Case Study - Pocket Spreadsheet

Situation

For eight years, Surerange was a leader in selling consumer Windows CE software. The Palm-size PC was Microsoft's first vertical format device and didn't bundle in a Spreadsheet. Pocket Spreadsheet was written to fill that gap.


Solution

I designed, coded and tested the application. All software was written in Embedded Visual C++. The program itself was a challenge to write due to the device's very small stack space.

A separate PC based Activesync filter was written to convert Excel to Pocket Spreadsheet format (and vice-versa).

Benefits

A unique solution was produced over a very short time. 

Solution Overview

Companies
Surerange Analysis Ltd

Business Situation
Surerange wanted an Excel compatible spreadsheet to sell to consumers.

Solution
Palm-size PC program. Windows CE 2.11.

Benefits
Unique solution.
Rapid development.

Software
Embedded Visual C++.

Vertical Industries
Consumer/Retail

Country/Region
United Kingdom

 

Features include...
  • Select a whole row or column
  • Select of multiple adjacent cells
  • Cut, Clear, Copy, Paste cells
  • In-place editing of formulae
  • Saved column and row sizes
  • Search for formula/text
  • 24 built-in functions
  • Excel sync
Configurable cell properties include...
  • Bold or normal font
  • Number precision (after decimal point)
  • Negatives in parentheses
  • Percentages
  • Justification (left, center, right)
  • Borders (top, bottom, left, right)