Comments on: Krypton Suite 4.2 Released

By: Malisa Ncube

Malisa Ncube — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:40:31 +0000

Phil,

We are not knowledgeable if there is any continued development on the suite. You are very quite once again.

My solemn wish is for a Grid control which can allow grouping and filtering. I have received many requests for end user filtering and grouping because it helps a lot. Another request if that of hiding or showing some columns either by dragging them out or in through some column selector. Hiding unnecessary columns. I would be happier if the modified list can be accessed, that would help in making reports based on data shown.

A combo box which enables multi-selection will be welcomed too.

By: Liver

Liver — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:28:01 +0000

Oh, and.. GREAT JOB, Phil! Thank you! :)

By: Liver

Liver — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:25:27 +0000

Please, don’t rid the Toolkit of the grid control. Save the same content of the Toolkit, leave old controls. You could just add some pro edition version of the grid control to paid controls list additionally instead of replacing it from the Toolkit, for instance.

By: Jan Mohamed

Jan Mohamed — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:53:45 +0000

A Multi-Column ComboBox would be EXTREMELY welcomed!!

By: Kevin Robinson

Kevin Robinson — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:07:24 +0000

Another thing on the grid. I should have full hierarchy not just grouping that appears hierarchical. I mean you should be able to display a object collection that has related child objects as a hierarchy. Some of the other grids I have tried cannot do this they only have grouping hierarchy.

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By: Jack Boulay

Jack Boulay — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:56:49 +0000

I would suggest:

1- a TreeView Control with extended features such as drag and drop
filtering searching etc..

2- a hierarchical tree Gridview with filtering on the header columns of the grid control.

3- a kryptonized PropertyGrid with hierarchical filtering

By: Kevin Robinson

Kevin Robinson — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:34:23 +0000

Hi Phil

Yeah a grid contol would be great. I have had to replace with a 3rd party control. This works fine but obviously does not have the krypron styling options.

Cheers

By: Edgar Ferreira

Edgar Ferreira — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:51:36 +0000

A costumers survey would be nice. My vote is:
- paid components: the said grid control (with calendar layout/functions)
- free toolkit: treeview, simple listview (grouping is useful)

By: Malisa Ncube

Malisa Ncube — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:57:09 +0000

Yes, a good grid control with filtering, grouping and column chooser among others.

By: Phil Wright

Phil Wright — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:48:07 +0000

Seems we are converging on a consensus of a flexible heirarchical grid as the next major component that is requested. For the Toolkit a TreeView with custom drawing to match the other components seems popular as well.

By: pratto

pratto — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:43:49 +0000

Hi,

what’s about enabling animation in all controls (blending the background of buttons for example instead of just on/off as it is now)? I think this is a major drawback when compared with other suites.

Probably it’s to much work but hey you don’t ask, you don’t get.

Thanks!

By: Cocotteseb

Cocotteseb — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:17:41 +0000

Thanks for the update ! : it does correct some bugs (but not all).

Even the question was for rfransico at first : I add my vote to have an advanced grid with especially multi-grouping capabilities,… (and still improvements to the ribbon but you know my topic in the forums). I have one grid on almost every application and I agree to say that the lack of a powerful datagridview is the major drawback of the KryptonSuite.
I really hope it would be the next paying addition to the suite.

Concerning the toolkit, the treeview is good for me.

Thanks for listening to us!

By: dg78

dg78 — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:44:12 +0000

I agree with Waescher : the biggest problem of the suite is the lack of a good gridcontrol.
Hierarchical grid with specifics controls inside (with buttonsspecs, yes you did it but it doesn’t run).
To do a great grid is a big work. So remove it from the free toolkit and give it for your paying customers.

By: RobIII

RobIII — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:13:16 +0000

The releasenotes (found at http://www.componentfactory.com/download ) don’t seem to be updated; apart from the trackbar I’d like to know what else has changed and what has been fixed etc (as you state “Always provided are a number of bug fixes and more minor additions.”). Our subscription expired a week or two ago and I’m not willing to pay 25%-renewal-price just for a trackbar I’m never going to use (which is just because we don’t need it, I’m not saying you’re not doing a great job anyway).

Also I have to agree with rfrancisco and Waescher: a new addition would be great. I’d vote for the listview/treeview and a propertygrid (the native one is way too limited and other commercial products expensive). A grid would also be a great addition.

By: Waescher

Waescher — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:19:45 +0000

We already had this topic, I know. But in my opinion the biggest problem of the suite is the lack of a good gridcontrol. Unfortunately, grids are essential in every enterprise application and the requrements to them are increasing (like grouping, filtering, etc.).

By: Phil Wright

Phil Wright — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:40:20 +0000

rfrancisco:

What commerical component would you like to see added next? I am certainly thinking of adding something major but am unsure what is the best option. For the Toolkit I am thinking that a ListView and TreeView that are customized with Palette drawing would be the next additions.

By: rfrancisco

rfrancisco — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:45:57 +0000

Last versions have been kinda dissapointing since there is almost no new onctent in each of them. A couple of datagrid commumns in one and now a trackbar. We renewed our subscription 3 times in a row and last year i decided to stop doing so since ir seems you lack the time to invest seriously in the development of the suite. If the situation changes i would be more than willing to pay again since the price/quality ratio is prety damm good.
See this for what ir is… a positive, constructive critic from someone who realy likes and enjoys your work.

By: Daniel Mikeleit

Daniel Mikeleit — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:29:48 +0000

Hi Phil,

thanks for the good work! :-)

Daniel

By: Angel

Angel — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:49:41 +0000

You can add the KryptonTrackBar to a StatusBar (or ToolBar,…), I’ve posted a sample in the “code snippet” forum.

Angel

By: Malisa Ncube

Malisa Ncube — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:40:31 +0000

Thanks Phil,

May i say that i wish we could add it into the statusBar. I would like to put the Krypton controls on the StatusBar. This TrackBar can be nicely adapted to the Zooming control as we have in Office 2010/2007.

Good work.

Cheers!

By: Scott Kane

Scott Kane — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:49:13 +0000

I’ve been looking forward to the TrackBar. Thank you Phil!!