> > From: Karen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Grid Control: was Keynote > Reality Distortion To: REALbasic NUG > <[email protected]> Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: > text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed On May 13, > 2007, at 10:48 AM, Emile Schwarz wrote: >> > 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. >> > My point was that a grid control designed to BE a grid control is a > powerful RAD tool when dealing with large amounts of data and > database stuff. While it has many of the needed features, the basic > design of the listbox being based around simple lists (thus > essentially row oriented instead of cell oriented) does not cut it. > > In addition it's lacking several of the UI features people associate > with spreadsheets but are more generally useful. This includes as I > said merging cells and freezing rows and columns for horizontal and > vertical scrolling purposes. >
Hi Karen, You are correct (even if my feeling stays the same). BUT, to be able to "freeze rows and columns" is a good step in the correct direction. My "souvenir" of excel does not contains that (was it Excel 2 ?) feature. And, to talk about the REALbasic ListBox, you are correct and I support your first paragraph at 100%. Cheers, Emile _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
