Why use TwinGrid?

  1. Organize your internet business data or your customer information.
  2. Simple, no complicated server side programming (CGI, Perl, or whatever) is needed. 
  3. Design and change your query form as often as you like. Sometimes no need to change server side program.
  4. Excellent for Intranet or Internet temporary survey projects.
  5. Operates like a spreadsheet. It is easy to use.
  6. New data can be loaded directly from your regular email (TwinGrid Email parser)
  7. Download file and populate data on your desk top. (TwinGrid FTP)
  8. Navigate your database with ease. Click or scroll with keyboard or mouse.
  9. Instant form view of each record as you navigate the database.
  10. Highlight your data by changing font colors or styles: bold, italic or underline.
  11. Resizable screen and panels.
  12. MS Office compatible - copy and paste data to Excel, Word or other Windows applications.
  13. Send bulk emails from your desktop - copy and paste email addresses.
  14. Save data to grid file, comma-delimited file (Excel ready), or tab-delimited file.
  15. Easily transfer mailing labels to Word for printing.
  16. It is cost effective (only $39).
Why not use a Server-side Database?
  1. Your ISPs or web page hosting agents probably do not allow you to install a database on their machines.
  2. To retrieve the data, you need to get on the net or download the database.
  3. To maintain the database, you need to go to the server to delete unwanted records, change database structure, compact the database, etc.
  4. It is a tedious job to modify the interface program every time you change the form.
  5. Regardless, we still provide the ASP code to guide you on how to write data on the server side. However, you need to maintain the database by yourself - don't let it grow too big. 
  6. It is very expensive to hire someone to design the program, design the database, and maintain the database.
  7. You have increased data security to not let your valuable business information reside in your hosting agent's machine.
What's wrong with the 'mailto:' function?
Some earlier versions of Microsoft IE3 and IE4 browsers do not support form 'mailto' function. What happens is when the users of those browsers click the Submit button, the email window pops up.  That means about 20% to 30% of your customers cannot respond to the form to you. That's too bad.
'mailto:' submits all fields in your form to your email box. You have no control on the order of the fields or which fields you don't want them to appear in the email. This is crucial when you are dealing with sensitive issues or credit card information. 
You can only 'mailto:' one person. 
Because of increasing internet spam and virus issues, newer version browser might not allow 'mailto:' function as before. You need to have a server-side program, such as CGI or ASP to handle Form response text.
What's wrong with TwinGrid's competitors?
Too complicate to use.
Some still use 'mailto' function.
No sorting, editing, searching functions.
There's a lots of differences. Take a close look at TwinGrid screen design go home