True DBGrid for WinForms includes dozens of advanced data access, data presentation, and user interface features that enable developers to build intuitive, professional-looking applications:

• Extensive Design-time Support
  Design-time features, including SmartTags and full-featured editors allow you to intuitively create grid applications with little or no coding. For details, see Design-Time Support.
• Multiple Data Views
  Present data in the format that's most useful for you with GroupBy View and standard Microsoft Outlook-style grouping, Hierarchical Data Display, Form View, Inverted View, MultipleLines View, and MultipleLinesFixed View. See Data Display for more information.
• Horizontal and Vertical Splits
  Excel-like splits let you split the grid horizontally, vertically, or both. Plus, you have control over how splits scroll, individually or together. For details, see How to Use Splits.
• Drop-Down Object Support
  Include a variety of drop-down objects for data entry, including a multicolumn control (the C1TrueDBDropDown control), a combo box, and a multiline text editor. See Drop-Down Controls for more information. Third-party drop-down controls also supported.
• Multiple Export Options and Robust Print Options
  Export your grid to multiple formats including Delimited Text, Excel (XLS and XLSX), PDF, HTML, RTF, and more! For details see Exporting Grid Data. Control printing fully with features such as zoom, fit in window, stop pagination, and print preview.
  Note: C1TrueDBGrid's export and printing features use Reports for WinForms' components internally, and you may need to reference Reports for WinForms' assemblies (C1.Win.C1Report and C1.C1Report) if you are receiving an error related to the assembly.

• Office 2007 and 2010 Styling
  True DBGrid for WinForms supports Visual Styles that mimic the styles available in Office 2007 and Office 2010. You can set the Visual Style easily though the VisualStyle property. For more information about available Visual Styles, see Visual Styles.
• Universal .NET Data Binding
  True DBGrid for WinForms can bind to any .NET data source with little or no code, allowing you to create a fully-navigational database browser in seconds. See Data Binding for more information.
• Designed to Microsoft Specifications
  True DBGrid for WinForms includes .NET objects designed according to Microsoft specifications so if you're familiar with the Microsoft .NET object and collection models, you'll have no problem using True DBGrid for WinForms.
• Enhanced Keyboard Navigation
  With just one property setting, control the relative position of the next cell when end-users press the ENTER key. See Navigation and Scrolling for information.
• Rich Scrolling Capabilities
  Easily track the location of the scroll bar in the grid, set the vertical scroll bar thumb to scroll records as moved, and provide an informational pop-up during scrolling. See Scroll Tracking and ScrollTips and Tutorial 22: Borders, Scroll Tracking, and Scroll Tips for more information.
• 2D and 3D Cell Display
  Choose two-dimensional, three-dimensional, or a combination of the two to control cell appearance to your specifications. See Three-Dimensional vs. Flat Display for more information.
• Style Border Properties
  Customize the appearance, size, color, and type of cell borders. See Borders and Dividing Lines for more information.
• Excel and Word-Like Styles
  Use hierarchical style objects to customize the grid's appearance with font, color, picture, and formatting specifications.
• Alternating Row Colors
  Add alternating row colors to the grid to enhance the readability of the grid's display. See Alternating Row Colors for more information.
• In-Cell Objects
  Add a variety of in-cell objects for data display and editing in the grid, including bitmaps, command buttons, check boxes, and radio buttons. See In-Cell Buttons for more information.
• Automatic Data Translation
  Automatically translate database values into alternate text or graphics without coding in the grid. For example, numeric codes can be rendered as words or even bitmaps. See Automatic Data Translation with ValueItems for details.
• Data-Sensitive Display
  Apply different styles to individual cells depending upon their contents. For example, show negative numbers in red, or fields containing a particular substring in bold. See Applying Styles to Cells for more information.
• Input Masking
  Assign input templates to columns in order to simplify the run-time data entry process and reduce end-user data entry errors. See Input Masking for details.
• Filter Bar
  Implement custom end-user operations such as incremental search and record set filtering using the filter bar, a special data entry row below the column headers. See Filtering Data in DataSets for more information.
• Unbound Grids and Columns
  Easily create an unbound grid – you can even add unbound columns to a bound grid. See Using Unbound Columns and Creating an Unbound Grid for details.
• Run-Time CellTips
  Add context-sensitive help for end-users by using cell tips in the grid. See Context-Sensitive Help with CellTips for details.
• Fixed, Nonscrolling Columns
  Create fixed, nonscrolling columns anywhere in the grid – create a fixed left or right-most column or even to fix a column in the middle of the grid. Creating fixed columns is also easy to do with splits. See Freezing Columns for more information.
• Excel-style Cell Selection
  Choose not only any row or column, but also any range of cells. See Selection, Sorting, and Movement for more information.
• Automatic Column Sizing
  Keep your data viewable by resizing columns proportionately whenever the grid is resized horizontally. See Sizing and Splitting for details.
• Merge Contiguous Like-valued Cells
  Merge adjacent rows of like-valued data from a specified column into a noneditable cell, or display all cell values individually. See Data-Sensitive Cell Merging for more information.
• Simplify Data Entry
  Reduce the number of keystrokes needed for drop-down selection with the AutoDropdown and AutoCompletion properties to simply end-user data entry.
• Extensive Object Model
  The True DBGrid has two separate column objects to help simplify the sometimes daunting object model. The C1DataColumn object contains all of the properties related to data and data processing, while the C1DisplayColumn object contains all of the properties related to the column’s display. See Object Model for more information.
• And Much More…
  Customizable ENTER key behavior, drop-down hierarchical grid, tag property for column objects, right to left support, and a wide variety of print enhancements.