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Hello,

The JSON format for the grid and the XML format for the grid are not 1-to-1 so I'm having a hard time determining what the format is for JSON and passing the POS and TOTAL_COUNT values. In XML it looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rows total_count="2000" pos="21">
<row id="12345">
<cell>Hello World</cell>
</row>
</rows>

In JSON I'm guessing its something like this:

$data={total_count:2000,pos:21,rows:[{id:12345,data:['Hello World']}]};

Is that correct?

Yes, in case of JSON, XML attributes mapped to the properties. 
Be sure to inlcude dhtmlxgrid_json.js file, without it - functionality will not work as expected. 
If necessary , we can provide PHP based sample of dyn. smart rendering loaded from JSON.

OK, at first I had no clue what you were talking about because I didn't have a dhtmlxgrid_json.js file, but then a few days later 2.0 was released which does have this file.  Looking at this file it appears that there is no way to set per-cell settings such as type and colspan.  I would like to be able to do something like this:  rows:[{id:1,data:[{colspan:6,type:"ro",content:"Something"}]}].  But, you comment "in case of JSON, XML attributes mapped to the properties" makes me think that all XML properties are available in JSON.

As for your offer to create a sample PHP file - thats ok.  But, what I would prefer is a document that simply and completely spells out the XML format, and a document that spells out the JSON format.  There should be a one-stop place for protocol documentation rather than having to sift through mounds of documentation to find what you want like you have to now.

>>that all XML properties are available in JSON.
To be correct all "row" attributes mapped to related json object properties.

>>But, what I would prefer is a document that simply and completely spells out the XML format
http://dhtmlx.com/docs/products/docsExplorer/doc/dhtmlxxml/xmlGrid.html

Great documentation about the XML format!  I have no idea it existed.  Thanks.  :)

So, JSON only supports a subset of features.  Thats frustrating, as JSON is much more compact and effecient on both the client and server side.

I think I'll stick with continuing to use JSON, and figure out some workaround for my particular issue.

Any chance of getting cell-level configuration in to JSON?  I would expect it wouldn't be too terribly complex to support an extended format where each cell may be either a simple string in the rows array, or a associative array with name/value pairs for advanced configuration.

>> I would expect it wouldn't be too terribly complex to support an extended format where each cell may be either a simple string in the rows array, or a associative array 
There is a pretty small update necessary to add such functionality. 
Updated dhtmlxgrid_json.js attached to the post, it may accept data as 

rows:[
  { id:1001, 
 data:[
  "100",
  "A Time to Kill",
  {value:"12.99",title:'custom one'},