I'm goint to start a new web application (C# in VS2008) and the first problem I have is that I don't know which control should I use, WebDataGrid or UltraWebGrid?
Which are the main differents between them?
Thanks in advance
I really have got better things to do so I've put off migrating as my websites using the server based controls because I had the gut instinct that it would be incredibly painful. Doesn't sound like my instinct was wrong.
I refuse to call them legacy controls as that infers that server side controls are not fit for purpose anymore. There's many an good tune played on an old fiddle. Sure Ajax & JavaScript is trendy and is great if you've got days to re-code.
Cheers, Rob.
@fesani, you are absolutely right. I am now experiencing the painful migration from UltraWebGrid to WebDataGrid and WebHierarchicalDataGrid. I am really disappointed.
Interesting that two years later, the migration decision isn't any easier. However, having just arrived in a project using these controls, I found that if you go to the Infragistics website search and type in ultrawebgrid, you get zero results! In fact, I am finding it quite difficult to find information to help me in the large website full of ultrawebgrids that I am now trying to enhance.
I have used Ultrawebgrid and WebDataGrid. I got too excited and changed most of my pages to wdg, and unfortunately now I am getting back all my screens to uwg as this controls seems to be much more stable, offers more features and it even seems to perform better thatn the "new" control.
I have had many problems with wdg, when refreshing for example, when sorting data and scrolling down to the last record. In my opinion whe wdg's still got a long way to mature before it can replace the ultrawebgrid.
I need to free up some time to look at WebGrid. I've used UltraWebGrid for several years and right now, it's better the devil you know than the one you don't.
One quick question, I used the UltraWebGrid bound to my own objects, not a dataset etc. The applications are also designed to keep the grid rows under control. Does WebGrid work bound to objects? Does it have to use Ajax? I've only dabbled in Ajax but understand pretty much how it all works, i.e. it's a bit like a Windows Form grid, written in JavaScript running in the browser using Ajax to pull data from the server as needed. I like the idea of a lighter grid (less HTML) but Ajax isn't critical for me right now.