Small Talks/2010/December/New Features of ZK Spreadsheet 2.0

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Introduction

ZK Spreadsheet is an Ajax component that delivers functionalities found in Microsoft Excel.
Embedding ZK Spreadsheet in your Java web application to garner features such as:

• Import your Excel 2003/2007 files to ZK Spreadsheet and make them collaborative online.
• Control or configure an Ajax spreadsheet with versatile Java APIs.
• Register event listeners on rows, columns, cells, or any range of selected cells to make a highly interactive web application.
• Bind cells to back-end Java beans such that change in data is reflected on user interface automatically.
• Extend on top of the 246 built in functions that come with ZK Spreadsheet in Java

Features

Java Based Embeddable Ajax Component

Feature	Description	Demo
Java Bean Binding	ZK Spreadsheet resolves name expressions in cells to make bindings to back-end Java beans automatically.	[/_w/images/5/5e/DataBinding_Chart.png See Illustration]
Embed and Collaborate Across Multiple Browsers	ZK Spreadsheet is a ZK component which developers could embed into any Java web application at its presentation tier to allow users to collaborate online. ZK Spreadsheet supports all major browsers: IE 6-9, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, ...
Java APIs	The backend data model and formula evaluation engine is built on top of the Apache POI library. Developers could control, configure, or extend the Ajax spreadsheet entirely in Java.
Event Driven	A comprehensive set of events were designed to allow developers to create a highly interactive spreadsheet application.	[/_w/images/8/88/EditingEvents.swf See Demo-Editing Events] [/_w/images/c/cd/KeyEvent.png See Illustration-Key Events] [/_w/images/1/1b/OnHeaderRightClick.swf See Demo-Mouse Events] [/_w/images/4/40/SelectionEvents.png See Illustration-Selection Events] Read Doc
Custom Functions	ZK Spreadsheet allows developers to implement custom formula functions on top of the 246 built in ones. End users can use custom these functions just like any other built in functions.	Read Doc

Performance Boosts

Feature	Description	Demo
Cell Load on Demand	Like other tabular components in ZK, ZK Spreadsheet supports “Load on Demand” which only the cells in view are loaded.	[/_w/images/1/1a/LoadCellOnDemand.png See Illustration]
Efficient Dependency Tracking

Imort/Export Worksheet

Feature	Description	Demo
Import/Export Excel 2003/2007 Files
Export to PDF	The “Export to PDF” dialog gives users a set of options to customize PDF printing, including the worksheet size, ranging from printing all worksheets to printing just a selection of cells.	[/_w/images/5/5a/ExportPDF.swf See Demo]

Charts and Images

Feature	Description	Demo
Work with Interactive Excel Charts	Charts created in Excel can be imported to ZK Spreadsheet. Changes in the data are reflected on the charts automatically. Charts supported include: Bar, Bar3D, Line, Line3D, Pie, Pie3D, and Donut in 2003(xls) and 2007(xlsx) format.	[/_w/images/2/2c/ColumnChart.swf See Demo]
Export Excel charts to PDF	Export Excel charts to PDF	[/_w/images/3/3f/ExportChartPDF.swf See Demo]
Insert/Import Images	Users can insert images into cells and images embedded in an Excel 2003 (xls) and 2007 (xlsx) worksheets can be rendered in ZK Spreadsheet when it is imported into ZK Spreadsheet.	[/_w/images/0/00/LoadImage.swf See Demo]

Worksheet Operations

Feature	Description	Demo
Menu Commands	Commands such as file I/O, worksheet and cell formatting and styling can all be executed on the top menu bar.	[/_w/images/5/51/MenuFunction.swf See Demo]
Drag and Drop Editing of Selected Cells	Use drag and drop to copy or move selected cell on worksheets.	[/_w/images/9/9c/DragNDropCells.swf See Demo]
Insert/Delete Rows/Columns/Cells	Use context menu to insert or delete Rows, Columns, or Cells.	[/_w/images/a/a2/AlterRanges.swf See Demo]
Auto-fill Cells	Select and drag a selection of cells to copy their content to adjacent cells.	[/_w/images/6/69/AutoFillCells.swf See Demo]
Copy-Paste Cells with Paste Special Support	Users can copy and paste selected cells with the option of invoking the Paste Special dialog to choose and form a specific paste special task.	[/_w/images/b/b4/CopyPaste.swf See Demo]
Sorting with Custom Sort Wizard	ZK Spreadsheet not only supports ascending/descending sorting, but also “Custom Sort” through a wizard where user can enter series of sorting conditions.	[/_w/images/c/cf/Sorting.swf See Demo]
Keystroke Shortcuts	ZK Spreadsheet has an array of built in shortcuts. The list of shortcuts can be invoked by selecting Help > Cheatsheet.	[/_w/images/4/41/ShortcutKeys.swf See Demo]
Selected Cells Highlighting		[/_w/images/8/8b/SelectionHighlight.swf See Demo]
In-place Cell Editing		[/_w/images/9/9e/EditingZSS.swf See Demo]

Worksheet Formatting

Feature	Description	Demo
Multiple Worksheets	Users can switch between multiple worksheets by clicking on the desired worksheet tabs. The worksheet content is loaded on demand.	[/_w/images/d/d4/Muti-Sheets.swf See Demo]
Freeze Rows and Columns	Rows and columns can be made frozen so that desired rows or columns are locked in view.	[/_w/images/d/d1/FreezeColRow.swf See Demo]
Hide/Show Rows and Columns	Rows and columns can be shown or hidden using context menu or by simply dragging the rows or columns to collapse or expand.	[/_w/images/b/b0/HideRowCol.swf See Demo - Using Context Menu] [/_w/images/1/12/HideRowColByDragging.swf See Demo - Using Drag and Collapse/Expand]
Hide/Show Row/Column Headers	Headers for rows and columns can be made visible/invisible	[/_w/images/0/0a/HeaderDisplay.swf See Demo]
Modify Row/Column Headers		[/_w/images/1/12/ModifyHeader.swf See Demo]
Hide/Show Grid Lines	Users can make grid visible/invisible with a click of the check-box.	[/_w/images/c/c5/GridLines.swf See Demo]
Set Maximum Rows and Columns Allowed		[/_w/images/0/04/MaxColRow.swf See Demo]

Cell Formatting and Styling

Feature	Description	Demo
Number Formatting	Format number in cells using friendly dialog.	[/_w/images/b/bf/NumberFormatting.swf See Demo]
Text Formatting	Text formatting options include font, boldfaced, italic, among others. Any text format imported from an Excel worksheet would remain consistent in ZK Spreadsheet.	[/_w/images/5/52/RichFormattedText.swf See Demo]
Hyperlink Creation	A cell content can be made into a hyperlink via the "Insert Hyperlink" dialog.	[/_w/images/c/cd/Hyperlink.swf See Demo]
Text Alignment	Text in cells can be made aligned to right, center, and left.
Styling Toolbar	Change the styling in cell content using toolbar.	[/_w/images/d/d4/FastIconToolbar.swf See Demo]
Styling context menu	Change the styling in cell content using context menu.	[/_w/images/b/b3/ChangeStyleByContextMenu.swf See Demo]

Built-in Functions

Type	List	Total
Math	ABS ACOS ACOSH ASIN ASINH ATAN ATAN2 ATANH CEILING COMBIN COS COSH DEGREES EVEN EXP FACT FACTDOUBLE FLOOR GCD INT LCM LN LOG LOG10 MDETERM MINVERSE MMULT MOD MROUND MULTINOMIAL ODD PI POWER PRODUCT QUOTIENT RADIANS RAND RANDBETWEEN ROMAN ROUND ROUNDDOWN ROUNDUP SERIESSUM SIGN SIN SINH SQRT SQRTPI SUBTOTAL SUM SUMIF SUMIFS SUMPRODUCT SUMSQ SUMX2MY2 SUMX2PY2 SUMXMY2 TAN TANH TRUNC	60
Statistical Formula	AVEDEV AVERAGE AVERAGEA AVERAGEIF AVERAGEIFS BETADIST BETAINV BINOMDIST CHIDIST CHIINV COUNT COUNTA COUNTBLANK COUNTIF DEVSQ EXPONDIST FDIST FINV GAMMADIST GAMMAINV GAMMALN GEOMEAN GROWTH HARMEAN HYPGEOMDIST INTERCEPT KURT LARGE MAX MAXA MEDIAN MIN MINA MODE NORMDIST POISSON SKEW SLOPE SMALL STDEV STDEVA TDIST TINV VAR WEIBULL	45
Text	CHAR CLEAN CODE CONCATENATE DOLLAR EXACT FIND, FINDB FIXED LEFT, LEFTB LEN, LENB LOWER MID, MIDB PHONETIC PROPER REPLACE, REPLACEB REPT RIGHT, RIGHTB SEARCH, SEARCHB SUBSTITUTE T TEXT TRIM UPPER VALUE	24
Info	ERROR.TYPE INFO ISBLANK ISERR ISERROR ISEVEN ISLOGICAL ISNA ISNONTEXT ISNUMBER ISODD ISREF ISTEXT N NA TYPE	16
Date & Time Functions	DATE DATEVALUE DAY DAYS360 HOUR MINUTE MONTH NETWORKDAYS NOW SECOND TIME TIMEVALUE TODAY WEEKDAY YEAR	15
Logical Formula Functions	AND FALSE IF IFERROR NOT OR TRUE	7
Financial Formula Functions	ACCRINT ACCRINTM AMORDEGRC AMORLINC COUPDAYBS COUPDAYS COUPDAYSNC COUPNCD COUPNUM COUPPCD CUMIPMT CUMPRINC DB DDB DISC DOLLARDE DOLLARFR DURATION EFFECT FV FVSCHEDULE INTRATE IPMT NOMINAL NPER NPV PMT PPMT PRICE PRICEDISC PRICEMAT PV RECEIVED SLN SYD TBILLEQ TBILLYIELD XNPV YIELD YIELDDISC YIELDMAT	41
Engineering Formula Functions	BESSELI BESSELJ BESSELK BESSELY BIN2DEC BIN2HEX BIN2OCT COMPLEX DEC2BIN DEC2HEX DEC2OCT DELTA ERF ERFC GESTEP HEX2BIN HEX2DEC HEX2OCT IMABS IMAGINARY IMARGUMENT IMCONJUGATE IMCOS IMDIV IMEXP IMLN IMLOG10 IMLOG2 IMPOWER IMPRODUCT IMREAL IMSIN IMSQRT IMSUB IMSUM OCT2BIN OCT2DEC OCT2HEX	38

Reference

Integrate ZK Spreadsheet with Spring

Use JavaBean in Excel with ZK Spreadsheet