iGrid.NET - Compatibility

Main information

The latest version of iGrid.NET, 4.0, is intended to be used with Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010. It fully corresponds to the requirements of the minimal subset of the .NET Framework called "client profile" and was designed for it. iGrid.NET 4.0 works in any version of Windows with .NET 4.0 installed and was compiled solely for this version of the .NET Framework. Both CPU architectures, x86 and x64, are fully supported.

The previous major version of iGrid.NET, 3.0, works with all widely used latest releases of the .NET Framework and Visual Studio which are the .NET Framework 2.0-4.0 and VS 2005, 2008 and 2010. iGrid.NET 3.0 was originally developed in Visual Studio 2005 and later in 2008 and is based on the .NET Framework 2.0 to maximize the compatibility. Despite this fact, it can be used with the .NET Framework 3.5/4.0 and Visual Studio 2008/2010 without any functional limitations at design- and run-time.

The control is written entirely in C#, and it is a 100% .NET native control except the fact that unsafe code is used at some points. First, these are the .NET native pointers used to dramatically increase the component performance instead of safe .NET methods. Without them, iGrid would not be super-fast in data uploading and manipulation. Second, iGrid for .NET uses some Windows API calls to have the look-and-feel which is fully compatible with the OS (the same visual effect when opening drop-down lists, drawing some items using the current visual style, etc).

CLS compliance

iGrid.NET is a CLS compliant control. This means that the control can be used with any language that supports this specification. iGrid.NET was tested in all major Microsoft development environments including C#, VC++ and VB.NET, and it works properly in these CLS-compliant environments.

Older versions of the .NET Framework and Visual Studio

The first versions of the .NET Framework (1.0, 1.1) and Visual Studio (2002 - 2003) aren't supported in the latest releases of iGrid.NET. However, we still provide our customers with iGrid.NET 1.7 based on the .NET Framework 1.1 which can be used in those older environments. The iGrid.NET 1.7 demo can be downloaded from the Download section on our website. This version can be also ordered like the latest release of iGrid.NET (request this specific version by notifying us using any available contact way).

iGrid.NET and ASP.NET

iGrid.NET is a Windows Forms control designated to build Windows desktop applications, and it cannot be used on ASP.NET pages like any other Windows Forms control.

Required files

All the functionality of iGrid.NET is provided by the corresponding version of the .NET Framework and the OS, and no additional components are required to be installed when you redistribute the control DLLs.

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