Virtually every aspect of the Data Grid is customizable.
This is done by specifying the value of the various parameters,
Each property is specified on a name value basis, Parameter
Name and Value.
For the full list of parameters and the possible range
of values see the section Parameters
(click here)
Color Parameters
Many of the parameters specify the colors to be used for
various features of the grid. Colors may be defined throughout
all the parameters in one of several ways. For a full description
on the various methods of defining colors click
here.
Font Parameters
Several parameters specify the fonts to be used for the
various text area's. For a description on how to specify
fonts click here.
Multi Language Support
If the cell data contains characters not defined in the
standard Western Alphabet (eg. Japanese, Eastern European,
Arabic) then the character set may be specified. For full
details click here.
The
Data Grid applet provides the following options for inputting
the configuration data.
a)
Configuration File.
The applet will read all the configuration parameters
from a specified file. To use this option add the following
PARAM tag to your html code between the <applet>
and </applet> tags,
<PARAM
name="gridproperties" value="gridprops.txt">
where
"gridprops.txt" is the name of the file containing
the configuration data (click
here for an example file ).
As
you will see from the example file each property is specified
on a name, value basis with each parameter listed on a
new line. The parameter name is specified first which
is then followed by a colon and space character ":
". Following this the parameter value is specified.
Note
that comments may be added to this file by placing
"<!--" at the beginning of a line.
Adjust the property values to specify the characteristics
of the data grid and then place this file in the same
directory as your web page.
For
a full description of each property please see the "Data
Grid Parameters".
This
method is used in Example 2 - click
here to view.
b)
HTML PARAM tags.
Using this option the applet will read all the configuration
information from the standard applet <PARAM> tags.
Simply add the <PARAM> tags, contained in the paramtags.txt
file (click
here), to your html between the <APPLET> and
</APPLET> tag, adjusting the values to specify the
characteristics of the Data Grid.
For
a full description of each property please see the "Data
Grid Parameters".
This
method is used in Example 1- click
here to view.