C++ question. Input libre calc files, data files and a template, export new calc file?

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I have a bunch of libre calc data files, all have two columns, a date and a value. I also have a libre calc template which acts as a calculator, and i would manually insert the data in to the template and save a file. I would do this over and over. Eventually I would go in to these calculator draw calculated data from them and insert them in to a comparison template.

This takes a lot of time!!

So I want to be able to write code to read choosen files, insert the data in to a template and save as a new libre calc file. Is this possible? How?

Posted 30-Oct-15 8:57am

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[no name] 30-Oct-15 15:06pm

It is possible I think. Put some "PlaceHolder" in your template and fill them with current data.

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2015-10-30T09:28:00

If by "libre" you mean LibreOffice, you can start with learning its API: http://api.libreoffice.org[^].

But what you do sounds line an absolute low-tech, a view of a user, not software development, who tends to think that programming is something like advanced user behavior. You may waste a lot less effort and obtain more reusable and useful results if you leave the idea of "automating" office and do all your calculations from scratch. However, I cannot be 100% sure, because I don't know all your goals. I would just advise your to think about it.

—SA