Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: using fields in a text document

2011-06-26 Thread John B
On 25/06/2011 20:32, lee wrote: John Bjo...@email2.me writes: I have tried the mailmerge facility in LO and I as yet cannot get anywhere with it. Hm, it's not too difficult to get to the point where you could finally save, print or send your documents. Just make sure that there are no

[libreoffice-users] Re: using fields in a text document

2011-06-26 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 26/06/11 16:44, John B a écrit : Hi John, 1) On re-opening The database lost its connection to the letter and you had a chore to re-link the data fields in the *.csv file to those in the letter. Known bug. 2) To add a new contact is too complex. Known limitation. Calc Sheets/CSV

[libreoffice-users] Re: using fields in a text document

2011-06-25 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 25/06/11 00:53, lee a écrit : Hi Lee, If you want to look at using Python, try using the example TableSample.py and mailmerge.py which are included with your LibreOffice installation. Otherwise, there are several PHP classes and a PERL module that let you manipulate ODT/ODC documents to your

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: using fields in a text document

2011-06-25 Thread Frieder
Am 25.06.2011 00:53, schrieb lee: Hello Lee Friederdelo...@googlemail.com writes: [...] ther is a Basic example for a macro to export to PDF its not clean code, but it should work: [...] if you want I can translate this code in clean code without using the dispatcher Hm, I just tried out

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: using fields in a text document

2011-06-25 Thread lee
Twayne twa...@twaynesdomain.com writes: In news:87iprv49kt@yun.yagibdah.de, lee l...@yun.yagibdah.de typed: John B jo...@email2.me writes: The mailmerge tool requires an address list, which is something I don't have and don't want to create in this case. Without a maling list data

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: using fields in a text document

2011-06-25 Thread lee
Frieder delo...@googlemail.com writes: Am 25.06.2011 00:53, schrieb lee: Yes I also did it with the macro recorder, but I can translate it to better code if you want (the dispatcher is not reliable ). Exporting to PDF has turned out to be unreliable in LO, too. It strikes me odd that I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: using fields in a text document

2011-06-25 Thread John B
On 25/06/2011 14:07, lee wrote: Friederdelo...@googlemail.com writes: Am 25.06.2011 00:53, schrieb lee: Yes I also did it with the macro recorder, but I can translate it to better code if you want (the dispatcher is not reliable ). Exporting to PDF has turned out to be unreliable in LO,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: using fields in a text document

2011-06-25 Thread Frieder
Am 25.06.2011 15:07, schrieb lee: Friederdelo...@googlemail.com writes: Am 25.06.2011 00:53, schrieb lee: Yes I also did it with the macro recorder, but I can translate it to better code if you want (the dispatcher is not reliable ). Exporting to PDF has turned out to be unreliable in LO,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: using fields in a text document

2011-06-25 Thread lee
Frieder delo...@googlemail.com writes: Am 25.06.2011 15:07, schrieb lee: Friederdelo...@googlemail.com writes: Am 25.06.2011 00:53, schrieb lee: The Problem is how to use the Uno API no mater programming language you prefer. True --- is there a good documentation about it? Yes there is:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: using fields in a text document

2011-06-25 Thread lee
John B jo...@email2.me writes: I have tried the mailmerge facility in LO and I as yet cannot get anywhere with it. Hm, it's not too difficult to get to the point where you could finally save, print or send your documents. Just make sure that there are no unmatched fields. As someone described,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: using fields in a text document

2011-06-25 Thread Tom Davies
: [libreoffice-users] Re: using fields in a text document John B jo...@email2.me writes: I have tried the mailmerge facility in LO and I as yet cannot get anywhere with it. Hm, it's not too difficult to get to the point where you could finally save, print or send your documents. Just make sure

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: using fields in a text document

2011-06-25 Thread Frieder
Am 25.06.2011 21:32, schrieb lee: Hi Lee John Bjo...@email2.me writes: I have tried the mailmerge facility in LO and I as yet cannot get anywhere with it. Hm, it's not too difficult to get to the point where you could finally save, print or send your documents. Just make sure that there are

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: using fields in a text document

2011-06-25 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I have been wondering about trying to run a more stable version of LO on Debian. Can Debian run PPA repos from Ubuntu? or is that a bit hitmiss due to differences within the Debian family? Even if you are not able to get the 3.3.3 or 3.3.2 from the Debian repos the untweaked debs

[libreoffice-users] Re: using fields in a text document

2011-06-24 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 24/06/11 15:13, lee a écrit : Hi Lee, Now I would like to make it so that I can press a button and be presented with a form or the like that lets me fill in the variable data, inserts the data at the appropriate places into the document, saves the document to a file I specify and exports

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: using fields in a text document

2011-06-24 Thread lee
Alexander Thurgood alex.thurg...@gmail.com writes: Le 24/06/11 15:13, lee a écrit : Hi Lee, Now I would like to make it so that I can press a button and be presented with a form or the like that lets me fill in the variable data, inserts the data at the appropriate places into the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: using fields in a text document

2011-06-24 Thread Frieder
Am 24.06.2011 18:28, schrieb lee: Alexander Thurgoodalex.thurg...@gmail.com writes: Le 24/06/11 15:13, lee a écrit : Hi Lee, Now I would like to make it so that I can press a button and be presented with a form or the like that lets me fill in the variable data, inserts the data at the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: using fields in a text document

2011-06-24 Thread planas
Hi Lee On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 16:18 +0200, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 24/06/11 15:13, lee a écrit : Hi Lee, Now I would like to make it so that I can press a button and be presented with a form or the like that lets me fill in the variable data, inserts the data at the appropriate

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: using fields in a text document

2011-06-24 Thread Frieder
Am 24.06.2011 18:28, schrieb lee: Alexander Thurgoodalex.thurg...@gmail.com writes: Le 24/06/11 15:13, lee a écrit : Hi Lee, Now I would like to make it so that I can press a button and be presented with a form or the like that lets me fill in the variable data, inserts the data at the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: using fields in a text document

2011-06-24 Thread lee
Frieder delo...@googlemail.com writes: Am 24.06.2011 18:28, schrieb lee: while(webpages) { check out the web page decide whether to send my document or not if(I send it) { create a new directory to save the document in // this is already

[libreoffice-users] Re: using fields in a text document

2011-06-24 Thread Twayne
In news:87iprv49kt@yun.yagibdah.de, lee l...@yun.yagibdah.de typed: John B jo...@email2.me writes: Hi Lee Its called mailmerge you will love it. Tools Mailmerge Please don't top-post. The mailmerge tool requires an address list, which is something I don't have and don't want to