On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:38:46 -0600 Robert Derman wrote: > Chris Monahan wrote: > > > Interesting idea > > > > What you seem to be describing is a way of having spreadsheet data, > > sort of auto filed into a report of a kind. So that a person can > > insert values of the spreadsheet into the document as they would > > insert fields such as page number, or author. > >
[snip] > In other words where you could, in an afternoon, create a complete > inventory accounting system. I have never seen a program like this, > but I am sure it could be done, and it seems that OOo comes closer to > being the platform to build it from than anytning else in existance > that I know about. It seems to me that such a program would certainly > be that Killer App. that could make OOo a "must have" program. > What you are describing is the functionality of a database, not a spreadsheet. OO.o and Microsoft Office have both been able to do this for years. Both let you build custom forms which interface with the table backend. All you are adding is a predefined template system if i read your setup right. -- Michael Those that can, do; those that can't, teach. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
