Hi :) Thanks Dan! So forms done in Writer are effectively "read only" and to make forms that allow data-entry really needs the forms to be made in Base?
That makes more sense than what i was thinking. Thanks for clarifying that for me! :) Thanks and regards from Tom :) ________________________________ From: Dan Lewis <elderdanle...@gmail.com> To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday, 6 September 2013, 17:27 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Suggestions: Sorry but the feedback page is not working, I am sending by email Comment in-line On 09/06/2013 12:14 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > It's fine posting to the Users List to start with. We might be able to deal > with issues directly and if not then we can signpost you to more appropriate > places. > > I'm not sure why "OfficeSecurity" is involved so they might be dropped from > subsequent replies. > > > Base forms and reports 'should' be written in Writer or Calc rather than in > Base itself shouldn't they? That would protect users from seeing the Base > interface and just present normal users with the familiar interface they get > in Writer or Calc. Base forms are created using Writer, but they are *not* the same thing as X-Forms. The purpose of forms in Base is to enter data into the tables of the database. This is not a purpose that X-Forms in Writer nor anything in Calc can provide. --Dan > With macros i think the problem is that MS uses a different language for > macros and their macros keep being used as an attack vector for malware. So, > all sorts of ways have had to be built to prevent macros from executing > whenever they want. > > Sadly, LibreOffice uses a different version of Basic that doesn't seem to > have had security issues "out in the wild" (afaik). A > couple of times people have been urged to upgrade to new branches to > avoid known issues that were fixed in the newer branch but that was almost > entirely preventative rather than reactive. I think LibreOffice even allows > a few other languages to be used, such as Python. > > So, if people write macros using the language(s) that LibreOffice uses then > presumably those macros don't have to be imported/converted? > > > Sorry i don't know any of this from 1st hand experience but just have my > opinions built-up from the many posts on the Users List about these topics so > i could easily have misunderstood things. > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Rodrigo Bigo <rodrigob...@ig.com.br> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org; officesecur...@lists.freedesktop.org > Sent: Friday, 6 September 2013, 13:08 > Subject: [libreoffice-users] Suggestions: Sorry but the feedback page is not > working, I am sending by email > > > Sorry but the feedback page is not working, I am sending by email > > Via Google > > Hello, > > I downloaded the package LibreOffice, because I am currently the a Visual > Basic and MsAccess programmer. > > And I thought a very good tool, however I would like to send some > suggestions. > > The suggestions are: > > 1 - Password Option to prevent the drawing mode for end users, objects from > the database as Forms, Tables, Reports, and Macros > > 2 - Option to start creating a form that would be a menu option to open > other forms, views, tables, queries and reports. > > 3 - Boot Options to a database, with the ability to more easily hide the > toolbars and menus. > > End users are not familiar with many tools and buttons. And they need ease > and simplicity to be able to use a program. > > 4 - To have to import macros, and ask the password protection code, > discourages programmers to distribute databases for end-users and even by > the internet. Ideally macros not needed to be imported, and they would only > be allocated in a sub-folder of the archive database. > > If these options could be implemented, surely this would stimulate much > MsAccess programmers to migrate to LibreOfficeBase. > > Thank you. > > Best Regards > > Rodrigo Bigo Jr -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
