Re: Fwd: Link Gnumeric with another application

[Jody Goldberg <jody gnome org>]

On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 04:55:11PM +0200, Bakala Maxime wrote:
> Bakala Maxime <max_bakala yahoo fr> wrote:Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 16:48:14 +0200 (CEST)
> De: Bakala Maxime 
> Objet: Link Gnumeric with another application
> ?: gnumeric-list gnome org
>
> Hi,
> for educational reasons, i want to link gnumeric in asynchronous
> mode, with a small program which can send to him small messages
> (for example a value to display in a cell. this cell will be
> refreshed with the new value  anytime gnumeric receive a new value
> to print). Is that possible and why?  Thank you very much

Yes.  You'll want to use the 1.1.x series.  There is a sample of a
real time data feed in
    gnumeric/plugins/sample_datasource
Its a very simple example that monitors a named pipe for updates.
You can easily adjust it to suite your needs.