Spreadsheet

Hi,

Does C# and asp.net have anything similar to a JTable in java. I need to
bring up a spreadsheet like way of filling in information. The datagrid that
is available only lets you edit one row at a time and you have to keep
clicking edit and update. I need something more like a spreadsheet where the
user can just fill in the values as they go along and then at the end click
on submit and the changes are made to the database then.

Any ideas would be much appreciated!

Alan D Gilmour

"muirend" <muirend@tinyworld.co.uk> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Does C# and asp.net have anything similar to a JTable in java. I need to
>bring up a spreadsheet like way of filling in information. The datagrid
that
>is available only lets you edit one row at a time and you have to keep
>clicking edit and update. I need something more like a spreadsheet where
the
>user can just fill in the values as they go along and then at the end click
>on submit and the changes are made to the database then.
>
>Any ideas would be much appreciated!
>
>Alan D Gilmour
>
>

Since C# is still in Beta, you can bet there are things that are missing.
If you need spreadsheet capability now, pick one of the third-party control
suppliers, or a couple, and contact them. Tell them you are interested in
a spreadsheet control now that will easily upgrade to native .NET later.
See if any of them are committed to such a beast. Even if they are not,
you can use an ActiveX control in your .NET application. However, it will
require some sort of installation to run.

The other solution, of course, is to write the control yourself. It would
take some time, but you would learn a lot about writing GUIs in .NET.

A datagrid ( look in System.Web.Controls) would do nearly all of what
JTable does and some things
that JTable does not do.

Jason wrote:

> "muirend" <muirend@tinyworld.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Does C# and asp.net have anything similar to a JTable in java. I need to
>> bring up a spreadsheet like way of filling in information. The datagrid
>
> that
>
>> is available only lets you edit one row at a time and you have to keep
>> clicking edit and update. I need something more like a spreadsheet where
>
> the
>
>> user can just fill in the values as they go along and then at the end click
>> on submit and the changes are made to the database then.
>>
>> Any ideas would be much appreciated!
>>
>> Alan D Gilmour
>>
>>
>
> Since C# is still in Beta, you can bet there are things that are missing.
> If you need spreadsheet capability now, pick one of the third-party control
> suppliers, or a couple, and contact them. Tell them you are interested in
> a spreadsheet control now that will easily upgrade to native .NET later.
> See if any of them are committed to such a beast. Even if they are not,
> you can use an ActiveX control in your .NET application. However, it will
> require some sort of installation to run.
>
> The other solution, of course, is to write the control yourself. It would
> take some time, but you would learn a lot about writing GUIs in .NET.
>