Am Montag, den 30.07.2007, 21:13 +0200 schrieb Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germany: > Hi Marc, > > > Wouldn't it be pretty easy in terms of workload to only add a menu item > > "import table" or adding a document type ".dbf" to the open dialog in > > base? This way the *existing* table import wizard could be triggered. > > > > Okay, I don't know if it would be doable for server databases and if the > > user want's to import not only one but many tables it's a lot work to > > do. But it could be a quick working solution (without all the bells and > > whistles). > > Let me mention that something like this should possible with an > extension, nowadays - all of the the following works completely via UNO API:
Pretty neat idea. I didn't expect all of this rather "internal" stuff being available at the api. > 1. Adding menu items to applications > 2. opening the file/folder picker for browsing for .dbf files > 3. creating a (temporary) .odb file to connect to the dBase files > 4. triggering the "Copy Table" wizard > > The forth is the item which I'm most uncertain about - at least in some > details. However, if anybody wants to embark on such an extension, I'm > willing to quickly fix the issues which raise during the journey. If > possible at all, I'll fix them ASAP, so they would be part of the next > developer snapshot build for continuous development. > > Volunteers? As already written, I cannot do much until I've upgraded my OS, OO.o 2 doesn't compile on FreeBSD 4.x. And since I have some other issues to solve (e.g. sticking the last few Windows-programmes needed into a virtual environment and do heavy testing, upgrading local ported programmes, ...) this will take a while. When done I'll have some more time for OO.o again, but I can't tell which vaporware in my head will materialize into real code then. You'll see - this one could be a good starting point. ;) And there is still the snippet creation thing to do ... > >>> Perhaps after we addressed all the performance problems some users > >>> rightfully moaned about? :) > >>> > >> Ah, the decision of where to assign limited resources...*grin*, well > >> that;s why they pay you the big bucks Frank. > > > > For me all this is "hobby style" action. Noone pays me anything. > > The engagement of you and all other volunteers is highly appreciated. > I'm well aware of the fact that I'm very lucky somebody pays me for > doing what I like to do (in fact I think this is something way too few > people can say about their daywork). But this still means I'm fully > aware of that Base wouldn't be the same without you and the other > volunteers spending their time for it. Thus: A big Thank You to all you > dedicated people! You're welcome. And I fully understand that moaning "Where is feature X? When will it be in?" can make the skin thinner or the sense of humor wider. :) Marc --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
