Question

I’m converting existing database driven application from D7 to D2009, therefore I won’t be able to use dxGrids anymore. Is there any automatic way to convert dxGrid components to cxGrids? If not, what would you suggest me in order to gain time converting them manually?

Answer 1

Here is a issue on the Dev Express site that address this issue
http://www.devexpress.com/issue=CQ59375

Excerpt:

In brief, you should perform the
following steps to convert your
current project:

1) Install both versions of the
ExpressQuantumGrid (v3 and v6) for
Delphi6;
2) Convert your old grid’s
layout to the latest product version
(please refer to the “Converting to
ExpressQuantumGrid” topic in the
ExpressQuantumGrid’s documentation to
find more information on this
subject);
3) Adjust your code to use
the latest product version;
4) Install
the latest version of the
ExpressQuantumGrid (v6) for Delphi
2007; 5) Use the converted project in
Delphi 2007.

From the help file that they refer to:

ExpressQuantumGrid provides an Import
dialog at design time for importing
settings from third-party grid
controls and converting them to the
native properties of the
ExpressQuantumGrid. Three types of
grid components can be imported to
ExpressQuantumGrid:

· ExpressQuantumGrid3 (TdxDBGrid) and
ExpressQuantumGrid3 Layout
(TdxDBGridLayout)
· standard TDBGrid
· W2W InfoPowerGrid 3000 (TwwDBGrid)