This post is an answer to the 2 previous messages in the OpenOffice::OODoc forum.

Macro and formula execution is out of the scope of the OpenOffice::OODoc module, and there is no plan to cover this area in the future, knowing that:

1) OpenOffice::OODoc is a data retrieval and update interface only, and it's neither a Basic interpreter nor a subsitute for the OpenOffice.org code execution engine;

2) The module is designed in order to support the OASIS OpenDocument specification (i.e. the ISO 26300 document format), and not the macro and formula proprietary languages which are not presently covered by the standard and which can differ from one OpenDocument-compliant software to another one.

As a consequence, a Perl-based OpenOffice.org formula and macro execution engine, if any, should be developed as a separate module, even if it could be used in combination with OpenOffice::OODoc.