Re: [libreoffice-users] How to grab web data into libre office calc ? Or Addons to grab specific web data into libre calc

Hi :)
The questions seem about right.  

Your question 1 was mainly to find out if it is written as a macro or is just a clever worksheet or 
if it is more than a macro.  I get the feeling it's somethign clever in Java or maybe even C++ or 
something (C++ would be fantastic).  

He doesn't seem to have protected his ownership with any sort of copyright yet.  He does seem to be 
a good chap that is just glad to see his code being used.  So, he might well be keen to protect his 
work by using the GPL so that some company can't swoop in and grab his work for their own profit 
and cut him out from being able to use any of that code elsewhere in other stuff he is working on.  
There are other licenses he might prefer.  Creative Commons has a calculator for documentation or 
art or music but i don't think they have good ones for coding.  

The questions are better the way you asked them because it sounds less threatening and gives him 
chance to give short answers.  We don't need to push him in any direction because Extensions are 
independent of the main code and his could have any license he likes.  
Regards from 
Tom :)  







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> From: Supiramani Supiramani <hisupiramani@hotmail.com>
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
> Sent: Saturday, 20 April 2013, 0:24
> Subject: RE: [libreoffice-users] How to grab web data into libre office calc ? Or Addons to grab 
> specific web data into libre calc
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>
> Dear Tom 
>
> Thanks for the very very detailed and useful answers Tom. I thought I wrote detailed questions. 
> But you went much further . Even better you wanted to see how SMF could get to open source .... 
> You are just super 
>
> I shall ask in smf add in yahoo group. I am NOT sure if I will get any further because their 
> starting web page stays no open office support. I am sure others might have asked over the years 
> ...still I think they will tolerate one more question
>
> I plan to ask the following ,.... But I'd appreciate if your could go thru these suggested 
> questions and correct / add to them whee needed 
>
> 1. What language is smf add in written in - my answer - must be XL VBA . the add ins are generally 
> VBA, still ill ask 
> 2. Is it open for porting to libre office / open office by others 
> 3. ...anything else that I missed ....
>
>
> Randy ( developer of SMF ) is generally a very friendly and very helpful person
> I haven't seen anyone share and answer this much
> I am not sure if he will allow open licensing ,.... Still I will ask
>
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> Thanks again and 
> Regards
>
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> Gentlemen you simply rock 
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> > Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:59:54 +0100
> > From: tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk
> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] How to grab web data into libre office calc ?    Or Addons to 
> > grab specific web data into libre calc
> > To: toki.kantoor@gmail.com; users@global.libreoffice.org
> >
> > Hi :)
> > If that is usable then you can probably replace your current version of LibreOffice with 
> > OpenOffice without too many problems.  
> > Regards from 
> > Tom :)  
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: Toki <toki.kantoor@gmail.com>
> > > To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
> > > Sent: Friday, 19 April 2013, 22:33
> > > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] How to grab web data into libre office calc ? Or Addons to 
> > > grab specific web data into libre calc
> > >
> > >
> > > On 04/19/2013 05:16 PM, Happylibre wrote:
> > >
> > > > Now, my question is , is there a similar add in for libre office, when
> > > > invoked , could help the user  get specific cells ( not the whole web page )
> > >
> > > Sort of.
> > > http://getquote-tedsoft.blogspot.com/
> > > and
> > > http://extensions.openoffice.org/en/project/GetQuote
> > >
> > > It is much more reliable with OpenOffice Apache than LibreOffice.
> > >
> > > jonathon
> > >
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