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Quick Coding Quandry... formulas...

3 pointsby mikmoabout 15 years ago
Can you embed a clever, excel like gadget in simple HTML page?<p>A friend has very kindly designed and produced (in HTML) our website - http://www.napa-technology.co.uk<p>I want to create a gadget to calculate pay back etc - just like this one:<p>https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ak7w8e-WyzvkdEk0NklqdDltd3F0NGFkTER6eEJybGc&#38;hl=en_GB<p>Just want to assess the feasibility as I'll be looking for someone to do this and want to know what i'm asking for!<p>Any comments on our new site are much appreciated - I like the design personally but think it could be modernised a bit in terms of layout, coding etc.

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rcfoxabout 15 years ago
Assuming you have a fixed set of values to be entered, and aren't looking to support arbitrary calculations, then this a very simple task.<p>First example off the top of my head: <a href="http://www.dannyg.com/examples/res2/resistor.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.dannyg.com/examples/res2/resistor.htm</a>
RiderOfGiraffesabout 15 years ago
Clickables:<p><a href="http://www.napa-technology.co.uk" rel="nofollow">http://www.napa-technology.co.uk</a><p><a href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ak7w8e-WyzvkdEk0NklqdDltd3F0NGFkTER6eEJybGc&#38;hl=en_GB" rel="nofollow">https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ak7w8e-WyzvkdEk0Nkl...</a>
mikmoabout 15 years ago
Thanks for that Rider.<p>In answer to your question rcfox, it's going to be arbitrary figures rather than drop down (ideally).<p>Also I'd like it to look pretty slick, so something like that resistor thing may not work. Willing to pay for it. Should I be looking beyond HTML?