JavaScriptSearch Wednesday, October 11, 2006; 06:28 AM
Software development company Scand announced the release of
dhtmlxGrid v.1.1, JavaScript grid component which brings Excel-like
functionality on the web. Besides Ajax support, rich cell editing
capabilities and client-side sorting presented in previous version,
dhtmlxGrid v1.1 delivers some new functionality including cells merging
(colspan functionality), freezed columns, improved cross-browser
compatibility and others.
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This version lays
special emphasis on grid’s possibility to handle great volumes of data.
Such new features as table paging and smart rendering allow this DHTML
grid to provide stable and fast performance even for large datasets.
dhtmlxGrid v1.1 also introduces cell merging support, improved
drag-n-drop, freezed columns and some new event handlers. Paging support To decrease
loading time and simplify navigation through large amount of table
records, version 1.1 introduces paging support. Table data can be
divided into small datasets displayed on separate pages keeping all
rows in entire dataset accessible for API methods. Paging output allows
users to easily look through records using navigation buttons on the
pager element. Grid content can be loaded entirely during initial load
or pages can be loaded dynamically on demand through Ajax callbacks. Ability to handle large datasets One
more feature that helps effectively work with large data grids is Smart
Rendering: grid records can be retrieved from server by small chunks on
demand and rendered only when they are in visible area of the grid.
It’s possible to proceed to any record in grid using scroll bar and
work even with still unrendered records through JavaScript methods of
grid. Due to this functionality, initial load time is greatly reduced. Enhanced drag-n-drop Drag-and-drop
functionality presented earlier in version 1.0 was redesigned to
provide fast performance and let users to quickly reorder grid rows.
The tree structured grid extension dhtmlxTreeGrid provides drop-between
and drop-inside capabilities which were earlier represented in
dhtmlxTree. Now grid rows also can be drag-n-dropped into external HTML elements. Extended server-side support dhtmlxDataProcessor
implemented in dhtmlxGrid allows grid data to be easily updated on
server side. All changes made in browser can be automatically applied
to a database. dhtmlxDataProcessor includes ready to use server side
solutions for PHP(v.4 and 5), ASP and Ruby-on-Rails and easily can be
extended to any other server side language. In addition, grid
API was extended with some helpful JavaScript methods and event
handlers which make the control more flexible and customizable. dhtmlxGrid
1.1 is available in two editions: Standard Edition and Professional
Edition. The Standard edition is licensed under GNU General Public
License (GPL) and can be downloaded from dhtmlxGrid Homepage. Professional Edition provides enriched functionality and can be purchased according to Commercial license ($149). Scand
LLC is based in Belarus (Eastern
Europe). The company provides offshore outsourcing software development
services in areas of J2EE, .NET, C++, PHP programming for companies
worldwide. Scand LLC offers a set of advanced ready to use Java applets
and JavaScript components that are available for download on Scand
Website (http://www.scbr.com).
http://scbr.com/docs/products/dhtmlxGrid/
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