On 12/6/06, Fletch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
That is what I have at the minute, but I am under pressure to use a Spreadsheet. I thought that the text file was a much better and more simple idea.
There is a fair amount in the archives on this subject. My own opinion is to use a spreadsheet when: a) Stakeholders who are not in the code itself need to be made happy. This sounds like where you are right now. b) Data in the spreadsheet will be subject to substantial manipulation by non-programmers. c) Some feature of the spreadsheet software (i.e. macros) is important. Have you considered the possibility of a delimited file that can be manipulated by Excel? (I assume you're using Excel). A delimited file gives you a lot of the presentation goodness of Excel, but is still easier to program than a real Excel spreadsheet.
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