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List:       openoffice-users
Subject:    Re: [users] How do I embed data sources?
From:       Benjamin Long <bflong () longbros ! com>
Date:       2004-08-10 16:31:46
Message-ID: 200408101631.46924.bflong () longbros ! com
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On Tuesday 10 August 2004 08:06 pm, Jim Higson wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 August 2004 12:56, Benjamin Long wrote:
> > Greetings all!
> >
> > 	I need to deliver a document that uses data sources to all my employees.
> > I would rather not go to each desk and set up the proper data sources for
> > them by hand. Is there any way that I can save a data source in the
> > document itself so that I just have to distribute the file and it all
> > "just works"? The data itself does not have to be saved in the document,
> > but if thats possible it would be good to know how to do it. :) TIA
>
> Can you give more information on what you are trying to do.
> What is the data source? Of course, if it's text, html (a web page) or
> somthing similar it can be put straight into a writer document.

There are two things I would like to do. One is to create a document with 
forms that connects to a mysql server data source automaticly, without having 
to add the data source manually. The other is to use a data source in a 
spreadsheet embedded in a writer document to do a mail merge.

Benjamin Long

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