A DataGrid is not a spreadsheet

Richard Gaskin ambassador at fourthworld.com
Fri Jul 29 18:48:56 EDT 2016


A DataGrid is a view of data, such as from a database.

Databases and a spreadsheets are VERY different categories of applications.

If you need a true spreadsheet, there are so many great ones available 
(LibreOffice is wonderful and free and open and runs on every platform) 
it'll probably be easier to just use one of those to get the job done.

If there's a more specialized app you want to build in LC that requires 
a fixed grid of editable cells you may find the table field a better 
starting point, as its behavior is more akin to a spreadsheet and is 
simpler to work with as well.

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  Richard Gaskin
  Fourth World Systems
  Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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