I wish I REALLY knew how to respond to these messages...looks very exciting...I
have no mentor! Tony sounds like my speed!
HRH
> Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:10:05 -0600
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [discuss] Microsoft Works v4.5
>
> On 12/20/2010 12:42 PM, Tony Pursell wrote:
> > I think it may be possible for Base to connect to an Access database
> > using ODBC but I'm not that technical. However I do have a program
> > called MDB viewer on my Ubuntu system that will open and export Access
> > tables to .csv files that can be opened in OOo Calc and copied to Base.
> > Possibly, there are Windows programs that will do the same
> >
> > Tony
>
> Base can connect to an Access database and use its tables (read/write), or
> the tables can be copied
> into a new Base database (no need to go through Calc). What's missing is all
> the stuff like queries,
> reports, and so on -- those don't work across the filetypes.
>
> > On Sun, 2010-12-19 at 18:44 -0500, 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?
> >>
> >> -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...
> >> [Bob ([email protected]) is not subscribed and probably will not see
> >> responses unless directly copied.]
> >>
> >> 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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