A useful Windows Forms component
Editor: The Microsoft DateTimePicker has poor usability and a Minimalist API. SFPE is its best possible replacement for .Net. Forget about all those unsatisfying solutions based on Microsoft DateTimePicker derived classes or textboxes, masked or not! Instead, use a powerful component designed to furnish your end-users with field based editors. It offers the following features:

Nullability
It is nullable by setting the Value property to null or DBNull. The Text property can also be set to an empty String. When set to null, an optional custom string can be displayed, e.g. Type to set or No data. The user can also force the content to null. It鈥檚 up to the developer how this is done (delete key press, checkbox or another button with text or a custom image). This screencast, demonstrates the feature from the user point-of-view.

Databinding
SFPE goes beyond what you expect from DataBinding. The Value and Text properties can, of course, be bound to a data source, but the features do not stop here. Since the component is nullable, there鈥檚 no problem binding to a nullable column in a Grid. Also, each field can be bound independently. This means that the value of the checkbox itself can be controlled by its own boolean column.

DataGridView and PropertyGrid integration
A custom editor, implementing IDataGridViewEditingControl, enables you to embed the DateTimePicker in your DataGridView. Your grid gets all the benefits of the editor, including DataBinding with a nullable DateTime column. This screencast (from the initial beta) showcases the perfect integration.
If you also have SPG, a custom feel integrates the DateTimePicker into the PropertyGrid. (This fixes the initial issue of SPG not being able to include the Microsoft DateTimePicker, which is not flexible enough.)
Because the BorderStyle can be set to None and the text offset can be changed, SFPE can be embedded in other 3rd party containers. Contact VisualHint if you have specific requirements. you can free download Smart FieldPackEditor.NET 1.3 now.