Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Mail merge manual field entry

Thank you Alex.  I'll give your ideas some thought.  The key issue for 
me is that I can manually enter "placeholders" for fields as text that 
Salesforce can interpret for the merge on their platform (well, I think 
I can but haven't been able to test it yet).  What I can't do is enter 
any LO commands that trigger a next record or next page that Salesforce 
can interpret.

All that said, I still don't really understand how LO handles mail 
merges and it seems to be tailored to those who want to generate merges 
with a Calc spreadsheet (even that should be simpler IMHO) or a Base dB 
or a connected dB for someone who knows a little more.

Carl



On 8/19/13 4:38 AM, Alex Thurgood wrote:
> Le 12/08/2013 22:12, Carl Paulsen a écrit :
>
> Hi Carl,
>
> 1) Create a Writer document template with the size of the label you 
> require or use one of the pre-supplied label formats provided with LO.
>
> 2) In order to be able to include Database Field Names, you will need to
>
> (a) be able to either connect directly from LO to the database server 
> (using the GUI and a registered datasource or a macro to setup the 
> database context)
>
> OR
>
> (b) insert "placeholders" or "user-defined" fields which will then 
> have to be mapped to the data you can retrieve from your web 
> interfaced database.
>
> 3) Alternatively, use some third party software to manipulate the 
> corresponding ODF document directly (python, java tools, php, perl, 
> etc). IMO, this may probably be easier in the long run if you don't 
> require your users to manipulate file creation, ie., if everything is 
> setup by an admin and doesn't require further user intervention other 
> than launching a script.
>
> Alex

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