Hi Mohammed,
Gollapalli, Mohammed wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> My name is Mohammed. I am a software developer by profession. I just
> downloaded Open Office and went through Contributions section and got
> your email.
>
> I am basically starting my PhD next year in "Business Process
> Management" area and I was searching for office tools on the net as
> part of my research. I am currently looking for building
> "multilingual documentation creator" through windows or web
> applications without manually writing as we do on a daily basis. This
> tool will help lot of IT companies by building documents for their
> clients/office purpose. User will select documentation "Templates"
> for creating these documentations. Database such as Java DB or MySQL
> will be used.
>
> Thought Open Office will be a great tool for me to research instead
> of expensive MS Office. At the end of my research I might come up
> with a plug-in/extension for auto creating documents with version
> control. Sun Report Builder extension might also be of interest for
> my research. I don't know how and where to start. I am not sure if
> this concept is already implemented in Open Office.
>
> I would be glad if you can direct me. Any alternatives are most
> welcome. Thank you in advance
I'm not sure if I understood completely what you are trying to achieve:
are you looking for a way to create document templates, partially(?)
filled with content from a data base?
In general OpenOffice.org documents can be manipulated by scripts
(Basic, JavaScript, BeanShell) or programming languages (C++, Java, C#,
Python). Every part of a document is accessible this way and you can
construct any kind of text, spreadsheet, drawing and presentation
document you like. OpenOffice.org also comes equipped with a lot of
database connectors ("drivers") that let you access databases with e.g.
JDBC, ODBC, MySQL or our built-in database hsqldb. Support for templates
and languages is also available, both in the document and in the API.
Ciao,
Mathias
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Mathias Bauer (mba) - Project Lead OpenOffice.org Writer
OpenOffice.org Engineering at Sun: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS
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