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But, then I wouldn't learn anything...
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Thanks, grg99. Truth is I've been considering using Variants but I wanted to know if there was a smarter way. I am a farely inexperienced C++ programmer at this point.<br />
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What about the visual representation? What Win32 based controls work well for spread sheet apps?<br />
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- zero_point_o
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Thanks, grg99. Truth is I've been considering using Variants but I wanted to know if there was a smarter way. I am a farely inexperienced C++ programmer at this point.

What about the visual representation? What Win32 based controls work well for spread sheet apps?

- zero_point_o

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What about using a Dataset in place of a variant? I'm a little confused about how to import a CSV file into one though...
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What about using a Dataset in place of a variant? I'm a little confused about how to import a CSV file into one though...

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Thanks for the assist. Phew! There's my question done for the year. ;)
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Thanks for the assist. Phew! There's my question done for the year. ;)

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What's a good way to store (in memory) and manipulate (in memory) data of a variety of data types? For example, in an application like MS Excel how is the spreadsheet represented in memory?<br />
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Also, I'd like to know how to write a spreadsheet like control for my application.<br />
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- zero_point_o
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What's a good way to store (in memory) and manipulate (in memory) data of a variety of data types? For example, in an application like MS Excel how is the spreadsheet represented in memory?

Also, I'd like to know how to write a spreadsheet like control for my application.

- zero_point_o

How could I write my own spreadsheet application? (C++, Win32)

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Spreadsheets

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