Is there a better TreeView control that works with BCB

[SkyIDE]

Does any know of any (free) enhanced TreeView control that I can use in BCB? I need one that can make the text/node bold for example, and also that would have an extra spare string property for each node that I could use to store any string I want. For example: a node would have Text and Hint property or Text and strSomeString property.

I tried TVirtualTreeView but I couldn't get it to work/install. Is there anything else avaialble?

[mouser]

the first answer to these questions is always to visit Torry's:
http://www.torry.net/pages.php?id=143

[mouser]

the trick is to find a delphi components with source code (.pas); almost all such components can be used in c++
builder.

i've learned quite a few tricks about how to properly make bcb components out of delphi components (the c++ builder compiler can compile .pas but you sometimes need to do some tricks to make them work) - so if you find a component you like don't hesitate to ask for help converting it to a c++ builder component.

[SkyIDE]

Well, there is on this site: http://www.finances-ltd.narod.ru/components_treelistviews.html
The site seems to be fully English. The component looks good I just don't know whether it has a spare string property. It is a full on Delphi *.pas. I don't know how to get it to work in BCB + if I get it to work, if it doesn't have a spare string property for each node, it will be useless to me. That is the most important bit.

[jazper]

Bah..i didn't see that you tried Virtual Treeview...you should give it a try again...its the best out there

[SkyIDE]

Thanks for that I will see how I go.

[mouser]

let me speak up against virtual treeview.

vt is an extremely powerfull component, that can do quite a few things, and is designed to support very large trees generated dynamically.

it's also a tiny bit unstable in BCB, its big, has some bugs that need to be worked around, and can be frustratingly and consistently flakey.  It can also be a real pain to code.

that's my experience from using it on a few projects in a serious way (ie i havent just "tried" it, i use it).

so my advice is, if you NEED to create extremely large trees at runtime, vt can be a great thing and indispensable.

but if you don't need to create huge trees, do yourself a favor and save yourself the heartache and use something else.  just my 2 cents.  it's way overkill for most stuff and you'll pay a price in frustation if you try to use it.