The screenshot attachment is not preserved by the list. However, based on what you say, there are a couple of likely cases.
1. The file is not being opened by OpenOffice Base. You can check that by opening Base first (using the Apache OpenOffice dashboard that has buttons for all of the individual applications) and taking the option to open an existing database file. See if you can find your simple .odb and open it that way. 2. If (1) fails, your .odb file may have been corrupted and is not being recognized as an OpenOffice Base file by Apache OpenOffice. To explore (2) further, please open an issue on the Apache OpenOffice bugzilla at <https://bz.apache.org/ooo/>. You will need to create an account for yourself using the email address you want to follow the issue with. You can add the screenshot as an attachment. You can also upload the .odb file as an attachment of the same issue. Consider whether or not you have proprietary information in the database before doing that -- the issue attachment will be public. If you can't upload the .odb (including it being too large for an attachment) there are tests you can run yourself. Make a copy of the .odb and rename it to be a .zip instead of .odb. If a Zip utility can't open it, or if the Test feature of a Zip utility such as 7-zip or WinZip says the file is damaged or not a Zip, that confirms the .odb has been corrupted. It is probably not recoverable. - Dennis > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Gehman [mailto:jgeh...@abmtexas.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 09:48 > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: database file > > I can no longer open a simple “.odb” file any longer in OpenOffice. > > > > I just opens a filter selection dialogue window. See screenshot. > > > > > > > > What happened? > > > > Jeff Gehman | MPS Coordinator | American Business Machines > > 7303 W. Sam Houston Parkway N. Houston, TX 77040 | www.ABMTexas.com > <http://www.abmtexas.com/> > > office: 713-688-8892 x316 | mobile: 832-420-0931 | email: > jgeh...@abmtexas.com <mailto:jgeh...@abmtexas.com> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
