| pblais@odstrategies.org 2007-04-27, 7:55 am |
| There are a lot of ways to go and it depends on what you want. For a
real spreadsheet you'll need to invest in a .COM tool to interact with
Excel and make a real spreadsheet. You may also choose to write a
report and display it in print preview and optionally make a .CSV file
that the user can open in excel. You could even farther and do even
more customization. I've done both and the Excel option for a report
isn't very hard with no extra tools needed to a .CSV file.
Each of these has more levels of work for you the developer. You want
enough to get the job done easy and cheap. Those are the hardest parts
of your job.
I've done nice things with Ingasoft's Excel tool in hand code. If you
can deal with hand code comfortably .COM interfaces do a whole lot.
The trick is not doing more than you have to. I've not been impressed
with templates that try to do this but using your own code they can
make a very pro looking result without dealing with details that can
really use up your time.
I just wouldn't discount making .CSV files and opening them with
ShellExecute. A lot of users will be exceptionally pleased with this
approach and it is VERY cost effective. You choose your level.
On 26 Apr 2007 21:26:50 -0400, "Richard Illingworth"
<logtimer@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Hi, Can I please have a recomendation for a Excel like spreedsheet I can use
>in the Clarion environment.
>I want it to be printable and on a window.
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Paul Blais - Hayes, Virginia
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