Use these settings to set how much the user can interact with the sheet by controlling the ability to select a row and to edit a cell.

In Normal mode, the default sheet operations are available. The user can select a row or column by clicking on the corresponding header cell. The user can select the entire sheet by clicking on the sheet corner. The user can select a range of cells by dragging over those cells. For a row or column or range, the first (upper left) cell is the active cell until the user clicks on another cell in that row or column or range. The user can click on an individual cell in the data area without selecting an entire row.

In RowMode mode, the user can select a row in the sheet and can edit any individual cell in that row by double-clicking the cell. The selected (active) row is highlighted. When the user begins typing data in the active cell the row remains highlighted. The user can click another cell to make that the active cell. Once the user clicks on a cell in a different row, the highlighting moves to that row.

In SingleSelect mode, the user can only select a row, but still cannot edit any of the cells. The spreadsheet operates like a list box in that the user can select a single row in the sheet, similar to a single-selection list box. The selected rows are highlighted. There is no active cell, since cells cannot be edited.

In MultiSelect mode, the user can only select multiple contiguous rows, but still cannot edit any of the cells. The spreadsheet operates like a multiple-select list box in that the user can select rows that are together in the sheet, similar to a multiple-selection list box. The selected rows are highlighted. There is no active cell, since cells cannot be edited.

In ExtendedSelect mode, the user can only select multiple discontiguous rows, but still cannot edit any of the cells. The spreadsheet operates like an extended-select list box in that the user can select rows in the sheet, similar to an extended-selection list box. The selected rows are highlighted. There is no active cell, since cells cannot be edited.

In ReadOnly mode, the user cannot select any rows for highlighting nor edit any cells. In fact, the client-side scripting is turned off, so that the scroll bars, if any, are not displayed. The user can page through the data, but not edit any of it. The sheet is said to be "read-only" and there is no active cell. Since there are no scroll bars, the entire row count and column count are displayed.

System.Object
   System.ValueType
      System.Enum
         FarPoint.Win.Spread.OperationMode

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

User-Task Documentation