8. Export directly to Excel?
On 2011-04-26, at 3:23 PM, Pascal Robert wrote: > 7. Installing a ODBC driver to connect to the database from Excel or > OpenOffice and let them work in Excel.., > > Le 2011-04-26 à 18:15, Chuck Hill <[email protected]> a écrit : > >> I see that you have a few options: >> >> 1. Fire your client. >> 2. Educate your client. >> 3. Figure out what they really need to do (NEED vs Implementation aka Excel) >> and deliver an interface that meets their needs in a far, far more effective >> way than scrolling in Excel. >> 4. Torture your client with a painfully low and ineffective UI >> 5. Use pure client side JavaScript as Mike suggested >> 6. Switch to divs so that the UI renders faster and you can update >> individual rows. >> >> >> Chuck >> >> >> On Apr 26, 2011, at 2:33 PM, Theodore Petrosky wrote: >> >>> I guess I should have started off by saying that my user demands that all >>> rows of data be visible all the time (because this is what it looks like in >>> excel). I even have a boolean to not show old data but she insists that all >>> data (including legacy data) is important and she needs to see it all the >>> time (so nothing gets marked as 'complete'). >>> >>> I think it sucks big time, but what can I do? I have been dragging my feet >>> for 3 weeks already and the only solution I have found was to wrap every >>> row in an UpdateContainer. >>> >>> Ted >>> >>> --- On Tue, 4/26/11, Chuck Hill <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> From: Chuck Hill <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: Re: AjaxUpdateContainer ? >>>> To: "Theodore Petrosky" <[email protected]> >>>> Cc: [email protected] >>>> Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 1:56 PM >>>> >>>> On Apr 26, 2011, at 5:16 AM, Theodore Petrosky wrote: >>>> >>>>> I am presenting a table to my user and I am noticing >>>> that the number of rows that they want to keep current is >>>> growing to more than 1k. >>>>> >>>>> One of the UI issues is to color individual rows that >>>> signify specific meta data (ie. row is red so it is >>>> important, green is something else). >>>>> >>>>> Currently, I have one AjaxUpdateContainer wrapping the >>>> whole table. If the user updates the row color, I fire the >>>> container update. But with over 1k rows, this is starting to >>>> take time (10 - 15 seconds). So I thought that I would wrap >>>> the individual row in its own update container. >>>>> >>>>> Before I jump into this, I thought I would ask. If I >>>> had 1000 update containers on my page, am I shooting myself >>>> in the foot? Or is this what the AjaxUpdateContainer is made >>>> for? Or do I have to update the whole table for the row >>>> color to update (with CSS)? >>>> >>> >>> >>>> It is probably not much worse than a 1000 row table, a 1000 >>>> row table is pretty bad already. :-) That is a >>>> terrible interface, IMO. You need to batch the data >>>> and keep the table small. See AjaxGrid for one way to >>>> do this. >>>> >>>> >>>> Chuck >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> Chuck Hill Senior Consultant / VP Development >> >> Come to WOWODC this July for unparalleled WO learning opportunities and real >> peer to peer problem solving! Network, socialize, and enjoy a great >> cosmopolitan city. See you there! http://www.wocommunity.org/wowodc11/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/probert%40macti.ca >> >> This email sent to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/programmingosx%40mac.com > > This email sent to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
