J2EE App - User Want Excel Like Grid for Data Entry

[smedvid]

I am just looking for ideas/input to see if user requirements can be met...

My java developer told me that No Excel like interface is available under java... Now, I can not imagine that even a "cheap" 3rd party product/library does not exist... We are planning to use Java 1.5 (5.0) with Struts against an Oracle backend.

tia,

Steve Medvid
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[Diancecht]

It depends on what features you need. Is just a grid or all the Excel functions?

Cheers,
Dian

 

[smedvid]

Agreed...

Users are looking to cut & paste around 100-300 rows of data...

Steve


Steve Medvid
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[Diancecht]

Wouldn't a table do the job? Or you can just use some kind of textarea to capture massive data if the user doesn't need to manipulate them.

Cheers,
Dian

 

[smedvid]

After speaking with developers, one solution is to have a java button launch MS Excel on the users desktop and open a macro driven sheet. Once the sheet is saved, into a predefined directory, a sweep job will process the file(s) in that directory.. This may be the only option, per developers. Not being a java expert... my experioence is more VB/VBA.. It is still hard to believe that there are no other options.

Steve Medvid
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[Diancecht]

I gave you two options, but without an answer to those or more details, it's hard to help you.

Cheers,
Dian