Automatic Spreadsheet forms

Details Automatic Spreadsheet forms Automatic Spreadsheet forms

1996-06-06

1998-10-06

Lintz, Paul R.

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

707 4, 707100, 707503, G06F 1730

Patent

active

058192930

ABSTRACT:
A method of entering and saving data using a spreadsheet program, includes providing a spreadsheet template that defines a spreadsheet form, and creating multiple instances of the spreadsheet form defined by the spreadsheet template. Each instance of the spreadsheet form has data-entry cells containing variable data. The method includes a step of associating each form instance with a different record of a database, wherein each database record has record fields corresponding respectively to data-entry cells of the form instances. When the user saves a particular form instance as a spreadsheet using the spreadsheet program, instructions associated with the form instance also save the variable data from the data-entry cells in corresponding record fields of an associated database record.

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