Data entry in asp like excel spreadsheet

[Jack]

I have asp project where large volume of data entry would be done. I am
trying to find out if there is any tool that can allow me to build asp
application where the forms would be like excel spreadsheet. I appreciate any
help. Thanks.

 

[Tim Slattery]

I have asp project where large volume of data entry would be done. I am
trying to find out if there is any tool that can allow me to build asp
application where the forms would be like excel spreadsheet. I appreciate any
help.

Regardless of whether you're running ASP, J2EE, PHP, or anything else
at the server, your user interface is HTML. The nearest thing in HTML
to an Excel spreadsheet would be an HTML table with an <input
type="text"...> element in each cell and *lots and lots* of
client-side Javascript.

You also use ActiveX (if you can persuade your users to install them),
Flash, Shockwave, Java applets, which can deliver a richer client-side
interface. They all require a steeper investment in programming time,
of course.

 

[Jack]

Thanks for your feedback. I appreciate it.

Regardless of whether you're running ASP, J2EE, PHP, or anything else
at the server, your user interface is HTML. The nearest thing in HTML
to an Excel spreadsheet would be an HTML table with an <input
type="text"...> element in each cell and *lots and lots* of
client-side Javascript.

You also use ActiveX (if you can persuade your users to install them),
Flash, Shockwave, Java applets, which can deliver a richer client-side
interface. They all require a steeper investment in programming time,
of course.