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Google Apps Script for Beginners

You're reading from   Google Apps Script for Beginners Building on your basic JavaScript knowledge, this book takes you into the world of Google Apps Script and shows you how to develop and customize your own apps. The step-by-step approach provides all the necessary skills.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783552177
Length 178 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Serge Gabet Serge Gabet
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Google Apps Script for Beginners
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Enhancing Spreadsheets FREE CHAPTER 2. Create and Manipulate Forms 3. Managing an E-mail Account 4. Embedding Scripts in Text Documents 5. Embedding Scripts in Google Sites 6. Standalone Web Applications / User Interfaces 7. Using User Interfaces in Spreadsheets and Documents 8. How to Expand your Knowledge 9. Conclusion Index

Site gadget's limitations/restrictions/use cases


Site-embedded web applications are a nice way to give access to your script functions because they enable easy page navigation and the possibility to add descriptions, directions for use, and illustrations, making your apps easier for other users to use.

If we think about the very first script example in Chapter 1, Enhancing Spreadsheets, that calculated my age in hours and that we tried in a spreadsheet, the same script modified to work as a site gadget would be much more fun and easy to make public without us needing to share any access to any of our documents. Moreover, even a user having no experience with spreadsheets would be able to use it without difficulty.

The code will need to be changed to create a small and basic user interface so that users can enter their birth date and time. This requires a few methods and a workflow, which we haven't talked about yet (it is for the next chapter), but for now you can simply copy it and follow...

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