Hello Markus, *, On Saterday, 13. December 2014 11:00 Markus Mohrhard wrote: > On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Thomas Hackert > <thack...@nexgo.de> wrote: >> either I do not understand this function (which might be ... ;) ) >> or I found a bug in it ... :( >> >> When I >> 1. start Calc >> 2. then enter, for example, "=WEBSERVICE >> " >> http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/forecast?q=Berlin,de&mode=xml&units=metric >> "" >> in e.g. cell A1 (I have tried it with the German "=WEBDIENST >> " >> http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/forecast?q=Berlin,de&mode=xml&units=metric >> ""). >> >> I get a cell with a lot of XML data in A1. Is this a feature or a >> bug? I had expected, that Calc would insert all the data in >> different cells, but without the XML code around ... :( > > This is expected.
ah, O.K. > It will just return the data that the url > provides. There is no calc function that will return data to > multiple cells. Normally you would further process that content > with FILTERXML to get the data that you need. Will this "FILTERXML" function be implemented as well? >> BTW: Why are there that much M$ Excel functions flooding Pootle? >> It is really time consuming to find out, if they are patented, or >> protected by any other rights ... :( > > Because they help interoperability and there is someone > implementing them. But are we allowed to use them in LO (and for me as a translator: Are we allowed to translate them)? Would this not lead to any copyright infringement and therefore lawsuits in the US / EU against us? Thanks for your answer Thomas. -- NP: Mirrors of Obsidian – Slaves to Numbers _______________________________________________ List Name: Libreoffice-qa mailing list Mail address: Libreoffice-qa@lists.freedesktop.org Change settings: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-qa Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice-qa/
