Does anyone know if I can get real-time data in my LibreOffice Calc? I think LibreOffice used to be known as OpenOffice and I used to have a spreadsheet (courtesy Dan Harvey) that used to get real-time quotes via DDE. I'm not sure about LibreOffice or RTD, though, and I'm not seeing anything as I search online for LibreOffice rtd. Thanks!
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RTD with LibreOffice?
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many years ago i was on a mission to develop an rtd client in java. i searched for information and found
a python implementation. at the time, i didn't know python so i never did anything with it. python can read
and write excel files, and i assume it can also read and write openoffice/libreoffice files. depending on your
motivation, you could start with the python client and integrate it with code to interface with libreoffice.
there's no documentation with python code and it would probably not be easy to get it working. the python
rtd client is still available on the web and there's a microsoft paper on how to develop an rtd server. with
both of these you can figure out how rtd works and likely get it working.
https://github.com/brotchie/pyrtd
a python implementation. at the time, i didn't know python so i never did anything with it. python can read
and write excel files, and i assume it can also read and write openoffice/libreoffice files. depending on your
motivation, you could start with the python client and integrate it with code to interface with libreoffice.
there's no documentation with python code and it would probably not be easy to get it working. the python
rtd client is still available on the web and there's a microsoft paper on how to develop an rtd server. with
both of these you can figure out how rtd works and likely get it working.
https://github.com/brotchie/pyrtd
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many years ago i was on a mission to develop an rtd client in java. i searched for information and found
a python implementation. at the time, i didn't know python so i never did anything with it. python can read
and write excel files, and i assume it can also read and write openoffice/libreoffice files. depending on your
motivation, you could start with the python client and integrate it with code to interface with libreoffice.
there's no documentation with python code and it would probably not be easy to get it working. the python
rtd client is still available on the web and there's a microsoft paper on how to develop an rtd server. with
both of these you can figure out how rtd works and likely get it working.
https://github.com/brotchie/pyrtd
I'm thinking that's way beyond my rudimentary ability at this point but it sure sounds like an interesting idea. Thanks Jim!
By the way, TOS support agrees with you Gary. They told me Excel only.
FYI:
I purchased Excel, ONLY to access RTD. I do not open Excel, but only control it as a background task to facilitate RTD access to TOS from Perl. -- It is likely one can do the same in Python, as Jim mentions. -- I needed No-touch operation for automated access.
I purchased Excel, ONLY to access RTD. I do not open Excel, but only control it as a background task to facilitate RTD access to TOS from Perl. -- It is likely one can do the same in Python, as Jim mentions. -- I needed No-touch operation for automated access.
FYI:
I purchased Excel, ONLY to access RTD. I do not open Excel, but only control it as a background task to facilitate RTD access to TOS from Perl. -- It is likely one can do the same in Python, as Jim mentions. -- I needed No-touch operation for automated access.
I'm thinking about doing that (the first sentence only!).