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List:       openoffice-users
Subject:    Re: [users] Mail Merge
From:       Tom Melvin <tom () tkrh ! demon ! co ! uk>
Date:       2002-12-12 9:12:11
Message-ID: 20021212091211.GA15436 () tkrh ! demon ! co ! uk
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CP Hennessy made comment on Thu Dec 12 00:28:36 2002 :
> "Tools" -> "Data Sources..." 
>   "New Data Source" 
> 	Tab "General"
> 	    "Database type" : "Text"
> 	    "Data source URL : browse to whereever your csv file is.
> 	Tab "Text"
> 	    File in various obvious flelds
> 
> And then in your Form file reference this datasource.

Yes found that - set that up and for one run it is great. But if the
letter is saved in OOo and then the datasource (csv file) changes and
the letter re-opened the contents are set to the old data. OOo does not
seem to refresh the data like MicroSoft Word does.


Tom


> 
> On Wednesday 11 December 2002 22:51, Tom Melvin wrote:
> > Tom Melvin made comment on Tue Dec 10 16:41:07 2002 :
> > > I can create a mail merge document pointing to a Data source  Ok but
> > > when the data source 'changes' (it's a csv file) and I re-load the
> > > letter the contents initially displayed do not change - they show the
> > > 'old' data.
> > >
> > > Is there a way to get OpenOffice.org to 'refresh' the data without user
> > > intervension?.
> >
> > If using a CSV file to pass info into OOo won't work is there a guide/FAQ
> > somewhere that explains how to 'pass variables' into OOo. OOo is running
> > under SuSE and accessing text files (can be any format) over an NFS
> > share from SCO OpenServer.
> >
> > I need to 'grab' client/name and address details and automatically
> > insert them into a letter/handout without users have to do much clicking.
> >

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