data grid question

[Joe Lewis Wilkins]

Hi Bernard,

Though I appreciate everything you said, having NOT watched the first  
webinar for a number of reasons as I recall, it would still be a great  
help to know the foundation upon which DG works. I found in my  
earliest years studying mathematically subjective subjects that,  
rather that memorize a whole bunch of formulas, I could derive those  
formulas on an as need basis once I understood the relevant process.  
So I guess I'm asking: "Has anyone described the DG process in  
sufficient detail so that, had we the need to do so, we could recreate  
DG for ourselves?" IOW, how does it work, OR how is it expected to  
work in case it doesn't?

Also, once we are so empowered, we would be able to expand DG for our  
own special needs, freeing Trevor from the need to "mother-hen" his  
creation, something I'm assuming we have the power to do.

Perhaps I'm asking too much.

Incidentally, now that I think about it, I did not watch the Webinar  
mostly because I've found them to be a bit too fast paced, lacking the  
provision for adequate reflection, in most instances. (referring to  
OTHER Webinars I have watched. Is it, BTW, still "around" for viewing  
and is/are there an additional Webinar(s) on DG? Unlike the majority  
of those who follow this list, Revolution is NOT a source of income  
that sustains my existence.

Thanks to all who participate on this list.

Joe Wilkins

On Jun 23, 2009, at 1:41 AM, Bernard Devlin wrote:

> Hi Joe,
>
> Did you watch the first webinar on the DataGrid?  I think that is by
> far the easiest way to grasp why the DataGrid is useful.  Basically,
> the DataGrid serves to style the presentation of rows of complex data.
> One's options for doing this in Rev go (in increasing power and
> complexity) field, table field, ListMagic, DataGrid.
>
> The great thing about all these questions on the DG is that a) they
> have given Trevor ideas how to expand it further, b) they've found a
> few bugs, c) they will provide lots of additional information for you
> if/when you ever decide you too need to use a DG in your code.
>
> Bernard
>
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 4:41 AM, Joe Lewis Wilkins<pepetoo at cox.net>  
> wrote:
>> I've not even considered using the datagrid control, but I've  
>> noticed an
>> awful lot of traffic regarding it on this list.
>>
>> Since, once I understand how something really works, I've wondered  
>> if a
>> description of the concept behind datagrid has been provided.  
>> Probably a
>> real stupid question, but we have some pretty bright people on this  
>> list. It
>> seems to me that most of these threads would most likely be  
>> unnecessary if
>> there is one; or like many other things with revolution, this  
>> description is
>> too well hidden, not readily obvious to the first time user of the  
>> datagrid
>> control. Please forgive me if I'm waaaay off base with this.
>>
>> Joe Wilkins