On 12/19/2010 5:44 PM, Ugly Ƨǝɒɳ wrote:
Bob,
If you don't have MS Works any longer, I can possibly try to copy the sucker
over for you.
Barb,
May I ask why OOo can't import files from MS Access? One of the things that appeared to
be a "selling" point of OOo is its compatibility with MS Office.
I've always looked for a means to import files from MS Publisher. Is it
because there is no interest in the project? Microsoft makes it too difficult
to emulate the file format? Or are there legal aspects as well?
As I understand it, the basic models for how things are constructed are very different, and the
proprietary nature of the formats also causes problems. Also, I believe the developer team for Base
has always been much smaller than the others, probably because the general user is much more likely
to try to fit his needs to spreadsheet capabilities than to use a true database. Finally, it is
regarded as being primarily a "front end" for a database engine like MySQL, rather than an
independent database. Most of the heavy database users just go directly into SQL whenever things get
complex, so there are no GUI capabilities for things like update queries. This may change in
LibreOffice, we'll see.
-Sean
-----Original Message-----
From: Barbara Duprey [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 6:25 PM
To: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [discuss] Microsoft Works v4.5
On 12/16/2010 5:13 PM, Bob Dennison wrote:
I have some database files I created in this format. (.wdb) What can I use to
open these files in Open Office so that I can edit them?
Bob D...
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OOo Base doesn't have a direct import from Works (or Access, for that matter).
If you have access to Works, look to see how it can save or export its data;
the most likely possibility for a common format is .csv, which can be used in
either Base or Calc, depending on whether you need a true database or not.
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