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Objective Grid provides extension classes that implement a grid control so you can quickly deliver effective custom GUIs that have the look and feel of Microsoft Excel. Objective Grid contains MFC, ActiveX and Microsoft .NET components in a single package and its consistent APIs across Microsoft technologies ease the migration from ActiveX or MFC to Microsoft .NET.

Objective Grid features include:

• Consistent API across Microsoft technologies
• Styles can be applied to cells, or ranges of cells, to change the appearance or formatting of the data
• Any Microsoft .NET control can be used as a grid cell editor
• Can be used as a browser to bind with a database with ODBC, DAO and ADO connections
• Contains tree-grid functionality for creating hierarchical grids

Objective Grid includes the following components:

• Objective Grid
• Objective Grid PRO
• Objective Grid for XML
• Objective Grid for ActiveX (in a separate install - only available as part of Stingray Studio)

Objective Grid is a rich grid component that enables developers to mimic many of the user interface features of Microsoft Excel. The Grid component offers a wide range of built-in controls that can be embedded in the cells of a spreadsheet. Floating and merged cells and the formula engine are popular features of the Excel-like interface implemented in the Objective Grid product.

The database connectivity functionality allows using the Grid as a browser for a database with ODBC, DAO and ADO connections. The spreadsheet can be persisted in HTML format or serialized in XML format, enabling the exchange of Grid data over the Internet. The tree-Grid functionality allows creating advanced hierarchical grids with ADO support for database connection.

Grid features

• Wide range of built-in cell types
• Ability to embed your own controls
• Database connectivity
• Undo/Redo
• Printing and Print Preview
• Find/Replace
• Cut/Copy/Paste
• Pre-built style dialogs
• Object Oriented cell architecture
• Internationalization
• Excel-like interface
• Floating and Merged cells
• Formula support
• Full source code
• Dynamic splitter window
• HTML persistence
• Page Break UI as in Excel
• Scaled Printing

Grid PRO features

• Tree-Grid functionality (Hierarchical Grid)
• XML Stream Binding
• Improved ATL compatibility ATL Wizard for ATL-ActiveX components
• Excel read/write support (BIFF 8)
• SourcePRO DB 5.1 support

Grid for XML features

• Support for XML serialization using the RW-Stingray XML serialization engine, implemented in the SFL libraries

Grid for ActiveX features (only available as part of Stingray Studio)

• The Objective Grid for ActiveX product is built on top of the Grid for MFC Standard version, wrapping the source code of the MFC component and exposing a reach interface of methods and properties.
• Popular features of Objective Grid for ActiveX are:
• Wide range of built-in cell types
• Database connectivity (ADO, DAO, ODBC)
• Undo/Redo
• Printing and Print Preview
• Find/Replace
• Cut/Copy/Paste
• Object Oriented cell architecture
• Excel-like interface
• Excel Read/Write functionality
• Floating and Merged cells
• Formula support

The full source code is included with the product and the ActiveX component can be customized to provide features currently not implemented in the Grid control.

Features:

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 support - Stingray Studio products can now be built with /CLR option in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 to support integration with .NET
• Microsoft Office 2003 look and feel - Stingray Objective Toolkit controls and windows now support Office 2003 look and feel
• Autohiding of docking/floating windows - Stingray Objective Toolkit adds support of functionality similar to the Visual Studio .NET pinning of windows
• Curve Fitting - Curve Fit Chart calculates and plots a least squares fit to a series of observed data points (X,Y)

Support

Basic Support includes Web-based support through Rogue Wave Web site (25 incidents a year) as well as all updates throughout the covered period.