>And how long would it take you to get the functionality using standed winform controls, if it can even be done?
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>>I looked at that demo and thought, "So what??". It's very pretty. IMO, this adds zero to the business apps I work on, except of course, more development time. I can accomplish the exact same result with the controls that come out of the VS toolbox. By result, I mean
>>putting data in front of a user. The difference here is that with WPF, they can have it later as opposed to now.
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>>Now don't misunderstand me, I really like the look, I just am not willing to invest all the time involved to make it more pretty. Pretty adds nothing to functionality.


2 lines of code:

GridView1.DataSource = oTable;
GridView1.DataBind();

Is it pretty? Maybe not. Is it functional, yes.