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Nathan
A couple of months ago, I went looking for a .NET grid component with
what I thought was pretty simple criteria - I wanted an interface that
provided my users with Excel-like data entry capability. My users
(mostly scientists) use Excel for just about everything and like how
quick and easy it is to manipulte tabular data in Excel. For example,
a partial list of data-entry features provided by Excel:
- Copy/paste from one cell to many
- Copy/paste block of data
- Fill down/across (which option to increment numbers)
- Quick navigation with tab/enter keys, automatic edit when begin
typing
.... (etc)
I've looked at the following vendors (chosen because they have good
marketing departments i.e. they have ads in the .NET mags I read) and
haven't found anything that emulates Excel:
Infragistics
ComponentOne
SyncFusion
FarPoint
XceedSoft
My users have started asking why I can't make the grids in my apps more
like Excel, which after all is a Microsoft product. I don't want to
spend my time on the "plumbing" to emulate Excel, but may have to.
Is anybody else in this position and/or frustrated that there is no 3rd
party .NET grid that emulates Excel?
what I thought was pretty simple criteria - I wanted an interface that
provided my users with Excel-like data entry capability. My users
(mostly scientists) use Excel for just about everything and like how
quick and easy it is to manipulte tabular data in Excel. For example,
a partial list of data-entry features provided by Excel:
- Copy/paste from one cell to many
- Copy/paste block of data
- Fill down/across (which option to increment numbers)
- Quick navigation with tab/enter keys, automatic edit when begin
typing
.... (etc)
I've looked at the following vendors (chosen because they have good
marketing departments i.e. they have ads in the .NET mags I read) and
haven't found anything that emulates Excel:
Infragistics
ComponentOne
SyncFusion
FarPoint
XceedSoft
My users have started asking why I can't make the grids in my apps more
like Excel, which after all is a Microsoft product. I don't want to
spend my time on the "plumbing" to emulate Excel, but may have to.
Is anybody else in this position and/or frustrated that there is no 3rd
party .NET grid that emulates Excel?