I have been using the UltraWebGrid 7.2 for a while now, and we are upgrading to 8.3 but i can not seem to find anywhere on the site a list of changes.
I am interested as to what enhancements/fixes have been included since the last release - but all i can find is a very broad overview which doesnt list all the new things. So how can i get this information? I cant use any new features if i dont know what they are... I also knew of a number of bugs and would like to know if they have been addressed.
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ASP.NET > Developer's Guide > What's New > Revision History
Thats great, but according to that documentation there hasnt been a single enhancement or bug fix for the UltraWebGrid since the 7.2 release.
Is this correct?
So the only changes made to UltraWebGrid between version 7.2 and 8.3 are;
1) WebGrid now support the ITypedList interface.2) Allow embedded WebCombo in the WebGrid to enter values that are not included in the drop down list.
Is this correct? No other bug fixes or enhancements?
Yes, those features were added as well as numerous bug fixes. We don't list the bug fixes as new features in the help docs. We have been heads down working on the new WebDataGrid based on our new architecture that takes advantage of the ASP.NET Ajax framework. The new grid is very light-weight, very fast. We created a "behaviors" model, where you pay-to-play on features. For example, if you don't want Sorting or Editing, you don't add those behaviors to the grid. This means less JavaScript is sent to the client, and the additional HTML necessary for those capabilities is not send down to the browser.
I would love to get your feeback on it.
Thanks
Jason
The new WebDataGrid is great but it has no use to us because it doesnt support unbound mode.
We use the grids to display information that comes from all different places, and the value of cells are usually the the result of calcluations made in the application code. In these cases we can not simply just bind a dataset to the datasource because the grid is populated using data from different locations.
Nobody seems to provide any information for those of us who are used to working in unbound mode to transition into bound mode. If there was an unbound mode, then we could use it, but we dont have the time to convert our code to some new method.
Hello,
Thanks for checking out the WebDataGrid. It is true that it currently doesn't support an unbound mode but this is something on top of our list of the WebDataGrid's roadmap.
In the current grid, to be able to see your data coming from different sources, you will have to stick it in a single collection (DataTable, custom collection object.. etc) and then bind the WebDataGrid to it. You mentioned that you are also doing calculations within the applicaiton code, so if you do create a collection object, you can add your calucations right in there before you bind it to the WebDataGrid.
-Taz.
Im glad you guys are looking at including it in future releases. I will be using it for sure if it supports unbound. At the moment it would take too much time to convert our grid population methods.
I can work around it by building a custom class and creating a collection of said class, but its all just so much more simple if we can just work directly with the grid.