I finally gave up

rewrote the base code to handle sorting on the server side; that way, when the page reposts, the spreadsheet displays in the proper size.

Showed it to the boss, who said, "It flickers just like the other way". Meaning he can see the page repost itself.

HUH?

ALL of the other web projects for other clients have server side sorting of spreadsheets - and the other programmer says that the boss is cool with them. So ... WTF?

I really had no choice but to hard code the positioning in pixels: "top: 325px; left: 175px; width: 750px" for BOTH the <div> surrounding the spreadsheet and for the spreadsheet itself. Set the code to return to client side sorting. No freaky resizing of the spreadsheet visible to the user. Showed it to the boss, who made no comment whatsoever, just once again asked me if "I've given any more thought to the style sheets". For the billionth time, I told him how I use the CSS for all positioning, font sizes and colors, background colors, colors (and the existence of) borders around areas, etc.

This guy is really proving himself to be a total asshole. I'm beginning to hate working here.

Post #306,854 by lincoln 4/6/09 12:16:40 PM Reply	I finally gave up rewrote the base code to handle sorting on the server side; that way, when the page reposts, the spreadsheet displays in the proper size. Showed it to the boss, who said, "It flickers just like the other way". Meaning he can see the page repost itself. HUH? ALL of the other web projects for other clients have server side sorting of spreadsheets - and the other programmer says that the boss is cool with them. So ... WTF? I really had no choice but to hard code the positioning in pixels: "top: 325px; left: 175px; width: 750px" for BOTH the <div> surrounding the spreadsheet and for the spreadsheet itself. Set the code to return to client side sorting. No freaky resizing of the spreadsheet visible to the user. Showed it to the boss, who made no comment whatsoever, just once again asked me if "I've given any more thought to the style sheets". For the billionth time, I told him how I use the CSS for all positioning, font sizes and colors, background colors, colors (and the existence of) borders around areas, etc. This guy is really proving himself to be a total asshole. I'm beginning to hate working here. "Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow
Post #306,855 by boxley 4/6/09 12:40:37 PM Reply	who said, "It flickers just like the other way" I would have been tempted "sounds like a personal problem to me" thanx, bill
Post #306,858 by lincoln 4/6/09 1:06:09 PM Reply	Re: who said, "It flickers just like the other way" The boss said it, so I had to bite my tongue and not reply properly to the stupidity that he exhibited. "Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow

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