On 07/11/2011 05:12 PM, Jeff Hooker wrote:
> Hi Hussein,
>
> By sorting, I am referring to the ability to reorganize in table according to
> the values contained within it, such as is available in Excel.
>
> Sorting by numerical value, alphabetizing, etc.
>
> The greatest complaint that we still deal with from our users is
> the difficulty in moving content between MS products and the XML tools. MS 
> Word,
> Visio, and Powerpoint are all sufficiently obfuscated such that there is no
> solution in sight for them that will make the noisiest users happy. The
> spreadsheet engine in XMLmind is already close to Excel, and engineers do love
> Excel so very, very much.
>
> Jeff.

Thank you for the information and for the screenshot.


>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Hussein Shafie<[email protected]>
>> To: Jeff Hooker<[email protected]>
>> Cc: "[email protected]"<[email protected]>
>> Sent: Mon, July 11, 2011 12:58:49 AM
>> Subject: Re: [XXE] Sorting in the speadsheet engine
>>
>> On 07/08/2011 06:48 PM, Jeff Hooker wrote:
>>>
>>> It appears that the  current spreadsheet engine is not yet capable of
>> performing
>>> "sorts". If  this is not the case, please point out my mistake. If this is
>> the
>>> case,  please add me to the list of users who would vote to have this
>> enhancement
>>> added to the list of desired updates.
>>>
>>> The  spreadsheet engine as it is a marvelous tool; adding sorting would take
>> me
>>> one step closer to pushing Excel out the door in our engineering  department
>> and
>>> capturing more of our data in native XML  formats.
>>>
>>
>> We are glad you appreciate the spreadsheet engine which  is integrated
>> into XMLmind XML Editor. (More information in: "XMLmind XML  Editor -
>> Using the Integrated Spreadsheet Engine",
>> http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/spreadsheet/index.html)
>>
>> We  have nothing against improving it, however we are not sure to
>> understand  what you mean exactly by ``capable of performing sorts''
>>
 
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