Hi :)
It sounds like you need to use Base for this.  Base is best as a decent 
database front-end and then have it reading/writing the data securely in a 
decent back-end such as, well it depends on roughly how much data you think you 
are going to generate.  MySql/MariaDb and Postgresql are very hefty and 
probably far larger than you will need.  

There is some documentation about using Base
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications
but it's a bit of a work-in-progress.  

Regards from
Tom :)  





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> From: paulwhitehurst <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected] 
>Sent: Friday, 9 November 2012, 14:41
>Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Links in a writer document
> 
>Tom:
>
>Thanks.  That's what I tried.
>
>My idea for the form was to allow the user to fill in data in a Writer table
>cell.  Then, inside the spreadsheet I wanted to insert a DDE link to the
>cell in a Writer table.  The spreadsheet would do the calculations for the
>form and generate the result.  Ideally I could also link the output of the
>spreadsheet back to a cell in the Writer table.
>
>The problem with doing it this way is that the the spreadsheet doesn't
>refresh when I enter data in the Writer table cell.  I tried creating the
>OLE object as a new Calc file, but it doesn't  refresh.  I tried creating
>the OLE object from an existing Calc file.  I got some of the cells in the
>existing Calc file to refresh pretty well, but it didn't refresh the OLE
>object embedded in the Writer document.  In any event, I would prefer not
>having two files.  I would like to distribute this form.  I expect potential
>users would be unfamiliar with LO.  I expect it would be to hard for them to
>use it because both the files would need to be in the same directory and all
>the links between the files made to work.
>
>I can send you a draft of the form I'm working on to see if you might have
>some suggestions.
>
>Paul Whitehurst
>
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