On Thursday 19 October 2006 3:48 am, Jon Rubin wrote: > Hi Bruce, > Apologies to the list members, I realise that in life three things are > inevitable: death, taxes and lost data but sometimes the latter can > happen at a very bad time, and inevitably when you've just done a lot of > work. > As for Sun (and let me make it clear I do not include and list members > as causes for my pessimism) I can remember when OO 1.0 arrived and > bibliography enhancements were being promised for 2.0 ... I remember too. > > It was a Windows XP (for all users) install and the biblio file is in > this folder: > > C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 2.0\presets\database > > > Two questions of my own: has anybody written a guide on how to import > the old 1.x database into the 2. database because although I have done > it, it did not seem at all straightforward and of course I can't now > remember how I did it. As far as I know there is no difference between the OOo version 1.x and version 2.x bibliographic databases. (i.e non of my change/enhancement requests were actioned)
The data base file is called biblio.dbf and it is located on my linux system in the directory [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/.openoffice.org2/user/database/biblio> So importing the bibliography is just a matter of copying the old /biblio/biblio.dbf to the location of the new database. In your case do you have an old C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 1.0.x\presets\database directory left still ? > And also how to have the bibliography database somewhere other than the > default folder, I have tried but all that happened would be that no data > would show at all when I wanted to insert a bibliography field. > Yes it is a a real pain that when there is a problem with the bibliographic database, the application does nothing - there are no error messages of the type "Cannot find the bibliographic database at C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 1.0.4\presets\database\" or "The database at C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 1.0.4\presets\database\ is invalid" However, to change the location of the database - First, understand that the bibliographic application looks for a database called 'Bibliography' and a table called 'biblio' in that database. In the case of the standard Xbase (.dbf) bibliographic database the "database" is a directory called /biblio and the "table" is a .dbf file in that directory called biblio.dbf You can change the location of the database By using the File->New->Database wizard. Create a new database called, say 'Bibliography-new' Then using the menu option- Tools->Options->OpenOffice.org Base->Database You should now have at least two databases listed, the original Bibliography and Bibliography-new. In that Panel edit the original Bibliography to change its name to Bibliography-old and change Bibliography-new to Bibliography. The Bibliographic application should use the new database, but if is not happy it will keep quite. I will put this info on the popular http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Bibliographic_Hints_and_Tips wiki page. I hope this helps, if you have any trouble then contact me. regards David > regards, > > Jon. > > Bruce D'Arcus wrote: > > Hi Jon, > > > > Quick question: can you just confirm where your database was stored? I > > need to pass on the info to the Writer people. > > > > On this ... > > > > On 10/18/06, Jon Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> OK, so I understand that Sun has very little interest in actually > >> getting the bibliography project the support it needs ... > > > > I actually don't think this is quite right. We have recently had quite > > positive interactions with the Sun team on this and are optimistic > > we'll make progress. They're just stretched quite thin with all the > > work they need to do. > > > > Bruce > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ___________________________________________________________ > All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and > ease of use." - PC Magazine http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ------------------- David N. Wilson Co-Project Lead for the Bibliographic OpenOffice Project http://bibliographic.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
