Lidor has a winner on their hands, and for the price, It shaved weeks off my development.
I'm not going to kid you, i'm still a hard core VB6 developer, and my exposure to VB.net is limited, but after the rollout with VS2005, and SQL2005, It's clear that I needed to migrate fast to take advantage of everything. LidorSystems.collector allowed me to bang out the UI of our trading and backend system in about 3 hours... Their Tabs, Menus, everything.. I had it layed out in no time. Usually, the hardest part of program is the UI, and LidorSystems.collector took care of 60% of my project. After connecting everything up to the database, Coding was a cinch, it was all database code, etc. CodeWizards took care of that.
I've been using it now for about 2 weeks, in production, and it's working without fail. I'm glad I found this component, we were going to buy one of the more expensive suites, just to use this component. I'm glad we didn't. I give this product 5 stars.
~Dan Regalia
~IT Manager
~AAA Capital Management
JayMistry, 12/16/2005 2:11:03 AM
I have tried LidorSystems.Collector v1.5 and found it to be very easy to use in Visual Studio 2003.
Using the WYSIWYG Designer saved me a lot of time when I first wanted to find all the available VISUAL options of the control.
I then found that there are so many properties and events available that can be used to control the look and functionality of the control at runtime.
I have also tried this control in Borland Delphi 2005 (Windows Forms Application - Delphi for .NET). Initially I had some difficulty in setting properties and events but after that I was able to convert the sample application Collector_Browser in Visual Studio 2003 C# to Delphi .NET.
This is a very nice control and if required I will be using it in my developments from now on.
GregoryVarghese, 12/7/2005 11:21:28 AM
The LidorSystems.Collector components are really great controls. They help offer a polished look similar to office and Windows with a great featureset. My favorite component is the table and tabs. The table allows aligning controls to give better control over positioning like in HTML. The tabs allow for multiple colors which I also like and helps to make the interface friendlier to the end user. The controls are also very easy to use which is a plus.
MichaelMaas, 12/2/2005 7:02:16 PM
Very cool. This extends my UI possibilities. Could have used this sooner.. would have saved me months of coding. I especially enjoy the straightforward docking implementation.
ChristopherSutton, 12/6/2005 3:40:35 PM
This is definitely an excellent product! First, its easy to use. I've only used VB.NET for a limited time and not very experienced. This product has been great and extremely simple. Secondly, it has tons of features. Most features included are usually found in much higher priced products. Third, its a great price. You get a lot for your money. One recommendation: Get it!
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