Does anyone have a rating on the quality of these products?


Tom

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From: BMichael <BMichael@...>
To: futurebasic@... <futurebasic@...>
Date: Monday, January 12, 1998 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: [FB] Code for spreasheet interface


>>A few years ago, I saw an ad in "Inside Basic" for FB code that generated
>>a spreadsheet-like data entry interface that could then be handled like an
>>object.
>>
>>Q1: Does anyone know who the vendor was/is?
>
>Spread Sheet Interface Module (SSIM)
>The Spreadsheet Interface for FutureBASIC(TM)
>...by Design, Inc.
>DesignInc@...
>
>FN Graph $39.95
>SSIM $69.95
>FutureFILE $99.95
>
>FN Graph & SSIM $79.95
>
>All of this is a couple years old; no idea if they're still around, etc.
>
>>Q2: I'm using FB1. Does FB2/PG provide such an object?
>
>FB2 does not; PG provides a "list manager" filter that can deal _very_
>well with a "reasonable" number of cels. SSIM deals with a much larger
>number of cels, but I was not all that impressed by it for "other than
>spreadsheet" work - again, my copy is several years old, and I'd expect
>(if they are still working on it) that it'd be much better now.
>
>>I need this code to replace my woefully inadequate data entry interface in
>>my program.
>
>By all means get SSIM if you're after a spreadsheet interface; it's a
>good starting point. But that's likely to be _all_ it is, unless you're
>really writing a spreadsheet, so you'll still have a lot of work to do.
>If you're after a list manager type of thing, you'd be far better off
>getting FB2/PG - or email Staz and see if it'd be better to wait for FB^3.
>
>Bill
>
>LATE ADDENDUM: came in as this was being typed...
>
>DesignInc@... (DesignInc) said:
>>
>>by Design sells such a product.  But we offer no code support at this
time.
>
>So, I guess they're still around!! :-)
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