Hi Karen, everyone, This time, I totally disagree.
I worked in a large computer corporation and I also saw that: people used Excel to make memo, db, and so on. Sometimes, they also use it as a spreadsheet. I still think that one have to use the right tool for the right job. Excel is a SpreadSheet. Of course, people are free to use an elephant gun to kill a mosquito (the insect, not the plane). ;) A car is an object to transport people (not for kill them)... Cheers, Emile > From: Karen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Grid Control: was Keynote Reality Distortion > To: REALbasic NUG <[email protected]> > > > On May 13, 2007, at 8:41 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> > On May 13, 2007, at 00:32 UTC, Karen wrote: >> > >> >>> >> I've not worked with Interface builder (and so NSTable view), Delphi >>> >> or VB but an Xplatform control like that which is much more more >>> >> spreadsheet oriented and ideally supporting merging cells and >>> >> freezing the top X rows and first X columns for scrolling would be >>> >> great. >>> >> > >> > What do you mean by "merging cells"? >> > >> > > Have you not used Excel? The ability for adjacent cells to act as a > single cell in terms of having a continuous content area horizontally > or vertically. That can not be done with the current listbox . In > excel i use that for many things but horizontally most often for > headers that span columns, vertially for summary data > > >> > I'm not sure how this is a major gap, though -- how many people >> > need to >> > write a spreadsheet in RB? >> > > > Joe you miss the point... It's not the calculations but the > flexability and ease with with large amounts of data can be displayed > and viewed. Where i work people use excel for databases for storage, > review and reporting of data because of that. You can whip up nice > professional looking printable reports very quickly in excel with > that type of grid functionality and my end users expect that > functionality for large data sets. > _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
