OpenOffice Calc & iWorks Numbers

time*treat

time*treat

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I'd like to know if either of these apps has macro capabilities as good as Excel.

Numbers has a nice video preview, but I need to know if I can write some real code with teeth behind the pretty graphs.

Calc looks like it has potential. I'd want a good book on it. I hate fishing around in 'help'. Any recos?

Also, right now I have OO 2.0 and I'd like to know if I can just DL a patch to 2.2 or if I have to get a new full 2.2 install...
 
johnph77

johnph77

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I share your dislike of online help. Written manuals are so much better. But they've been eliminated due to costs.
 
blitzed

blitzed

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johnph77 said:
I share your dislike of online help. Written manuals are so much better. But they've been eliminated due to costs.
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hiya johnph77,

most of the time I have no problem with the attempt at paper-less society. however, it is absurd when a very expensive piece of software does not come with a hardcopy manual. all they provide are the built in help files which can be awkward, and worst is when they mostly link to their website.

anyway, the built in help for OpenOffice Calc is very good in my opinion, at least I had no problem sifting through functions to see the syntax by example.

cheers!
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time*treat

time*treat

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The books have more thorough examples. They also allow more workspace than a screen. Functions are fine, but there comes a point where you need far more complex code than one line equations.
 
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tomtom

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tomtom said:
BUT? :confused:

That’s an open source project…..and a GREAT project….
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So not sure, but possibly you may have at least the following choices:

-Learn the necessary programming language and try to improve the project with the features you need and find interesting

-Pay someone to do it for you

-Try if it possible to donate some money for the project, so it may have more features more faster possibly?

- Learn programming and make a program you need just for yourself


- Pay someone to do it for you


-Buy the program that has features you need





BTW, where to play a lottery that has less than 1: 10 mill odds for JP, at inexpensive prices like less than $1 for a combination, no must play any quick picks if don’t like it, with big JP where JP carries less than or up to 50 % of prizes money, with a ball machine, and TV draws, and some JP winners in almost in each draw…

I said JP winners in each draw, since I like good odds and winners and a winning atmosphere as a lot of people do for sure, and also your nickname is time*treat, so probably you like winners in a as short time as possible, which provenly prefer a looot of people...
 
time*treat

time*treat

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@ tomtom,
I never said OO is not good. I just wanted to know if I could use it with the same ease I am currently using Excel. Right now, the answer is "no". I have posted VBA code on this forum before. I think it will convey that I can program well enough...

As to your JP question. You may want to look into the little lotto type games. 5 balls instead of six. Plenty of those in the U.S.

@ Patrick123,
Thanks for the link.
 
Patrick123

Patrick123

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Pleasure time*treat, it may not be a spreadsheet, but it's data handling capabilities are awesome.

Regards
Patrick
 
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tomtom

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time*treat said:
. I think it will convey that I can program well enough...
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No offense, but between a VBA and Java programming is a from 3 months to one year difference, in my honest opinion :agree2:.

However, glad that Patrick had an answer regarding your question, since that's the most important :thumb:
 
time*treat

time*treat

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Ahh, see that 3 months to 1 year is then spent learning a new language rather than working on your lottery theory. :look:
I believe a winning system will depend on the methods it is based on, not the language it is written in. Some languages have a few more built-in commands than others but, so far, I have not found anything I couldn't do one way or another in VB.
I found an online StarBasic "book" (274pg) after jumping through 3 or 4 links on the OO home page. So, I will keep OO around as an alt option.
Home --> Contributing --> Programming --> 'add a feature'
http://docs-pdf.sun.com/817-1826/817-1826.pdf

I should also mention that iWork Numbers currently does not have macro support. :sick: Total deal breaker for many of us.
 
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tomtom

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time*treat said:
I should also mention that iWork Numbers currently does not have macro support. :sick: Total deal breaker for many of us
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Well….you can try to improve the program by donating some work, and/ or ideas to the project, and also maybe it is possible to donate some money (not sure about this possibility), and also maybe there are other ways…however , the project is a great idea, and as you see, people are trying it, using it, and talk about it…..….


Also, you don’t need to worry, since you are already using Excel, and the great program Excel is very nicely priced these days, and you may buy the whole genuine Office 2007 Pro for just little more than 200$ , at some online shops…..That was the price at the softwareking’s, if I remember good….


time*treat said:
Ahh, see that 3 months to 1 year is then spent learning a new language rather than working on your lottery theory. :look:
I believe a winning system will depend on the methods it is based on, not the language it is written in.
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There is no a wining system in lottery…..there are just lottery games that have just about no JP winners, lotteries that have not many JP winners, lotteries that have some JP winners, and lotteries that have a lot of JP winners……
That’s known as odds……
the other important things are cost for one combination , quality of game, and quality of ALL prizes ….important for is it worth spending any time or any money for buying any tickets, in my opinion….or play any lottery at all…
 
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