On May 13, 2007, at 9:11 AM, realbasic-nug- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 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. > > For RB as a RAD tool it would be a HUGE boost if done right > > >> And if you're not writing a spreadsheet, >> what do you need such a control for? > > For the RAD display/reporting/printing capabilities for data or > database centric custom apps. These things are not usually sold as > shrink wrapped software but used for custom internal company > applications ... the thing which made VB so popular in businesses.
Geeze, and based on the comments from earlier, no one would want to pay anything more than $29.95 for a full featured grid - whatever the definition of a grid is. Keep in mind, that the controls Suite from Component One (that has an awesome grid for VB6) is nearly $1200 for a YEARLY subscription PER developer. If I had 1000 users willing to commit to that size of suite someone (maybe even me!) would do it. But alas, there's too many cheapskates using RB. _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
