Spread 8 (COM) Update

First let me say a big thank you to all you loyal Spread customers for giving us your input on the new Spread 8 product. A lot of great suggestions have been submitted via our email survey and forum postings and every request was reviewed.

The biggest request we received was to provide you with an updated, more modern look. The second largest request was to provide a way for you to add your own custom celltypes. We’re happy to announce that both have been added!

The look has been updated to closely match Spread for Windows Forms and Excel. We have also added the ability for you to include your own controls in a Spread cell via callbacks.

Following is the new feature list we have scheduled for Spread 8:

* New Formula Functions (close to 100 new formulas)

* Ability to create a custom cell

* A 64-bit DLL control

* Shape and color settings for cell notes

* SaveBlockToBuffer and LoadBlockFromBuffer

* Enhanced appearance

* Enhanced appearance for headers and sheet corners

* Enhanced appearance for scroll bars

* Enhanced appearance for sheet tabs

* Enhanced selection highlighting

* Additional export options when exporting to HTML

* Users can apply a secondary sort using control-click

To get these features rolled out to you as quickly as possible, some requests will not make it in the initial release. We decided not to hold up the release but rather provide you with these new features now.

Look for a beta around the end of July. Please email me at beta@fpoint.com if you are interested in joining the beta team. Thanks!

- Donald