I notice you are based in China. Have you looked at UOML? There is an addin written to output UOML from both MS and OOo office products as archive format using a virtual printer.
http://www.uoml.org/uoml_english.htm Maybe there is something related to this which would help you. I believe it links to OOo through Beijing Redflag Chinese 2000 http://news.soft32.com/sun-and-redflag-chinese-2000-to-collaborate-on-openofficeorg-projects_4343.html A quick plug for the UOML work too :-) The idea is to provide a standard XML-based output of the visual representation (printable and for archive) of *any* office document. I hear there are possibilities for embedding XML data too as metadata in the UOML. Efforts have been underway to standardise UOML through OASIS (I'm involved but I'm not claiming expertise) http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=uoml with a committee draft agreed last month http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=25100&wg_abbrev=uoml (recruitment is now underway for the next phase too). Maybe if you can get this working it will help eventually but I'm not suggesting it is exactly what you need (yet). Regards -- Stephen Green Partner SystML, http://www.systml.co.uk Tel: +44 (0) 117 9541606 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+22:37 .. and voice On 04/10/2007, Zhang Weiwu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stephen Green wrote: > > Hi > > > > How about just using a Calc spreadsheet with a filter so that you can > > use 'Save As' to convert your spreadsheet into the output you want? > > > > I've not tried this with a spreadsheet but intend to do so soon (my > > employers have already standardized on Star Office). I hope it is > > easy enough (we have XSLT skills). Our intended output is flat > > file (fixed width, ideally) but the same should apply as for XML. > > > > Using the spreadsheet, I'm thinking, will give the option of the > > repeated rows where needed. I guess it means mapping from the > > ODF spreadsheet format to the desired output. > > > > Complex bindings, by the way, seem to be difficult to handle by > > the alternative office technologies too in my experience. > > > Thanks for suggestion! > > It is simply more work. Actually what I am working on is to search for > replacement of existing workflow using Microsoft Excel. The server that > process these questionnaire (more than 300,000 copies of Excel sheets) > is XML based, if converting from spreadsheet to XML, we are not getting > better then existing Excel sheets slution. Further these sheets have > paper version, we can probably print XForm OOO documents on paper for > their use, but would not be so easy in OOCalc. > > -- > Real Softservice > > Huateng Tower, Unit 1788 > Jia 302 3rd area of Jinsong, Chao Yang > > Tel: +86 (10) 8773 0650 ext 603 > Mobile: 135 9950 2413 > http://www.realss.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
