Data Grid Comment

[Trevor DeVore]

On May 18, 2009, at 9:06 PM, RevList wrote:

> The Data Grid is fantastic.
> I just used two data grid tables in my recent project and it worked  
> like a charm.
> I created Stand Alone versions for Mac and Win and have made them
> available one of my web sites four our  customer access.
> If you are interested, see
> http://www.firstclass.com/~slynch/FOV13-0025D13D/?OpenItemURL=S04E88F59-04E88F59
> I have a short video that showcases the utility.

Hi Stewart,

Thanks for sharing your application. Looks great!

> ...
> What I really like is the Question/Answer way in which the  
> documentation
> is set up.  This is very helpful.
>
> A question for Trevor.  As you answer questions in this forum, do  
> you add
> the question to your online documentation?

Usually, yes. I'm a firm believe in documentation that evolves as you  
handle support requests. Using Questions/Answers is another technique  
we employ at my company and which we teach to our ScreenSteps/ 
ScreenSteps Live customers.

In my experience people don't read manuals and only start looking at  
documentation when they are trying to solve a particular problem.  
Looking through questions and answers helps them solve their immediate  
problem and makes them happy. Having to read a manual and translate  
what they read into a particular task is more time consuming.

I discussed some of the techniques I employ when writing documentation  
in revUp issue 70. How you approach your documentation determines  
whether or not you will get it done, and, after it is finished,  
whether or not your customers will get a lot of use out of it.

<http://www.runrev.com/newsletter/may/issue70/newsletter1.php>

> If not, it would be really nice if someone could build an FAQ of all  
> of
> the questions that are being answered.
> I really like reading the responses and trying to file them away  
> somewhere
> as I know that I will have the same question some time.

The manual is continually being added to and refined. Today I started  
a tips and tricks manual that shows how to convert a database cursor  
to an array you can assign to a data grid and I added a lesson showing  
how to create a data grid by hand. I also updated the API chapter.

Data Grid Tips & Tricks
<https://revolution.screenstepslive.com/spaces/revolution_tools/manuals/datagrid_tips 
 >

Creating a Data Grid By Hand
<http://revolution.screenstepslive.com/spaces/revolution_tools/manuals/datagrid/lessons/4488-Creating-A-Data-Grid-By-Hand 
 >

Regards,

-- 
Trevor DeVore
Blue Mango Learning Systems
www.bluemangolearning.com    -    www.screensteps.com