One of the nice things about mergGoogle, by the way, over trying to implement an API, is that mergGoogle is asynchronous, which makes it very speedy. For example, I have, here, several spreadsheets with multiple sheets per spreadsheet, and thousands of cells that we update nearly continuously.
On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com> wrote: > look at MergGoogle. It's a widget that we paid Monte to write so we could > have all sorts of fun with Google Sheets, and might I say, we have all > sorts of fun with Google Sheets. > > On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 1:56 PM, JOHN PATTEN <johnpat...@me.com> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> So, I have never dived into any APIs, or LiveCode (Widget) Builder, but >> yesterday I read about the the release of the Google Sheets API ( >> https://developers.google.com/sheets/ < >> https://developers.google.com/sheets/>). If you look at the Google >> Sheets documentation it lists some quick start strategies ( >> https://developers.google.com/sheets/quickstart/dotnet < >> https://developers.google.com/sheets/quickstart/dotnet>) that require >> specific development languages. What!?? No LiveCode option? :) >> >> Before I spend time trying to understand whether it would be possible to >> tie a LiveCode project to a Google Spreadsheet, …the thinking here is that >> it would be very useful to allow people/teachers/students to create >> LiveCode apps and store simple data into a Google Spreadsheets. This would >> be as opposed to storing them on an db. Google Sheets would give them the >> ability to generate reports from the data their LiveCode apps sent to the >> Google Sheet. >> >> Does Infinite LiveCode (Widgets) and the Google Sheets API a provide the >> potential to create a widget that would/could be used to say, define the >> Google Sheet, the columns in a Google Sheet, and then the ability to send >> data from LiveCode to the Google Spreadsheet? (Like maybe send an array of >> data to the spreadsheet) Or, am I totally off the tracks with this idea? >> >> I would not know where to start with something like this, but if folks >> think it is possible, I’m game to learn. >> >> Thanks for any feedback you may have! >> >> John Patten >> SUSD >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > -- > On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth > On the second day, God created the oceans. > On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, > and did a little diving. > And God said, "This is good." > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode