ActiveX and WinForms .NET Controls and Tools for C#, VB, VBA, VSTO
iGrid: ActiveX and WinForms Grid Control
iGrid is our flagship grid control for the ActiveX and WinForms .NET platforms:
- Powerful and super-fast replacement for the ActiveX/.NET DataGrid and DataGridView grid controls shipped with the classic Visual Basic (VB6) and Windows Forms .NET.
- Editable replacement for ListView and VB6 MSFlexGrid, with better functionality and optimized flicker-free drawing.
- iGrid ActiveX works perfectly in Microsoft Word and Excel as a VBA grid control on UserForms. It is also a versatile Microsoft Access grid control.
- iGrid.NET is an advanced DataGridView alternative for VB.NET/C#.
- The object model is very simple so you can start to use it in minutes.
- This component is the ideal choice if you need an unbound grid control for ActiveX/.NET development.
Latest News
Service update for iGrid ActiveX, Classic and Modern Editions (build 58)
2025-Feb-06
Meet a new update for our iGrid ActiveX control. It fixes bugs that mainly relate to keyboard operations and combo box cells. The fixes are made in both Classic Edition and Modern Edition of the control for 32/64 bits.
Many of these improvements are built on new features in recent updates to twinBASIC, the new development environment we use to compile the Modern Edition of iGrid. Notably, the introduction of the PreKeyDown and PreKeyUp events has streamlined iGrid's internal architecture, enhancing its robustness and independence from the hosting platform.
As always, all changes to iGrid control are listed in the What's New document. We also highly recommend to familiarize yourself with the new features twinBASIC provides compared to classic VB6 and VBA. This power is already being used in iGrid and may eventually come in handy for your application development as well.
iGrid.NET 11.2 Update 2 (v11.2.10)
2025-Feb-05
The second update for the WinForms grid control includes enhancements aimed at improving resource usage. This update also addresses bugs identified since the previous update.
The product documentation has been amended. Enhanced documentation pages include the description of the column auto width features of iGrid.NET, detailing the ability to automatically adjust column widths to fit cells in normal columns and row text cells.
For more information, refer to the comprehensive What's New document. And don't forget that the documentation for iGrid.NET is available as standalone downloads - the manual as a PDF document and the full help file in the MSHC format available for viewing in our portable Help Viewer tool:
10Tec and AlterNET Software join forces
2025-Jan-20
10Tec is excited to announce the successful completion of its merger with AlterNET Software, an Australian company known for developing cutting-edge software components and tools. The partnership between 10Tec and AlterNET dates back several years, with 10Tec already incorporating AlterNET components into its products. For example, the AlterNET Code Editor is a key control used in the DocMounter utility for documenting .NET assemblies.
The merger process, which began in 2024, has now been finalized. Moving forward, both companies will leverage their combined experience to enhance existing products and create new ones.
The rights to 10Tec products are now owned by AlterNET, which is also responsible for selling them. 10Tec's current product line will continue to evolve as planned, maintaining the same high quality of implementation and support service.
Service update for iGrid ActiveX, Classic and Modern Editions (build 55)
2024-Dec-27
We decided to gather all recent hot bug fixes in our ActiveX grid control and publish them as one service update for both editions to make all customers happy with the most stable fresh version of the product before the new year 2025. This cumulative update fixes an important issue with column reordering in the 64-bit version of iGrid and some problems with combo box cells in 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Modern iGrid. It is highly recommended to update Modern iGrid to the latest version on developer and end-user computers. As always, these and other changes are detailed in the What's New document for the product.
We wish everyone a Happy New Year and success in 2025!
Service update for Modern iGrid ActiveX for 32/64 bits available (build 50)
2024-Oct-21
The first update for the Modern Edition of iGrid ActiveX is available. It addresses several issues found in the control after the release. As always, all changes in the latest version are documented in the What's New file.
iGrid.NET 11.2 Update 1 (v11.2.5)
2024-Jul-26
We are publishing the first service update for iGrid.NET 11.2 today. It fixes all bugs found in the release version 11.2 and adds a couple of new useful features for the mouse wheel in iGrid and the Print Preview dialog in PrintManager. As per tradition, the product documentation has also been updated with new topics and improved descriptions of existing concepts.
Refer to the updated What's New to find out more about the changes in this release.
Great news: 64-bit iGrid ActiveX with improvements available
2024-May-15
Today we have very good news for all iGrid ActiveX users: we have released the long-awaited 64-bit version of our ActiveX control. This was made possible by twinBASIC, a new development environment providing backward compatibility with existing VB6/VBA projects and offering significant improvements over the VB6 IDE. A year of hard work is behind us, and now we can provide a new modern edition of our grid control for real 64-bit development in such environments as Microsoft Office and twinBASIC.
The modern edition of the control also provides an improvement in appearance. The traditional 3D border of the control is now automatically drawn using the OS visual styles if they are available in the application, creating a sleek and harmonious look in the modern versions of Windows:
The existing classic edition of iGrid was also updated. The latest build of the OCX fixes all revealed bugs and implements some improvements. This release of the product includes the updated version of the CHM help file with enhanced topics.
The detailed description of the modern edition of iGrid and improvements in the classic edition can be found in the updated What's New document for the product: