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OpenSesame: @DbColumn on a spreadsheet
Thu 22 Mar 2007, 11:58 PM
Another one of my "projects" as part of OpenSesame (see earlier post on Edit view in spreadsheet) is the ability to do an @DbColumn or @DbLookup on an OpenDocument spreadsheet in Notes 8.  This is what I have working tonight::

Colors := @DbColumn("OpenS"; "c:\\temp\\trial.ods"; "Sheet1"; "F4-F999");
Colors := @Implode(@Trim(@Unique(Colors)); ",");
@Prompt([Ok]; "All Colors"; Colors);

gives a result of:

Results of @DbColumn

with the spreadsheet:

Spreadsheet view of data

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OpenSesame: Edit view in spreadsheet let's you see changes
Thu 22 Mar 2007, 12:32 PM
Just thought I'd share the fact that the Edit view in spreadsheet I described recently has a nice side benefit.  Since I am using revision tracking, you can send a copy of a view to someone else and have them change what they think they should, even someone without Notes using OpenOffice.org, for example, and when you get the file back, you will see the modified cells.  If you mouse over a modified cell (this is from the Beta 2 Lotus Spreadsheets), you get the following.  You can even pass it to multiple people and see who changed what.

Screen shot of revsion markings on edited view

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