Hello Frank and Drew: I hope that this 2008 has had a good start and that it brings good health and many accomplishments to your lives.
I was touched by Jean's farewell and I hope her the best. I am sorry we couldn't finish the tutorial before her departure. Drew, we are very close to finishing this tutorial. We already have a very good text that explains the basics of database design and the options that BASE will offer them and that they have to chose from. At this point, the users can develop database structure with three levels of normal form, full with UML diagrams, table dictionaries and even the form designs for the tutorial example. This is no small feat! Now we need to teach how to encode this with Base. You have told me that the level of complexity I am aiming for requires the use of some ooBasic and the UNO object model. I made my research and found this to be fine. Of course, I am able to understand this at a theoretical level but you will have to explain me how to actually implement it. This is what is left to do: 1. Teach how to build the dynamic entry forms 2. Teach how to build the dynamic report forms 1. Forms like the Patient Data Form connect to the MD and psychiatrist tables, allowing the user to link the patient with one of the existing entries or creating a new one and then linking the patient to it. It also allows to record one or more phone numbers for each patient. This is clear in the entry form model I sent you. At another level, some entry is done using radio buttons (and maybe check boxes). We need to show how to translate this click-and-point procedure to data Base can handle. 2. Some reports will display individual records; Other reports will make summaries of data. In either case, the information displayed will change depending on conditional clauses. Because you are the BASE expert, I need to work closely with you now. If we are consistent, we could be finishing this quite soon (maybe within a month, depending on your other commitments). This is the last stretch of a quite complex project, of which I feel quite proud. Please let me know your time availability. Cheers, Mariano. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
