Better ListView Express edition: Free .NET listview control

The free Express edition has less features than the full version, but still kills the regular .NET WinForms (C#, VB.net) listview control.

Extra Features	Better ListView	Better ListView Express	Regular .NET ListView
Data binding	●	●	×
Automatic sizing of items	●	●	×
Background image with transparency	●	●	×
Embedded controls	●	●	×
Serialization to XML and binary	●	●	×
Inbuilt sorting	●	●	×
Automatic tooltips on items	●	●	×
Hierarchical items	●	×	×
Column reordering	●	×	×
Item reordering	●	×	×
Text on empty list	●	×	×
Multi-line items	●	×	×
Thumbnails view, customizable image shadows and borders	●	×	×
Multi-column sorting	●	×	×
Text formatting (trimming, ellipsis, line breaks)	●	×	×
Three state checkboxes	●	×	×
Separate context menus for items, columns and groups	●	×	×
Alphanumeric sorting support	●	×	×
Separate context menus on columns, items and groups	●	×	×
Automatic tooltips on columns and groups	●	×	×
Custom tooltips	●	×	×
Saving and loading Better ListView content	●	×	×
Individual columns can be hidden	●	×	×

Improved Features	Better ListView	Better ListView Express	Regular .NET ListView
Custom label edit (combos, date/time, ...), sub-item label edit	●	●	×
Flicker-free	●	●	×
Check boxes in all views	●	●	×
Detailed hit test	●	●	×
Images supported on columns, groups, items, sub-items	●	●	×
Drag and drop: with effects, cross-application item dragging	●	●	×
Multiple tooltips attachable everywhere	●	●	×
Owner drawing with full control	●	●	×
Searching by typing: explorer-like behaviour, customizable	●	●	×
Full native theme support (modern look on Windows Vista/7)	●	●	×
Groups: focusable, preserve item order	●	●	×
Groups: collapsible	●	×	×
Column headers in all views	●	×	×
Customizable item/column/group sizes and paddings in every view	●	×	×
Check boxes can be hidden on individual items	●	×	×