</ iframe > </noscript> <!-- End Google Tag Manager (noscript) --> <div id="BeforeHeaderContent"> </div> <div id="HeaderContent"> <div id="ProjectTitle">ComponentOne List 8.0 for ActiveX</div> <div id="PageTitle"><div id="PageTitleText">When to Use Storage Mode</div></div> </div> <div id="AfterHeaderContent"> <!-- Spacing --> <span id="ToggleAllSectionsLink" class="FunctionLink"> <label id="CollapseAllLabel">Collapse All</label> <label id="ExpandAllLabel" style="display: none;">Expand All</label> </span> </div> <div class="BreadcrumbsContainer"><table><tr><td> <a href="storagemode.html">Storage Mode</a> > When to Use Storage Mode</td></tr></table></div> <div id="BodyContent"> <p>If you need to display and manipulate two-dimensional array data, either one of the following <a href="datamodeproperty.html">DataMode</a> settings is ideally suited to the task:<a name="_Toc384188278"></a></p> <p><em>3 - Application</em>, which fires events on a cell-by-cell basis,<a name="_Toc384188278"></a></p> <p><em>4 - Storage</em>, which communicates directly with an <a href="javascript:TL_825544.HHClick()">XArrayDB</a> object.<a name="_Toc384188278"></a></p> <p>The choice of which one to use depends upon the life cycle of your application. If you are adding True DBList to a mature application that already manages intrinsic Visual Basic arrays, application mode is recommended, since you can easily wrap the <a href="classicreadevent.html">ClassicRead</a> event around existing data structures. If you are writing a new application from scratch, storage mode is recommended, since it is easier to use and provides sorting and searching capabilities via the <a href="quicksortmethodxarraydb.html">QuickSort</a> and <a href="findmethodxarraydb.html">Find</a> methods of <a href="javascript:TL_825548.HHClick()">XArrayDB</a>.<a name="_Toc384188278"></a></p> <a name="seealsobookmark"></a> </div> <div id="FooterContent"> <p> </p><p> </p><hr style="height: 1px"><p>Copyright (c) <script type="text/javascript"> var theDate=new Date() document.write(theDate.getFullYear()) </script> GrapeCity, inc. All rights reserved. <script> $(document).ready(function() { if (!(window.self !== window.top)) { // Not running in a frameset // Get the page name var pageName = location.href.substring(location.href.lastIndexOf("/") + 1); if (pageName.indexOf("#") != -1) { pageName = pageName.substring(0, pageName.indexOf("#")); } // Append to webframe.html var framePage = "webframe.html#" + pageName; location.href = framePage; } }); </script></p> <a target="_blank" href="http://our.componentone.com/groups/">Product Support Forum</a> | <a target="_blank" href="http://feedback.componentone.com/forums/255792-activex-documentation">Documentation Feedback</a> </div> </body> </html>