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The Objectsheet is a spreadsheet-like tool that organizes rows of cells into Javascript objects and organizes formulas, formats, styles, event handlers, etc. into "Templates". Benefits include analytical capabilities beyond the spreadsheet, better maintainability of models, and strong database-like analysis capabilities. Documentation is at http://richk.net/objectsheet

In this release, TableSections now have .preHTML and .postHTML values that, when set, cause html content to be placed immediately below the section's titlebar and above the lower resize bar, respectively. Easiest way to set this is in the misc cell. This release also fixes minor bug.

The Objectsheet is a spreadsheet-like application where cells reflect an object-oriented data structure and that helps organize formulas, formatting, styles using "templates", and input/output forms and code. The Objectsheet documentation is at http://richk.net/objectsheet

This release includes a great many minor updates to improve stability and improve analaysis functionality.

In this release, the Objectsheet is now a single standalone html file that can be directly saved from the browser. Objectsheet applications can also be saved within the source content (a la tiddlywiki) and distributed as a single file. The basic Objectsheet functionality also works with the Safari browser. Load/save functionality for Safari is planned.

The Objectsheet is an evolution of the spreadsheet that makes creating data models easier and less error-prone. Instead of a "large grid of cells and scattered formulas", the Objectsheet uses finite-sized tables, Javascript objects, and formula templates.

This is the inital release of the Objectsheet application.

Visit http://richk.net/os for more information.