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User fs changed the following:
What |Old value |New value
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Assigned to|dbaneedsconfirm |fs
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Ever confirmed| |1
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Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW
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Keywords|needmoreinfo |
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Summary|Database Wizard fails to |Database Wizard: "Open an
|open first dBase file |existing database file"
| |should not silently ignore
| |errors on non-ODB files
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Target milestone|--- |OOo Later
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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jan 9 03:30:03 -0800
2006 -------
The real problem here is that "Open an existing database file", when you choose
a dbf file via this item, really opens the DBF file as if it is a database. The
"Open an existing ..." feature in the database wizard is intended to open ODB
files, nothing else. Obviously, it silently assumes for *every* file that it is
an ODB file.
This then explains everything:
> 3) use "Open" to select a DBF file (eg, DISTRIB.DBF), then
> I get a screen with the Forms icon highlighted.
This is the initial error - there should be an error message in the wizard
saying "this is no database document".
> When I click on the "Tables" icon, I get a message box stating:
> "The connection to data source "DISTRIB" could not be established."
This is because the DBF file could not be read as a ODB file. You can verify
this by looking at Edit|Database|Properties, which shows complete nonsense.
> If I use File | Open to open a second DBF file -- I get the Import dBase Files
> box and then an OpenOffice Calc window with the data displayed.
This works since it has nothing to do with the first file, and is opened by
"regular" means, i.e. the File-Open dialog.
> If I use File | Open on the first DBF file, I get the same error.
This is because the file is not opened, again. Instead, OOo notices that the
file is still open (though improperly opened), and only switches to the window
where it is open.
> If I use File | Close, the OpenOffice Base window closes.
> However, I can now open the original file (DISTRIB.DBF) by using File | Open
> from OpenOffice Calc
This is because now, the file is properly opened - not assuming that it is an
ODB file.
So, the whole problem boils down to: "Open an existing database file" should not
silently open anything, but only those files it recognizes as real ODB file.
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