https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=87195
Bug ID: 87195
Summary: mailmerge: add image from url field (enhancement)
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 4.2.7.2 release
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Please add ability to use mailmerge field as the address for an external image.
The field in data source could either be filename relatively to document export
location (in local file system), or full url (eg on the web).
possible scenario:
1. in writer document use insert > image > from file (click "as link"),
2. pick one sample file in intended directory for layout purposes
3. replace picture location (right click on picture > Picture > Picture tab >
Link) with the field name in data source, eg <illustration_url>, or full field
name (displayed via CTRL+F9), eg datasource.datatable.attribute
That would be huge!
Example uses are to include a dynamic QRCode in a business card, or to generate
cards & letters with different headers images for different departments / teams
/ persons... and many more uses not relating to mail merging but to using this
function as a user-friendly templating engine for partial data export.
related demands:
http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/9578/how-do-i-insert-a-picture-during-a-mail-merge/
https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=14303
http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=89804
how others do it for now (not always nice, but works)
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_graphics.htm
http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=73329
If it's not much more work it would be nice to handle the use of dynamic colors
in the same way: grab (openoffice) color name (or typically RGB code) from data
source, and be able to use it as a section/paragraph font or background color.
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