On Sun, 2005-06-12 at 19:41 -0300, Marcelo C. Martinelli wrote: > bloomberg ships a plugin for excel where you can download in real time > market data to a speadsheet. it is one of the most widely used > features by users of bloomberg. this is something that basically makes > Calc unusable for anyone working in financial markets. this is a group > of power users of spreadsheets that could easily be converted to OOo > products IF this feature were to be made available.
This could possibly be done using the external data feature in Calc. You simply link the external data via website into your spreadsheet data and specify a refresh interval (say 60 seconds). I have used it for stock prices, currency conversions and changes in weather so far. Regards Jonathon -- OOo Tips (RSS) - http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/tips.rss OOo Knowledgebase - http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/ Cybersite Consulting - http://www.cybersite.com.au/ Training4Linux - http://www.training4linux.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
