Networkers, Inc. Relies On True DBGrid

“TrueDB Grid makes an difficult job possible,” says Michael Hennessy, President of Networks Inc.
With the myriad of grid controls available (including the one that comes with Microsoft Visual Studio), Michael and his group of ten developers continue to use TrueDB Grid after investigating other controls. Even when project development switched to using Visual Studio .Net a few years ago, TrueDB Grid for .Net still outperforms the competition and provided them with the features they need.

One of the main reasons Michael uses TrueDB Grid is because he knows that ComponentOne will be around for the long haul. This means that his development group will not need to recode their projects every six months, something that can kill projects and loose the company valuable revenue. His mind is further eased because TrueDB Grid continues to be the top rated grid in magazines like the Visual Studio Magazine. TrueDB Grid makes it very easy to create highly transactional data driven applications, which is key for most of his customers as opposed to presentation driven.

Michael’s team has never had a major problem with the TrueGrid control. Other features they enjoy are:

• Monthly updates
• Works great with Microsoft products
• Great data entry features
• It works right the first time and is reliable

TrueGrid is also easy to work with on the presentation side. It does not take a lot of programming to make the grid look they want it to.

Because TrueGrid is powerful and is in most of the projects at Networkers Inc., they have created a couple of custom applications that drastically cut down development time. The first is called Delta Designer and allows developers to segregate user interface data structures, which makes it much easier to develop, deploy and maintain applications. The second is called Delta Designer© User Authentication and Access that complements Delta Designer. This application makes it easy for an administrator to control what type of rights a user has to any data grid in an application. Applying these rights during runtime was a simple matter using TrueGrid. Michael estimates that with these programs that extensively use TrueGrid for .NET, his team can create applications four to five times faster!

When it comes down to it, the main thing that matters is customer satisfaction. The Networkers Inc. customers are satisfied with their applications and TrueGrid. When Michael is asked why he doesn’t use other grids, he replies, “…any other grid will increase their programming time”.

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Whitepaper written by: David McCarter