Hi Frank,
You can do an x-platform grid using the grid Xtra from Electronic Ink
http://www.printomatic.com, but you will still need to read the data in/out
somehow. They have some pretty decent starter code that should get you off
and running in very little time. There might still be an issue with vertical
text alignment not working on the Mac, but overall it works pretty well.
I typically use the v12 database Xtra for data storage/retrieval, but you
could even use a flat text file. If you do, I would recommend using
BuddyFile instead of FileIO because with the latter, you will run into an
upper limit on filesize eventually while in evaluating BuddyFile it seemed
to handle fairly huge files with no problem.
HTH,
Andy Driscoll
Frank Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have a client who want to be able to update a spreadsheet in Excel on
an ongoing basis, and have that file be the dynamically-loaded source
for a Flash Datagrid embedded in Director -- or something functionally
and aesthetically equivalent. I'm open to suggestion, such as an
Xtra...? (must be cross-platform, though...)
Once in Director, they want to be able to sort records by the column
header they click on, and open a related document when they click on a
row (i.e., record) -- probably another Flash module that receives a
unique key from the clicked-upon datagrid record (I can take it from
there once I get the message across).
I know Lingo really well and enough actionscript to be dangerous, but
I've never used the data grid before -- and this has to be done by this
weekend. LOL.
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