Wow. Thank you for the best reply I've read in a while :) I've decided to dump the whole "google api" misunderstanding, and implement my own tiny doc server, which the client app would use. Thanks again :)
Best regards, Daniel On Wednesday, January 15, 2014 5:43:24 PM UTC+2, David Bullock wrote: > I'd avoid expending effort on any Google API which is based on the 'GData' > XML/ATOM/REST philosophy. Not because that philosophy is bad, but there are > no Google engineers left in the Google Apps API team whom: > > a) understand the needs of application developers; > b) understand or appreciate the GData API; > c) give a toss if you are successful in using their product or not > > This is the main reason why there is no adequate documentation for you to > read that you want to poll the 'cells feed' for 'stuff that changed since I > last asked for it' (or how to do that). That's what you want to do though. > Maybe the Wayback Machine still has the old doco (search the archives of > this list for my links to that doco via the Wayback Machine). > > We've been promised a brand new shiny API based on Google's API Discovery > about a year ago, when an 'engineer' on the case abused the English > language in a disturbingly Orwellian way, and closed all the outstanding > bugs/feature requests as 'obsolete' with respect to a > then-and-still-unreleased version. (And further endeared himself by > refusing to disclose any roadmap for such an API or engage in discussion > about what features the users of such an API were interested in). > > Occasionally, I grab my pike and wave it at the castle gates ... it's an > amusing pastime (it's not like I actually attempt to *use* this API > anymore, myself) for Januaries, and there's a perverse pleasure in hearing > the echoes of one's own voice as it reverberates off the deserted > barricades. Occasionally I draw a few arrows for my temerity which is > apparently 'off topic'. But we all know it's just because they can't > handle honest criticism, and like most power structures would prefer to > shut up the people daring to point out reality, instead of actually doing > something which would demonstrate that the criticism is not justified (or > even making some kind of attempt to engage with the criticism - don't you > Google guys have any *pride* in your work?) > > Have a nice day. > > David > > > > On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 7:03 PM, Daniel Stefanov > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> C# >> I'm making a program that views and edits Google Spreadsheet data in a >> DataGridView. The changes I make through the program immediately appear in >> the Google Spreadheet, but changes I make via the browser do not appear in >> the program. I couldn't find any Events in the API for cell content changed >> or spreadsheet changed. How am I supposed to know when to update the data >> from the spreadsheet? Max acceptable delay is 3 seconds, so I can't iterate >> through the entire spreadsheet (1500+ rows) in an infinite loop. Please >> assist! >> >> Best regards >> - Daniel >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google Spreadsheets API" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Spreadsheets API" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
