This new whitepaper for ASP.NET developers discusses how integrating AJAX into an application may solve many problems and give your users the interactivity and speed they expect. This brief overview explores how to use AJAX in a spreadsheet application and explores the benefits and limitations of this new programming technology.

This paper provides in-depth information about using virtual mode, including code examples.

You might want to read this paper if you work with a large amount of data in our Spread control, or if you have had questions about using virtual mode.

Note: This paper was originally written for version 3.0 of the Spread COM product. The action property (SS_ACTION_VMODE_REFRESH) has since been replaced with the VirtualRefresh Method in Spread 3.5 and later. The old action property is still supported but, no longer documented in 3.5 and later. For later versions, simply use the VirtualRefresh Method in place of the VRefresh action.

This paper describes how to optimize your application's performance by using state management appropriately in ASP.NET projects that use FarPoint's Spread for Web Forms.

You might want to read this paper if you want to learn more about state management, or if you have encountered performance issues with your ASP.NET application.

This tutorial describes how to add data in Spread, including choosing the best way to add data. This easy-to-follow guide provides overviews and step-by-step instructions for basic data binding, adding data in code, and loading existing files.

You might want to read this paper if you are a new Spread user, or if you have questions about how to add data in Spread.

The FarPoint products Calendar ObjX, Daily PlanIt, Input Pro 3, and Spread 3.5 all handle date values. This paper explains the manner in which FarPoint controls handle dates, including how dates get into the control, how dates are stored and saved, and how controls handle century values.

[This paper is intended to provide information about several aspects of date handling; however, this paper is not a comprehensive resource concering FarPoint products and Year 2000 issues. For complete information about FarPoint products and Year 2000 issues, see FarPoint's Y2K Center.]

This paper describes OLE drag and drop in FarPoint controls. After a general overview of OLE drag and drop and a comparison between automatic and manual drag and drop, the paper provides detailed information on how manual drag-and-drop operations work. While most of the paper focuses on FarPoint's fpSpread ActiveX control, much of the information applies to all of FarPoint's controls that support OLE drag and drop.

ADO (ActiveX Data Objects) is the latest data access technology for Microsoft tools. Easier to use and more powerful than older technologies, ADO provides access to all types of databases, even data from legacy sources and from non-relational data. This paper provides an overview of ADO, its data-binding features, and how you can implement ADO with FarPoint products.

Do you want to add an ActiveX control to your web page? Read this paper for an overview of what's involved and step-by-step instructions.

Seven of the eight Input Pro 3 controls provide data validation capability. This paper describes valid data for each of the seven controls, and provides details about how each control handles validation. Included are tables summarizing the default methods each Input Pro control uses to validate data.