How do the macros in LO work? I thought they were Basic macros? What's the difference for the VBA macros of excel?
On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 10:41 PM Franklin Weng <frank...@libreoffice.org> wrote: > On February 11, 2019 2:08:58 AM GMT+08:00, Italo Vignoli < > it...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > >I cannot disagree more. In Italy, most enterprises and every public > >administration are using Microsoft Access, and this represents a > >problem > >when they have to migrate to LibreOffice (as Base is not seen as a good > >replacement for Microsoft Access, because is missing the scripting > >feature). > > > >On 10/02/2019 10:56, Pedro Rosmaninho wrote: > >> Just to mention that Microsoft Access (the equivalent to Base) is > >barely > >> used in the professional world. > >> Usually companies use Excel and connect it to MySQL or apps like > >PowerBI > >> depending on the purpose. > >> > >> On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 9:40 AM Heiko Tietze <tietze.he...@gmail.com> > >wrote: > >> > >>> While the idea of the Notebookbar is exactly this, to provide > >completely > >>> different UIs, I doubt we can make Base "a variant of Calc“. But you > >are > >>> very welcome to draft the idea or implement yourself (should be > >possible > >>> for everyone who uses mailing lists). > >>> > >>>> Am 07.02.2019 um 21:26 schrieb Miguel Mayol <mitc...@gmail.com>: > >>>> > >>>> I had today a idea i think is a very good one: > >>>> > >>>> One interface option - better if it is the default one - in LO BASE > >>> equal to the CALC one > >>>> > >>>> The reason is that people are using EXCEL for databases > >>>> because they do not know > >>>> because they have the cheaper version of MSO without Access > >>>> and because they think it is "easier" > >>>> > >>>> Doing this and a promo viral video that shows that it is > >>>> - as easy as a spreadsheet to insert and show data > >>>> - and as powerful as a database to deal with it, > >>>> especially addressed to university professors and PhD students, > >probably > >>> would increase a lot the use of BASE in substitution of MS Excel for > >>> managing databases, and the use of other components of LibreOffice. > >>>> > >>>> I went to bugzilla, but I was not able to log in, so sorry, but as > >I > >>> only collaborate with suggestions, I did not want this one that I > >think is > >>> great, and probably very easy to implement, to pass by. > >>>> > >>>> I remembered an old database named FileMaker that was very easy to > >use > >>> because it had a interface near to what a spreadsheet is. > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> To unsubscribe e-mail to: design+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > >>> Problems? > >>> > >https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > >>> Posting guidelines + more: > >https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > >>> List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ > >>> Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > >>> > >> > > > > > >-- > >Italo Vignoli - Marketing & PR > >email italo.vign...@documentfoundation.org > >mobile/signal +39.348.5653829 - skype italovignoli > >hangout/jabber italo.vign...@gmail.com > >The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE > >Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts > >Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint > >GPG Key ID - 0xAAB8D5C0 > >DB75 1534 3FD0 EA5F 56B5 FDA6 DE82 934C AAB8 D5C0 > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe e-mail to: design+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > >Problems? > >https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > >Posting guidelines + more: > >https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > >List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ > >Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > > Currently in enterprise migration there are still two big gaps : Macros > and Databases. IIRC a few years before when we talked about this, the > solutions were that we'd help the customers to use *real* rational > databases like MySQL/Mariadb, …etc., with some simple web interfaces (MySQL > admin?) to replace Access. After all, Access or Base is just(?) front-end > agents of these real databases. > > -- > Franklin Weng, Member, Board of Director & Certification Commitee > The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE > > Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts > > Legal details: https://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: design+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
