If your program dumps data directly into an open Excel spreadsheet, it will not function with openoffice without extensive modification to the program source code. It is possible to do the same thing with OOo, but the interface is different.
tc
Milen Pankov wrote:
What he is saying is that a programme has been written that launches Word and Excel with the files open. He wants to change the code in the app so it uses OO.o, but it won't work. I don't code much, but I do get the question.
Yes, that is the situation, just that it doesn't launch with the files opened, it launches and than creates the files.
The programs generate data. They have biult in functions that export the data. For example the one has possibilities to export the data (this are usually reports in table formats) to 1. directly to printer; 2. to html file; 3. to ASCII file and 4. to excel file. The users always use excel because this gives them opportunities to modify the content as it is necessary most of the time. The program does not generate the file and give You a oportunity to save it somewhere - it would be easy if the situation was like that, instead the program automatically opens a blank excel sheet and starts filling the data as it gets it from sql queries AT THE SAME TIME.
Ah so! I would recommend then that the apps still export in MSO format.
Then problem becomes one of lauching OOo. For example, replacing, say
the excel commandline, with something like %PATHTOOOo%\soffice -calc
<name of file>. Likewise for word. This will save time in migration so
that the app(s) can be adapted to input and output OOo files. By later I
mean OOo2.0 which will use the OpenDocument file formats which are well
documented.
Where do I exactly do this replace and the other question - I don't know the name of the file - it does not exist in the time of launching the office application?
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