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1.1.2 Real-Time Data Transfer

 

NExS runs under X Windows and OSF/Motif on Linux.     Since X Windows allows a workstation or X terminal to display information from applications running on other systems, NExS users can transfer data among spreadsheets running on different computers. You can also create applications that establish live data connections to import or export data as it is calculated on computers anywhere on your network.

Consider the potential for using connections in your work - for having NExS accept, process, display, and transfer information to and from other programs in real-time. That is, the data will be continually updated on screen as you watch. For example, you can:

A NExS spreadsheet accommodates incoming and outgoing connections to 63 different programs at the same time, offering vast possibilities for using NExS in very sophisticated applications.


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NExS User's Guide, Version 1.4.5
Grey Trout Software
11 April 1999