Several avenues of help are available to you when working with Objective Grid for Microsoft .NET.
The documentation for Objective Grid for Microsoft .NET includes:
User's Guide—This manual. The User's Guide is an introductory manual for Objective Grid for Microsoft .NET. It includes tutorials to help new users learn how to create Objective Grid for Microsoft .NET applications quickly.
Reference Guide—The reference guide is a detailed description of the classes and methods in Objective Grid for Microsoft .NET.
The following is a list of available documentation formats. After each format is a list of the documents available in that format.
Portable Document Format (PDF) documents—located in the Docs subdirectory of your Objective Grid for Microsoft .NET directory
User's Guide—Objective_Grid_for_Microsoft_.NET_User_Guide.pdf
HTML help—located in the Docs subdirectory of your Objective Grid for Microsoft .NET directory
User's Guide—ognetug.chm
Reference Guide—ognref.chm
FormulaEngine—FormulaEngine.chm; also included in the Reference Guide
For more information on the documentation, including all Stingray documentation, an index to the Help files, and document type conventions, see Section 1.4, "Product Documentation," in the Stingray Studio Getting Started Guide.
Tutorials—Tutorials are located in the tutorials subdirectory of your Objective Grid for Microsoft .NET installation directory. They include:
1stGrid—Shows how to use Objective Grid for Microsoft .NET to create a simple grid application.
DBBrowserGrid—Shows how to use Grid.NET DBBrowserGrid control to create a simple grid application with data browsing capabilities.
CellValue_CS—Shows how to write to the grid and read from the grid.
CellAttribute_CS—Shows how to use styles, covered cells, floating cells, and merged cells.
RowsColumns_CS—Shows how to hide and freeze rows and columns.
CellWindowCoord_CS—Shows how to use cell and window coordinates.
Formula_CS—Shows how to enable formula support in grids.
Sort_CS—Shows how to support sorting when users double-click row or column headers.
Samples—Samples are located in the Samples subdirectory of your Objective Grid for Microsoft .NET installation directory. They include:
SimpleSpreadSheet—Shows basic spreadsheet functionality.
ExcelLike—Demonstrates Objective Grid for Microsoft .NET features that mimic some of the behaviors of Microsoft Excel.
Virtual Grid—Shows how to store and retrieve grid data from a data structure.
RaceAttendance—Demonstrates properties of the Stingray.Grid.Style class, and demonstrates printing, print preview, saving grid data to an HTML file, event handling, and embedding a properties sheet so that the grid and cell properties can be manipulated at runtime.
Simple .NET Control—Shows the most basic use-case for embedded .NET controls: using a .NET NumericUpDown control as a cell editor.
Multiple .NET Controls—Shows how to use several different .NET controls as cell editors, and shows how to make use of CellControl properties and events to customize the behavior of the .NET controls.
Custom .NET Control—Shows how to create a custom .NET control consisting of a TextBox with a button on the right of the text, and shows how to use the custom .NET control as a grid cell editor.
EventHandlingByDelegation—Shows how to handle grid events using delegates.
EventHandlingByInheritance—Shows how to handle grid events by deriving from GridControl and overriding virtual event handlers.
Print—Shows how to utilize the print and print preview functionality in the grid.
The Rogue Wave Knowledge Base contains a large body of useful information created by the Support Services team. This information is available to any user of the Rogue Wave Web site, and no login or registration is required.
kb.roguewave.com/kb/.
The Rogue Wave Professional Services offers training and mentoring for all levels of project development, from analysis and design to implementation. For more information, see Section 1.5, "Professional Services," in the Stingray Studio Getting Started Guide.
Technical support for Objective Grid for Microsoft .NET products is provided through the Rogue Wave Web site. For more information on registering with the support system, and the type of support you may receive, see Section 1.6, "Technical Support," in the Stingray Studio Getting Started Guide.
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