I have been looking at control suites for asp.net. I recently switched from Infragistics to the trial version of ComponentArt and I must say I couldn't be happier. While componentArt does not have the number of controls, editors, etc. that infragistics does, I find that using LLblgen with componentArt's suite very simple. Was wondering if anyone else out there has used their components for web apps and if so, what are your experiences. Any other recommendations for an asp.net controls library?

They look good, i'd be interested to see their grid control.

Yep, can't wait either. I'm using their tree and snap controls which work great and just received an email about their chart controls which look really impressive. Just waiting for the price. Have you by chance used their controls. Just looking for comments.

Yeah, their controls do look impressive but I think i'll wait to see the grid control also. Do they support VS2005 as well?

After evaluating a number of control suites out there, we've just decided to go with the ComponentArt suite. Sure compared with some of the other suites out there they don't have quite as many controls available, but what struck us was the quality and consistency of their API's, visual appearance, cross browser compatibility and general operation. Also, they just work straight out of the box.

Some control suites seem to go for quantity (Infragistics immediately comes to mind), whereas the ComponentArt guys seem to have gone for quality and have obviously spent the time getting it right - which is refreshing to see. Peter's Date Package still seems to be the best quality and best documented controls though (albeit date input and validation only).

Given the quality of the existing ComponentArt controls, and given how great their new charting control looks, I can only assume that the upcoming grid and datepicker controls are going to be equally as impressive.

Its also good to see AJAX features coming through more extensively in the control suites out there (as reported in these forums earlier, the dart controls look pretty impressive - though not the best licensing options). I can't wait to see how well ComponentArt's grid works with callbacks (AJAX).

For anyone interested, ComponentArt has just release the beta version of their 3.0 WebUI suite. It looks awsome. Grid, Calander and Ajax support for all their components. I'm gonna start playing with it tomarrow or the following day. Check it out at http://www.componentart.com.

fyi, looks as though the 3.0 suite will also include a lite version (whatever that means) of their charting control.