You might have better luck in the Google Apps gasgets API forum at http://code.google.com/googleapps/support/gadgets/ . That forum is meant for gadgets developed to work in Google Apps like speadsheets. This forum is primarily for support of themes and gadgets hosted in iGoogle.
Rob Russell Google Developer Relations On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 2:45 PM, WebsterWest <[email protected]> wrote: > I am having a few issues with developing spreadsheet gadgets. > > First, I would like to have my gadget use all of the spreadsheet data > without having a range selection requirement. In fact, I would like > to avoid using the data visualization api for loading the data within > the gadget. This visualization api is too stringent for my needs in > defining a column to be of a certain type (e.g. numeric). Suppose I > have the values 1,2,3,a,b,c in a spreadsheet column. Then the > visualization api thinks the entire column is numeric and returns > empty values for the last three letters in the gadget. I would prefer > to get the url of the spreadsheet and change the output option to csv > manually. Note, I understand how to hard code the correct spreadsheet > url into the gadget, but here I am describing loading the gadget using > the Insert > Gadget menu from within the spreadsheet itself. Does > anyone know how to do this? > > Secondly, how can we avoid the reloading of the gadget when its > display is resized within the spreadsheet. This is very annoying in > that if a user is working in the gadget and they then resize it, the > gadget then reloads and the user loses all of their work. Is there a > workaround for this? > > Many thanks for any help, > > WW > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-gadgets-api%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en.
