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February 20, 2012 - Version 7.0.9

Improved: templating support.

February 9, 2012 - Version 7.0.8

Improved: data binding support for controls placed inside templates.
Improved: filtering feature.
Improved: master/detail feature.
Other small fixes and improvements.

November 3, 2011 - Version 7.0.7

Improved: printing support for IE9.
Other small fixes and improvements.

May 14, 2011 - Version 7.0.6

Improved: support for Internet Explorer 9.
Improved: horizontal scrolling feature compatible with the latest version of Chrome.
Improved: support for multi record selection for Safari on Mac.
Improved: filtering feature for detail grids.
Improved: exporting feature when Grid is inside ASP.NET AJAX UpdatePanel controls.
Improved: ability to export the columns footer using the server-side exporting feature.
Improved: ability to use the "ColumnsCreated" event for detail grids.
Other small fixes and improvements.
Integrated with the new version of the Interface Controls (4.0.10).

November 16, 2010 - Version 7.0.5

New feature: CheckBoxColumn and CheckBoxSelectColumn for detail grids.
New feature: localization for detail grids.
New feature: horizontal scrolling for detail grids.
New feature: grouping for detail grids.
New feature: heading templates for detail grids.
New feature: columns footer (totals) for detail grids.
Improved: template support for detail grids.
Improved: data binding mechanism.
Improved: performance.

October 8, 2010 - Version 7.0.4

Improved: support for row edit templates inside detail grids.
Improved: data source switching mechanism.
Improved: support for older versions of .NET 4.0 (e.g. .NET 4.0 Beta).

October 6, 2010 - Version 7.0.3

Improved: exporting feature.

October 4, 2010 - Version 7.0.2

Improved: localization support.

October 1, 2010 - Version 7.0.1

Improved: AJAX engine.
Improved: scrolling feature.
Improved: exporting feature.
Improved: heading feature.

September 29, 2010 - Version 7.0.0

New feature: Grid uses the ASP.NET Callback mechanism to achieve better performance.
New feature: DataSourceNeeded event, which allows developers to handle paging, sorting and filtering at runtime.
New feature: ability to change the data sources during a postback.
New feature: ability to position the "Add New" / "Save" / "Cancel" links and the new record.
New feature: column reordering.
New feature: new type of column - CheckBoxColumn - which is used to display and edit boolean values.
New feature: new type of column - CheckBoxSelectColumn - which is used to display checkboxes for selecting records.
New feature: ability to position the page size selector and the paging buttons.
New feature: virtual scrolling.
New feature: virtual scrolling with paging.
New feature: ability to position the filtering links.
New feature: ability to prevent users from making changes to the grouping.
New feature: support for dynamically generated self-referenced grids for generating treeview hierarchies.
New feature: support for the on-demand ComboBox inside Grid templates.
New feature: ability to enable/disable sorting for specific columns using the new AllowSorting property of the Column class.
New feature: ability to set a different sort expression for a column using the SortExpression property of the Column class.
New feature: extra heading for the Grid.
Improved: many bug fixes and small enhancements.
Integrated with the new version of the Interface Controls (4.0.9).

August 2, 2010 - Version 6.0.11

Improved: design time support.

June 15, 2010 - Version 6.0.10

Improved integration with ASP.NET AJAX.
Integrated with the new version of the Interface Controls (4.0.7).

March 30, 2010 - Version 6.0.9

New feature: support for specifying the encoding type when exporting to excel / word, using the ExportingSettings.Encoding property.
Integrated with the new version of the Interface Controls (4.0.6).

March 24, 2010 - Version 6.0.8

Integrated with the new version of the Interface Controls (4.0.5).
Improved cross browser support.
Fixed issue: ability to use the page size selector for detail grids.

March 12, 2010 - Version 6.0.7

New feature: support for exporting master/detail grids.
New feature: support for exporting groups.
New feature: support for exporting totals / subtotals.
New feature: support for exporting templates.
New feature: ability to add title / footer for the exported files.
New feature: ability to customize individual rows when exporting.
New feature: ability to configure the exporting settings using the new ExportingSettings property.
New feature: support for master / detail grids in postback mode.
Improved feature: client-side exporting.
Improved feature: server-side exporting.
Improved feature: encoding for the exported data, to display non-english characters correctly.
Improved feature: exporting is not blocked by pop-up blockers anymore.
Improved feature: filtering support for columns containing numbers.
Improved feature: grouping when grid uses the AutoGenerateColumns feature.
Improved feature: support for data bound controls inside DetailGrid templates.
Support for Visual Studio 2010 RC1 / .NET 4.0.

February 7, 2010 - Version 6.0.6

Integrated with the new version of the Interface Controls (4.0.4).

December 28, 2009 - Version 6.0.5

New feature: ability to export data either as text or in the default format, using the new ExportAsText property of the Column class.
Improved: ability to scroll the grid horizontally in edit mode using the TAB key.
Improved: ability to use the ShowEmptyDetails feature with multiple detail grids on the same level.
Improved: ability to use the multi-record add/edit feature together with edit templates.
Fixed issue: styles not being loaded on large user loads (> 10,000 simultaneous users).
Fixed issue: custom filters not working after full page postbacks.

November 9, 2009 - Version 6.0.4

Improved: support for master/detail grids inside master pages.

October 24, 2009 - Version 6.0.3

Improved: support for filtering localized dates (dates formatted using the DataFormatString property).
Improved: filtering capabilities for columns containing numbers (integer values, double values, etc.).

October 22, 2009 - Version 6.0.2

Fixed issue: styles not loading correctly during cross-page postbacks.

October 17, 2009 - Version 6.0.1

Improvements and minor fixes for IE6 (standards/quirks mode) and IE8/IE7 (quirks mode).
Fixed minor issue with vertical scrolling specified in percentages.

October 12, 2009 - Version 6.0.0

New style: black_glass.
New feature: InitialState - for showing filters when the page is loaded.
New feature: FilterPosition - for positioning filters at the top/bottom of the grid.
New feature: support for setting initial filters - using the new FilterCriteria property of the Column class.
New feature: custom filter options (with templates) - for creating highly complex and specialized filters.
New feature: ability to create any type of filters for date/time columns (e.g. "Between", "Filter By Year").
New feature: MatchingType property - for using ALL filters or ANY filter.
New feature: OnFiltering server-side event.
New feature: OnFiltering and OnPopulatingFilterFields client-side events.
New feature: ability to set ScrollWidth & ScrollHeight using percentages.
New feature: ability to have the grid fill in the full window width/height.
New feature: support for automatic resizing inside Splitter, without custom coding.
New feature: fixed height.
New feature: fixed height in percentages.
Improved and reduced XHTML/CSS markup.
Improved cross-browser support.
Improved integration with ASP.NET AJAX.
Over fifty small improvements and fixes.
Integrated with the new version of the Interface Controls (4.0.3).

May 20, 2009 - Version 5.0.7

Integrated with the new version of the Interface Controls (4.0.1).

April 13, 2009 - Version 5.0.6

Integrated with the new version of the Interface Controls (4.0.0).

March 19, 2009 - Version 5.0.5

Integrated with the new version of the Interface Controls (3.0.0).
Improved: performance.

March 3, 2009 - Version 5.0.4

Small improvements.

February 25, 2009 - Version 5.0.3

Integrated with the new version of the Interface Controls (2.5.0).
Improved: design-time support.

February 17, 2009 - Version 5.0.2

Integrated with the new version of the Interface Controls (2.0.0).
Improved: add/edit/delete feature.
Improved: multi-record add/edit/delete feature, to work in detail grids.
Improved: master/detail feature.

January 19, 2009 - Version 5.0.1

Improved: data binding feature, to increase the performance.
Improved: master/detail feature.
Improved: LINQ support.
Improved: scrolling feature.

December 10, 2008 - Version 5.0.0

New feature: new UI elements (TextBox and DropDownList) built-in into the Grid.
New styles: grand_gray and premiere_blue styles.
New feature: ability to customize the JavaScript warning (displayed to the users when the Grid is not initialized correctly), using the new LocalizationSettings.JSWarning property.
Improved: cross-browser support.
Improved: exporting feature.
Improved: templating feature.
Improved: grouping feature.

October 28, 2008 - Version 4.0.3

New feature: ability to customize the group headers,
using the TemplateSettings.GroupHeaderTemplateId property.
New feature: ability to format the data in the group headers,
using the DataFormatString_GroupHeader property.
New feature: ability to specify multiple column names in the ForeignKeys property.
New feature: ability to get the client-side ID of the detail grid inside templates
(e.g. to use it together with action buttons templates).
New feature: client-side properties / methods for manipulating detail grids on the client-side.
New feature: ability to access the grid object that raised a client-side event,
using the new ExposeSender property.
New feature: ability to populate detail grids from a LinqDataSource control.
New feature: ability to use the horizontal scrolling feature together with ShowFooter="false".
New feature: ability to use RowEditTemplates inside detail grids.
New feature: support for aggregates (totals / subtotals) in detail grids.
New feature: ability to use scrolling and detail grids together.
New feature: ability to use the filtering feature with detail grids.
Improved: support for Firefox 3, Google Chrome, Safari and Opera.
Improved: memory management mechanism, that eliminates the memory leaks.
Improved: design time support.
Improved: multi-record add / edit / delete feature.
Improved: column resizing feature.
Improved: scrolling feature.
Improved: data binding functionality.
Improved: exporting feature.

July 7, 2008 - Version 4.0.2

Improved support for Firefox version 3

June 19, 2008 - Version 4.0.1

New feature: support for populating the Grid using LINQ.
New feature: the detail grids can be populated from various data sources (SqlDataSource, ObjectDataSource, DataSet, etc.).
New feature: support for using templates inside detail grids.
New feature: ability to configure the properties of the columns when the AutoGenerateColumns feature is used, using the OnColumnsCreated event.
New feature: ability to use AllowMultiRecordAdding and RowEditTemplates together.
New feature: ability to use the DataFormatString property together with totals/subtotals.
New feature: support for using RowEditTemplates together with master/detail grids.
New feature: support for using the OnSelect, OnRowDataBound, OnRowCreated events with detail grids.
New feature: ability to populate at run-time the controls placed inside RowEditTemplates.
Improved: ability to load multiple detail grids at once, when using the OnCallback pattern.
Improved: the horizontal scrolling feature also scrolls the columns' footer.
Improved: grouping feature to work better when the grid is populated from a generic collection.
Improved: showColumn / hideColumn client-side methods, to work with the horizontal scrolling feature.
Improved: add/edit feature for postback mode.
Improved: design-time support for configuring the TemplateSettings property of the columns.
Improved: some problems related to the EventValidation feature of the Page have been solved

March 11, 2008 - Version 4.0.0

New feature: master/detail architecture. See live example. Supports unlimited number of detail levels.
New feature: ability to display totals/sub-totals/averages for the entire grid or for each group separately.
New feature: fixed (frozen) columns for horizontal scrolling (like in MS Excel).
New feature: ability to print the contents of the grid.
New feature: support for the DataFormatString property, which simplifies formatting of grid data.
New feature: ability to apply formatting in edit mode, using the new ApplyFormatInEditMode property.
New feature: option to hide a column when grouping the records by that column.
New feature: ability to display the number of records contained in each group.
New feature: support for displaying ALL the records of the grid.
New feature: filters may be applied on the client-side, with no user interaction.
New feature: customizable localization settings.
New feature: option to specify a replacement text for NULL values, using the new NullDisplayText property.
New feature: OnClientExportStart / OnClientExportFinish client-side events for the exporting feature.
New feature: ability to open the exported file in the current browser window or in a new window, using the new ExportedFilesTargetWindow property.
New feature: support for accessing the index of the current column in the grid templates, using the new ColumnIndex property of the TemplateContainer class.
New feature: ability to enable access to the grid's data on the server-side (in the event handlers) using the new AllowDataAccessOnServer property.
Improved: when using the showColumn / hideColumn client-side methods, the visible state of the columns is persisted across page postbacks.
Improved: the Grid control is extensible (i.e. you can create your own grid controls that inherit from our Grid).
Improved: support for binding the grid to generic collections that contain System.Nullable properties (for bool, int, etc. types).
Improved: the same header template may be used for multiple columns.
Improved: columns that don't have the DataField property specified can be customized in the event handler for the OnRowDataBound event.
Improved: the filtering features handles correctly the columns that contain empty spaces in their names.
Fixed bug: the issue that appeared when AutoGenerateColumns was enabled and no data source was specified has been fixed.
Fixed bug: small issues related to the filtering feature have been fixed.

October 3, 2007 - Version 3.0.1

New styles: See live styles
Improved key navigation feature: Enter and Esc keys may be used when the focus is inside one of the textboxes used for add/edit. See live demo
Improved column resizing feature: the performance is much better (it works 100 times faster). Try it
New feature: the grid is compatible with the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit
New feature: when using a custom value for the PageSize property, it is automatically added to the PageSizeOptions collection.
Fixed bug: server controls that are using the DataSourceID property can be placed inside a grid template.
Improved: some issues with the TypeValidation feature were fixed.
Improved: the grid can be bound to generic collections that contain System.Nullable<> properties.
Improved: the maximum performance feature works fine together with the grouping feature.
Improved: when the grid doesn't contain any data, the CSS styles are loaded correctly, without calling the DataBind method.
Improved: the edit feature works without problems when using both RowEditTemplate and template for buttons features.
Fixed bug: the grid is rendered just fine in Design Mode (in Visual Studio) when the Language property is specified.
Improved: the columns are aligned with the headers when using both ScrollWidth and ScrollHeight for a grid that has columns with the Wrap property set to true

September 4, 2007 - Version 3.0.0

Improved performance: the Grid can handle millions of records in just 2 seconds. See example
New events: OnRowCreated and OnRowDataBound
New feature: declarative add/edit/delete. The Grid can update the database using the methods of the DataSourceControls, without writing any line of C#/VB code.
Improved data-binding feature: the Grid can be bound to any data source, including XmlDataSource
Improved architecture: the controls inside the Grid's templates can easily be accessed server-side
New method: ClearPreviousDataSource - used when changing the Grid's data source
New client-side properties: GridMainContainer, GridHeaderContainer, GridBodyContainer, GridFooterContainer
Fixed bugs: many known bugs were fixed

July 3, 2007 - Version 2.0.1

New feature: the OnClientCallbackError client-side event can be used to catch exceptions raised on the server-side and handle them on the client-side
Improved performance: the Grid executes AJAX callbacks faster than before
New property: IsCallback, which can be used to increase the performance of the grid, by rendering some controls only when the page is loaded for the first time.
Improved sorting feature: when the grid is binded to controls that implement the IDataSource interface (ObjectDataSource, SqlDataSource, etc) the sorting feature works fine for numbers, dates, etc.
Improved client-side events - to work with the multi-record add/edit/delete feature
Improved record selection feature
Fixed bug: the Grid handles records that contain back-slashes ("\") without problems
Fixed bug: the filtering feature works without problems also when "SmallerThan", "LargerThan" etc. operators are applied to float or date-time values
Fixed bug: the Grid works fine also when the name of the file is not specified (e.g. when http://server.com/ is used instead of http://server.com/Default.aspx)
Fixed bug: the RowEditTemplate feature works fine when templates are used for the Edit|Delete-Update|Cancel buttons
Fixed bug: the Grid works fine also when anchors are used in the URL

June 14, 2007 - Version 2.0.0

New feature: rich design-time support (with full set of features, including template editing)
New client-side methods: getTotalNumberOfRecords and getPageSize
New feature: sorting and grouping features work independent on each other (i.e. you can disable sorting and continue to use grouping)
Improved client-side methods: executeInsert, executeUpdate and executeDelete - to work with special characters
Improved record selection feature: the records from multiple pages can be selected on the server-side
Fixed bug: exporting feature works also when the Serialize property is set to false
Obsolete Properties: the ScrollHeight, ScrollWidth, ScrollTop and ScrollLeft properties were moved to the ScrollingSettings property.
Obsolete Properties: all the CSSxxxx properties were moved to the CssSettings property.
Obsolete Properties: all the xxxxTemplateId properties of the Grid class were moved to the TemplateSettings property (of the Grid class).

May 29, 2007 - Version 1.0.10

Fixed bug: some problems with the scrolling feature have been fixed
Fixed bug: a problem with the multi-record add/edit/delete feature has been fixed

May 22, 2007 - Version 1.0.9

Fixed bug: a problem with the templates for the Add/Edit/Delete buttons has been fixed
Fixed bug: a problem with the manual paging feature has been fixed

May 10, 2007 - Version 1.0.8

New feature: Multi-Record Add/Edit/Delete
New feature: RowEditTemplate - the grid can have templates for editing the entire row
New feature: Manual Paging
New feature: FilterOptions property - used to customize the filter options for each column
New client-side events: OnClientDblClick, OnClientPopulateControls, OnBeforeClientEdit, OnBeforeClientAdd, OnClientEdit, OnClientAdd, OnBeforeClientCancelEdit, OnClientCancelEdit, OnBeforeClientCancelAdd, OnClientCancelAdd
New client-side methods: executeInsert, executeUpdate, executeDelete - which allow you to insert, update, delete records automatically or from outside the Grid
New properties: ShowTotalNumberOfPages, NumberOfPagesShownInFooter - used to customize the page numbers from the footer
New feature: Numbering Records
Improved Type Validation feature - to support AllowNulls and MaxLength properties of the database columns
New property: ShowCollapsedGroups - used together with the Grouping feature to display collapsed groups
Improved Exporting feature - hidden columns can also be exported, option to specify the columns which will be used for the export
New property: GroupHeaderTemplateId - used to specify the template that should be used for the column in the Header of the groups
Improved support for binding the grid to empty data sources
Improved ASP.NET AJAX Support
Fixed bug: the Columns collection can be modified during a postback
Fixed bug: the HeaderAlign property works fine also for Edit|Delete columns
Fixed bug: Grouping and ScrollHeight features can be used together
Fixed bug: the Grid is culture-independent (it is not affected by the regional settings)
Fixed bug: ScrollWidth and Adding features work fine together
Other minor bugs were also fixed
Obsolete Properties: TemplateId, EditTemplateId, FilterTemplateId, HeaderTemplateId. Use the TemplateSettings member to set these properties
Obsolete Properties: all client-side events were moved to the ClientSideEvents property

March 30, 2007 - Version 1.0.7

The adding feature works better when relative widths are used.
Improved support for binding the grid to an ObjectDataSource or SqlDataSource
Improved templating feature for Add/Edit/Delete buttons

March 27, 2007 - Version 1.0.6

New feature: Relative Widths for the Grid or for the Columns
Improved support for custom controls inside the Grid (in CallbackMode) (e.g. DatePicker, Combobox)
Improved validation feature using the OnBeforeClientXXXX events (the records remain in
add/edit mode when the validation is not successful)
Improved Client-Side Model for an easier access to the data inside the Grid on the client-side.
New property: AutoPostBackOnSelect
Improved sorting feature for numbers and dates when the Grid is bounded to a Collection of objects.
New client-side method: changePage
Improved AutoGenerateColumns feature - to work fine when the Grid is bounded to a SqlDataSource or ObjectDataSource
Some problems with the Container.DataObject object were fixed.
Improved showColumn/hideColumn client-side methods - to work fine also when the Grouping feature is used.
The HTML structure of the Grid was changed to improve the performance.
Improved support for ASP.NET Controls inside the Templates - the controls will fire their server-side events correctly.
Other small problems/bugs were fixed.

February 19, 2007 - Version 1.0.5

New feature: Grouping
Improved Exporting feature: Generate documents compatible with Office 2007
The Grid .NET 2.0 version is fully compatible with ASP.NET AJAX and AJAX Page
New properties for customizing paging: AllowPaging & AllowPageSizeSelection
Small fixes for some features (AutoGenerateColumns, refresh, adding records, show/hide Columns and other)
New examples: Edit Records on Double-Click and Using Default Values for Add

January 30, 2007 - Version 1.0.4

New feature: Exporting to MS Excel and MS Word (with many additional features)
New feature: Key Navigation (easy to customize)
New feature: Multi-Column Sorting using CTRL + Click
Improved interoperability between the Grid and AJAX Page control
Improved Templates - to support server-side IDs for the ControlID property
New property for the Container object from Templates: DataObject - provides access
to the custom object representing a record (if the Grid is binded to a collection of custom objects)
Improved refresh client-side method - to cause the rebind of the Grid (even when Serialize=true)
Better support for line breaks inside the cells in view mode and edit mode
New CSS Property: CSSFooterRecordsPages - this can be used to modify the style for the "Records: ... Pages: ..." text from the footer
Some bugs that appeared in the Firefox browser were fixed.

January 15, 2007 - Version 1.0.3

New feature: Records Filtering.
New property: ShowLoadingMessage - used to enable/disable the displaying of the "Loading..." message.
Data-binding support for .NET 2.0 Generic Collections.
New property: Records - a collection that contains all the records from the Grid with their data.
Improved OnBeforeClientInsert, OnBeforeClientUpdate and OnBeforeClientDelete events
(they have an argument containing all the information about the added/edited/deleted record)
Improved showColumn/hideColumn client-side methods - they work fine also when both ScrollWidth and ScrollHeight are used.
A problem with the Column Resizing feature for .NET 2.0 DLL was fixed.
Wrap property for the columns improved for the Firefox browser.

December 18, 2006 - Version 1.0.2

Scrolling Feature - Vertical(with fixed headers) or horizontal.
New properties for Columns: Visible, Wrap, HeaderAlign, ParseHTML.
New client-side methods: selectRecord, deselectRecord, showColumn, hideColumn.
Option to use values from more columns inside the same template.
Templates for the Add new/Edit/Delete/Update/Cancel buttons.
Option to set the selected records on the server-side.
Support for hover effects.
Option to set IDs for the records.
New client-side event - OnClientCallback - which is triggered when the grid is reloaded after a callback.