality of the grid itself

Why buy one of the other "all in one" packages and end up with a lower quality grid component for the sake of a few extra components

Think of the business needs, rather than the "toys"

I never write reviews, but made an exception here for an exceptional product. I hope it has left you with a positive feeling about itGrid and it-partners.com - I cannot praise them enough.
Robin Grayson, Digisoft Limited, www.digisoft.uk.com
March 2005

First of all - congratulations on an absolutely awesome product. itGrid is without a doubt the most impressive grid on the market (and we have benchmarked all the major contenders to prove this). In fact it's got to be one of the most impressive "controls" ever built in my humble opinion - it has not only restored my faith in grids per se - but frankly it has restored my faith in VB to boot (still can't believe itGrid was written in VB!).
As far as the performance and suitability testing we did - it took us a month and we tested GridEx, True DBGrid, Objective Grid (the grid we used in our first version), the various MS grids and a host of other lessor known grids. Indeed, I don't think there are many grids we did not look at. We did most of this testing without even knowing about your product, but when we came across it, it blew our benchmarks out of the water. Initially we couldn't believe it - especially the volume related metrics we had benchmarked.
In all areas, we found itGrid equalled or exceeded the other grids. It was without a doubt the standout grid product. The decision to run with itGrid on the basis of our testing was an easy one.
Two weeks of solid testing with itGrid led us to the conclusion that, firstly, its online help and support documentation is excellent and secondly that it is less buggy than both GridEx and TrueDB. Furthermore, the visual outputs that itGrid is capable of were easy to implement and compared favourably to or exceeded that of other grid products. Furthermore, it has a road map that will see it taken to .NET.
Far and away the most impressive thing about itGrid, though, is that it is a sheer pleasure to work with. There is none of the "grid-hell" that accompanies so many other pretenders in this field. We are so impressed with this product that it is now not only our only grid, but we also use it whenever we need a Treeview or Listview, and of course we always use itCombo if we need a combo.
In a nutshell, itGrid out performed everything in nearly all categories. It is ridiculously fast, future-proof, extremely robust (indeed it is more robust than some other grids which have been on the market for years longer that itGrid) and its the easiest grid to develop with by a country-mile.
If you're like me and have despaired in the past over "grid-hell" and "grid-workarounds" - then do yourself a huge favour and give itGrid a spin.
Michael Pilley, Director IT, Third-Millennium Management (Australia)
March 2004

I was looking for a new grid for an application I was working on. I had a couple of demands for that grid: it should be FAST; have a roadmap for the future; have support that was more than a News Group; be easy to learn and well documented, with good samples.
I tested a lot of the grids on the market, but the only one that lived up to all of the above demand was itGrid from it-partners.com. I was amazed with the speed this grid has. (Loading the same table containing 75.000 records is about 10 times as fast with itGrid compared to my current grid.)
One thing that programmers normally don’t like is writing good documentation, but here itGrid is different too. The Help file is excellent with some of the samples integrated into it, but beside from that there are so many samples supplied that I found it impossible to find a scenario I could not find an example of. And for the few times I got stuck, there was a superb support from it-partners.com. If I asked a question, I did not only get a short answer, I got a complete example on how to implement the solution, and I got it FAST.
Almost everyday I am amazed by some of the features I find in itGrid, this is definitely a grid I will recommend to every programmer who needs a grid and has the same basic demands I have.
B. Riis, Programmer (Denmark)
January 2004

I think it-partners.com have hit a home run with this component. Just the right feature set, fast and lightweight. I've tried other grid components and found them wanting -- too buggy, too slow, too limited or too bloated, too expensive.
I downloaded the demo version at 3:00 PM on a Friday night, and started experimenting with it. By the time I looked up, it was 5:30 AM! This control is that cool.
itGrid is the perfect interface for our finance people, as it is configurable to look and act just like a spreadsheet -- and they are all spreadsheet jocks. (Database bad, hard -- spreadsheet good, easy). Many thanks to it-partners.com for their support. It reminded me of why I became a programmer in the first place -- because it's fun!
Mark F. Goodspeed, Business Systems Analyst, COX.NET (USA)
July 2003

I really like the way itGrid works! It makes a lot more sense to me than MS FlexGrid et al. I've also found other grids to be slow and buggy. Virtually everything I wanted to do with the other grids required a strange workaround and wasted time debugging strange control behavior. itGrid had the features and performance I was searching for.
While itGrid doesn't currently provide individually resizeable row heights (which was originally required by my project's design), the authors where very helpful in providing several possible solutions, one of which satisfied the needs of the end-users.
Tech support was quick, responsive, direct, and very helpful -- and all of this was while I was still using the free trial version of the program.
I also really like the included itCombo control as I've been fighting against MS DataCombo and losing. I was able to get a nice looking, well-behaving combo working in minutes vs. hours trying to get DataCombo to work the way the user expects.
Anyone needing a grid control should consider itGrid.
Steve Johnson, Director of Information Technology, Mission India (USA)
July 2003

Analyste programmeur au sein d’une petite société de service, j’ai découvert le contrôle itgrid par hasard, sur le net. Ce contrôle correspondait à mes critères de recherche et je n’ai pas été déçue en l’intégrant dans mon projet VB. C’est un outil maniable, rapide et évolutif !
Mais ce que j’ai le plus apprécié, ce n’est pas le site internet de it-partners.com avec son nouvel accueil client qui permet de télécharger la dernière version du produit en un clin d’oeil mais l’aide au développement que j’ai reçu de la part de l’équipe du support technique. Brett Werner a toujours répondu très rapidement à mes questions, avec beaucoup de précision et un réel souci de cerner mes véritables besoins (ce qui n’est pas toujours évident quand on communique avec une personne étrangère !).
Extrêmement satisfaite par les services d’it-partners.com, je tenais à écrire ces quelques mots.
[English]
I am an Analyst programmer within a small service company, I discovered itGrid on the web. This control met my search requirements and I wasn't disappointed when I added it to my VB project. It's an easy to use, fast, evolutionary tool!
The it-partners.com web site lets you download the latest updates of itGrid quickly and their technical support team was very helpful. My queries were always answered promptly and with accuracy. They really tried to understand my issues even though there was a language barrier.
I am extremely satisfied with it-partners.com services and because of these reasons I took the time to write this review.
Laetitia Serre, Analyste programmeur, Groupe HN (France)
July 2003

	itGrid = DevTimeSaved. It's that simple. This control is truly a pleasure to use, with a comprehensive suite of examples, covering many possible scenarios. In our evaluations between itGrid and other grids on the market, itGrid won hands down, both in programmability and performance. The printing capabilities of itGrid have been particularly impressive. In fact, we've been able to replace many of our fiddly, painful to design and work with, grid type reports using itGrid's wide ranging set of print properties and formatting abilities. itCombo has also replaced the VB combo control throughout our applications. This wee little control addresses everything that has ever annoyed us about the VB version and then some :) Features like the in cell combos are also used extensively, and with far more ease than in other competitors. In short, itGrid is one of the most impressive and full featured controls I've seen in a while. The cost of purchasing this product has been covered over and over again in development time and grief saved. If you're looking for a grid control, it's hard to go past itGrid. Doug Cotterill, DODE Computer Systems (Australia) March 2006
	I am a developer who writes large database applications in Visual Basic. I had been looking for a grid control around which I could construct a custom 'wrapper' that set up and populated both read-only and editable grids of information from data held in database tables. In this way, everything about how the grid appears in an application can be modified 'on-the-fly' from the application front-end (obviating re-compilation, re-deployment, etc.) The wrapper includes complex input validation, with colour-coded notification of input errors. I tested many of the best grid controls on the market and found that the itGrid was a no-nonsense product that included all of the functionality I needed. Having extensively developed using itGrid for over a year I can confirm that it is a very fast and robust grid control. I can also confirm that the support of the product is second to none. Mike Donnerstag, Training and Development Consultant, AYS Systems Limited July 2004
	If you are reading this review because you are thinking of buying itGrid, I have just one thing to say to you - "Buy it!, you will not be disappointed". I have been using itGrid for two years now, and so far have not come across anything that I have had to work around. The example source code that comes with itGrid is second to none. I have never seen such in depth quality examples before, so much so that as a programmer you can pretty much figure out anything from the help file and the example source code. That's not to say however I have not needed to contact the support team at it-partners.com because I have, on many occasions. Not because of problems I am pleased to say, but for advice on "how best to do this" with a specific job in mind. Each and every time I have contacted support, I have had my email replied to quickly and with a polite and intelligent reply. We reviewed several grid components before deciding on itGrid, and from the outset it has always been my favourite, even though I was being pushed by colleagues towards other packages which came bundled with many more components. Luckily I had the deciding vote and I sold it to the others by summing it up very simply .. We need a grid component, and we have found an excellent one with itGrid that is easy to use and offers excellent performance The examples are of such high quality I am very confident in the quality of the grid itself Why buy one of the other "all in one" packages and end up with a lower quality grid component for the sake of a few extra components Think of the business needs, rather than the "toys" I never write reviews, but made an exception here for an exceptional product. I hope it has left you with a positive feeling about itGrid and it-partners.com - I cannot praise them enough. Robin Grayson, Digisoft Limited, www.digisoft.uk.com March 2005
	First of all - congratulations on an absolutely awesome product. itGrid is without a doubt the most impressive grid on the market (and we have benchmarked all the major contenders to prove this). In fact it's got to be one of the most impressive "controls" ever built in my humble opinion - it has not only restored my faith in grids per se - but frankly it has restored my faith in VB to boot (still can't believe itGrid was written in VB!). As far as the performance and suitability testing we did - it took us a month and we tested GridEx, True DBGrid, Objective Grid (the grid we used in our first version), the various MS grids and a host of other lessor known grids. Indeed, I don't think there are many grids we did not look at. We did most of this testing without even knowing about your product, but when we came across it, it blew our benchmarks out of the water. Initially we couldn't believe it - especially the volume related metrics we had benchmarked. In all areas, we found itGrid equalled or exceeded the other grids. It was without a doubt the standout grid product. The decision to run with itGrid on the basis of our testing was an easy one. Two weeks of solid testing with itGrid led us to the conclusion that, firstly, its online help and support documentation is excellent and secondly that it is less buggy than both GridEx and TrueDB. Furthermore, the visual outputs that itGrid is capable of were easy to implement and compared favourably to or exceeded that of other grid products. Furthermore, it has a road map that will see it taken to .NET. Far and away the most impressive thing about itGrid, though, is that it is a sheer pleasure to work with. There is none of the "grid-hell" that accompanies so many other pretenders in this field. We are so impressed with this product that it is now not only our only grid, but we also use it whenever we need a Treeview or Listview, and of course we always use itCombo if we need a combo. In a nutshell, itGrid out performed everything in nearly all categories. It is ridiculously fast, future-proof, extremely robust (indeed it is more robust than some other grids which have been on the market for years longer that itGrid) and its the easiest grid to develop with by a country-mile. If you're like me and have despaired in the past over "grid-hell" and "grid-workarounds" - then do yourself a huge favour and give itGrid a spin. Michael Pilley, Director IT, Third-Millennium Management (Australia) March 2004
	I was looking for a new grid for an application I was working on. I had a couple of demands for that grid: it should be FAST; have a roadmap for the future; have support that was more than a News Group; be easy to learn and well documented, with good samples. I tested a lot of the grids on the market, but the only one that lived up to all of the above demand was itGrid from it-partners.com. I was amazed with the speed this grid has. (Loading the same table containing 75.000 records is about 10 times as fast with itGrid compared to my current grid.) One thing that programmers normally don’t like is writing good documentation, but here itGrid is different too. The Help file is excellent with some of the samples integrated into it, but beside from that there are so many samples supplied that I found it impossible to find a scenario I could not find an example of. And for the few times I got stuck, there was a superb support from it-partners.com. If I asked a question, I did not only get a short answer, I got a complete example on how to implement the solution, and I got it FAST. Almost everyday I am amazed by some of the features I find in itGrid, this is definitely a grid I will recommend to every programmer who needs a grid and has the same basic demands I have. B. Riis, Programmer (Denmark) January 2004
	I think it-partners.com have hit a home run with this component. Just the right feature set, fast and lightweight. I've tried other grid components and found them wanting -- too buggy, too slow, too limited or too bloated, too expensive. I downloaded the demo version at 3:00 PM on a Friday night, and started experimenting with it. By the time I looked up, it was 5:30 AM! This control is that cool. itGrid is the perfect interface for our finance people, as it is configurable to look and act just like a spreadsheet -- and they are all spreadsheet jocks. (Database bad, hard -- spreadsheet good, easy). Many thanks to it-partners.com for their support. It reminded me of why I became a programmer in the first place -- because it's fun! Mark F. Goodspeed, Business Systems Analyst, COX.NET (USA) July 2003
	I really like the way itGrid works! It makes a lot more sense to me than MS FlexGrid et al. I've also found other grids to be slow and buggy. Virtually everything I wanted to do with the other grids required a strange workaround and wasted time debugging strange control behavior. itGrid had the features and performance I was searching for. While itGrid doesn't currently provide individually resizeable row heights (which was originally required by my project's design), the authors where very helpful in providing several possible solutions, one of which satisfied the needs of the end-users. Tech support was quick, responsive, direct, and very helpful -- and all of this was while I was still using the free trial version of the program. I also really like the included itCombo control as I've been fighting against MS DataCombo and losing. I was able to get a nice looking, well-behaving combo working in minutes vs. hours trying to get DataCombo to work the way the user expects. Anyone needing a grid control should consider itGrid. Steve Johnson, Director of Information Technology, Mission India (USA) July 2003
	Analyste programmeur au sein d’une petite société de service, j’ai découvert le contrôle itgrid par hasard, sur le net. Ce contrôle correspondait à mes critères de recherche et je n’ai pas été déçue en l’intégrant dans mon projet VB. C’est un outil maniable, rapide et évolutif ! Mais ce que j’ai le plus apprécié, ce n’est pas le site internet de it-partners.com avec son nouvel accueil client qui permet de télécharger la dernière version du produit en un clin d’oeil mais l’aide au développement que j’ai reçu de la part de l’équipe du support technique. Brett Werner a toujours répondu très rapidement à mes questions, avec beaucoup de précision et un réel souci de cerner mes véritables besoins (ce qui n’est pas toujours évident quand on communique avec une personne étrangère !). Extrêmement satisfaite par les services d’it-partners.com, je tenais à écrire ces quelques mots. [English] I am an Analyst programmer within a small service company, I discovered itGrid on the web. This control met my search requirements and I wasn't disappointed when I added it to my VB project. It's an easy to use, fast, evolutionary tool! The it-partners.com web site lets you download the latest updates of itGrid quickly and their technical support team was very helpful. My queries were always answered promptly and with accuracy. They really tried to understand my issues even though there was a language barrier. I am extremely satisfied with it-partners.com services and because of these reasons I took the time to write this review. Laetitia Serre, Analyste programmeur, Groupe HN (France) July 2003