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FarPoint Spread 8 COM by GrapeCity

URLs: farpoint-spread, farpoint spread, farpointspread, grapecity

Add advanced spreadsheet functionality to your applications. Use FarPoint Spread 8 COM to easily incorporate advanced grid and high-level spreadsheet features into your applications. FarPoint Spread 8 COM offers unmatched flexibility at the cell level for maximum control over the display and entry of the data, plenty of events to respond to user changes and an impressive feature list for everything in between; including import/export capabilities, including the ability to import and export Excel 97, 2000 and Excel 2007 files (requires the .NET Framework). FarPoint Spread 8 COM also offers enhanced printing, many cell types, formulas, a 64bit DLL and many more features. FarPoint Spread 8 COM will allow you create a spreadsheet with up to 2 billion rows by 2 billion columns.

FarPoint Spread 8 COM General Features:

Create a spreadsheet with up to 2 billion rows by 2 billion columns

Drag and drop data anywhere in the spreadsheet control

Use the clipboard copy/cut/paste shortcut keys

Prevent editing of data by locking any cell data

Create headers by allowing cell data to overflow into adjacent cells

Freeze the top-most rows or the left-most columns from scrolling to allow certain data to be viewed at all times

Import and export spreadsheet files in Microsoft Excel BIFF8 format

Use the Operation modes to set Spread to read-only or let it act as a single or multi-selection listbox

Use the 33 Action properties to perform tasks, including saving and printing the spreadsheet

Cell Formatting

Display up to 32K of data in each cell

Customize your interface by changing the font and background and foreground colors of any cell

Highlight any cell or block of cells using six border styles

Provide the most popular data and database formats using 12 cell types

Button: Display a push button in a cell, Include text, graphics, or both

Checkbox: Display a check box, text, and/or picture in a cell, Allow true, false, or grayed states

Combobox: Display a drop-down list in a cell

Date: Display or allow editing of formatted dates in a cell

Support Year 2000 seamlessly

Edit: Display or allow editing of text in a cell

Float: Display or allow editing of a formatted floating-point (currency) value in a cell

Formatted PIC: Display or allow editing of a formatted PIC (mask) in a cell

Integer: Display or allow editing of an integer value in a cell

Owner Drawn: Display a user-defined picture using Windows APIs

Picture: Display a picture in a cell, Choose between .bmp or .ico file formats

Static Text: Display noneditable, nonscrolling text in a cell

Time: Display or allow editing of a formatted time value in a cell

FarPoint Spread 8 COM Printing

Create custom print configurations by specifying margins, page orientation, borders, headers, gridlines, colors, and shadow effects

Print a block of cells, a range of pages, or only the columns and rows that contain data

Use the new Print Preview control to see how your printed spreadsheet will look

Calculate the number of pages to print based on the current print settings

Query the next page break either by row or column

Define the starting page number to print in the header of the first page

Specify the order in which pages are printed (down then across or across then down)

FarPoint Spread 8 COM Sorting and Calculations

Use up to three keys to sort data by column or row, in ascending or descending order

Use the Calc Engine to perform complex mathematical functions with named expressions and relative cell addressing

Add user-defined custom functions for greater flexibility

Use one of 74 functions (includes 61 new ones) in your formulas

Sort with up to 256 sort keys

Recalculate the value of an individual cell

Retrieve and set data in float or integer cells as numeric values

Query the list of, retrieve information about, or remove custom functions

FarPoint Spread 8 COM Data Binding

Automatically save any user-entry changes back to the database

Increase control by validating when and what data gets written to the database

Insert unbound columns or load specified fields into a bound spreadsheet

Increase data access speed by using the Virtual Data Manager to control how many records are read and displayed at a time

Bind the spreadsheet to ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) 2.0 using OLE DB technology [still supports data binding to Data Access Objects (DAO) and Remote Data Objects (RDO)]

FarPoint Spread's Spread Designer

Increase productivity and decrease your learning curve by using its unique WYSIWYG interface

Open and design multiple spreadsheets

Apply any view from Spread Designer back to the original control

Use the user-friendly design-time interface that includes dockable toolbars and help balloons

Awards: Visual Basic Programmers Journal Readers Choice Award

What's new in FarPoint Spread 8 08.00.14 COM?

Certain Excel-formatted files are now imported correctly

Files used with the DLL now have the correct information

Formulas now respond correctly when columns are removed

Frozen and hidden columns are now exported correctly

The SelModeSendMessage method now works correctly

Certain Excel-formatted files are now imported correctly

Certain database fields now update correctly

Currency and float cells are now correctly exported to an Excel-formatted file

The SSSetData function and the SetText method now work correctly

Scrolling now works correctly with large column widths

The Spread Designer now works correctly with three state check box cells

The Spread control now works correctly on an MDI form

The MaxTextCellHeight property now works correctly

The ScrollBarShowMax property now works correctly

The SaveBlockToBuffer and LoadBlockFromBuffer methods now work correctly

Certain data now correctly exports to an Excel-formatted file

Editable combo cells now work correctly

The scroll bar now works correctly

The scroll bar works with the mouse wheel

What's new in FarPoint Spread 8 COM?

Excel 2007 format support (requires the .NET Framework). The source code does not include source for reading/writing the new Excel 2007 format.

New Formula Functions

Ability to create a custom cell

A 64-bit DLL (New 64 bit component now included)

Shape and color settings for cell notes

New OCX methods for saving and loading to/from a buffer

New event for circular references

Enhanced appearance

Enhanced appearance for headers and sheet corners

Enhanced appearance for scroll bars

Enhanced appearance for sheet tabs

Enhanced selection highlighting

Additional export options when exporting to HTML

Users can apply a secondary sort using control-click

What's new in FarPoint Spread V7.0?

Multiple Sheets support

Cross-sheet Formula Referencing

Unicode Support

Built-in Support for Moving Rows or Columns, with visual indication

New Scientific Notation celltype

Improved Number Formatting

Faster, improved Sorting

More Robust Spread Designer

Customize the colors, widths and the heights for the Scroll Bars

Double-click the header to automatically resize the column to the widest text

Scalable (Percentage) Printing

Fit-To-Page Printing

Center Horizontal and Center Vertical Printing

Control Characters (such as /time, /date) for Printing the Header and Footer

Enhanced image type support, including .gif and .jpg

Expanded Text Tips Support (allows >1000 characters)

LoadTextFile defaults to 32,000 characters when loading a file

Hide or show the focus rectangle when the cell has focus

Auto-Positioning of the cursor when using EditModePermanent

Column Labels Convertible (letters to numbers and numbers to letters)

Align Text and Images in the Button Cell

Maximum Column Width Calculations Can Include Button Cells

Refresh the Data Set without affecting headers

Check Box Cell Has Familiar Windows Appearance

Event for Scroll Tips

DataLoaded event fires when all data has been loaded from the database

What's new in FarPoint Spread V6.0?

Define multiple column and header rows

Merge columns or rows that contain identical data for easier viewing of the data

Create a cell span to join multiple cells

Use Spread's new Search feaure to find specified text or values in a column or row

Rotate cell or header text 90 degrees, 180 degrees or 270 degrees

Identify any column by giving it a unique name (useful when moving columns)

Automatically display negative numbers as red in currency, number, and percent cells

Set user-defined tags for a specified cell, column, row, or the entire spreadsheet

Type one or more characters to automatically search for an item in the list of a combo box cell

New Percent cell type

Enhanced Currency cell type

Enhanced Number cell type

Data can overflow into adjacent empty cells while edit mode is on in a cell

Display a spin button in a currency, date, number, percent, or time cell

Copy, Move or Swap the data and formatting in a range of columns, rows, or cells in the spreadsheet

What's new in FarPoint Spread V3.5?

Cells in the Spread control can have notes associated with them

The Spread control can display scroll tips as users move the scroll box

You can export a range of cells or the entire spreadsheet in XML format to a file or a buffer

Users can sort by clicking column headers using built-in sort

Users can print a spreadsheet to an owner-defined area of the page, allowing you to print multiple items on a single page.

Cells can display ellipsis points when left-aligned text is too long to fit in the cell

New mathematical and other functions are provided by the Calc Engine

Improved Spread Designer

You can set the pop-up calendar text for a specific Spread control You can export a range of cells or the entire spreadsheet in ASCII text format to a file and specify the delimiters you want to use to separate your data in the file

27 methods and 20 events have been enhanced for use in scripting environments

Add advanced spreadsheet functionality to your applications.

Pricing: FarPoint Spread 8 COM (Spread 8 One License Software) 1 Developer License (Spread 8 One License Software), FarPoint Spread 8 COM Site License 1 Site Wide License (Allows Unlimited Developers at a Single Physical Address), FarPoint Spread 8 COM (Spread 8 Upgrades) 1 Developer Upgrade License from V7.0, FarPoint Spread 8 COM (Spread 8 Upgrades) 1 Developer Upgrade License from any GrapeCity Product, FarPoint Spread 8 COM Source Code 1 Source Code License (Delivered separately by email)

Evals & Downloads: Read the FarPoint Spread 8 COM help file, FarPoint Spread 8 COM End User License Agreement, Download the FarPoint Spread 8 evaluation on to your computer - Expires after 30 days

Operating System for Deployment: Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95, Windows NT 3.51

Architecture of Product: 32Bit, 64Bit

Product Type: Component

Component Type: ActiveX OCX, DLL

Built Using: MFC V4.2 / V6.0

General: Includes Digital Signature, Marked as Safe for Scripting, OCX96 Compatible, Supports Component Categories, Supports Apartment Model Threading

Compatible Containers: Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0, Microsoft Visual Studio 97, Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0, Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0, Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0, Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0, Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0, Microsoft Visual J++ 6.0, Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0, Microsoft ActiveX Control Pad, Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0

Product Class: Business Components

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Part numbers: PC-504585-448056 504585-448056 PC-504585-448092 504585-448092 PC-504585-448080 504585-448080 PC-504585-448074 504585-448074 PC-504585-448086 504585-448086

Mfr. Part No: S8S01 SP801 SP802 SP803