Yes, but I don't have Micro$$$oft Acce$$$ and don't intend to buy it. The KB item to which I was referred purports to tell how to use OpenOffice Base to do it.
73 Alan NV8A On 07/19/08 06:37 pm Larry W8ER wrote: > Alan ... Microsoft Access works fine here! >> In response to my feature request for the ability to append our own >> labels for frequencies; e.g., "20M Digital Voice" for 14.236, I was >> pointed to http://kb.flex-radio.com/article.aspx?id=10346 which >> purports to show how to edit the database -- a poor substitute for >> being able to RMB on the frequency display and being offered the >> option to "Label this Frequency," but anyway... >> >> OK, I use OpenOffice Base to link to PowerSDR.mdb, figure out how to >> add an entry to the BandText table (only at the end, not in numerical >> order!!!!), discover that the existing format allows only two decimal >> places so that 14.236 gets rounded to 14.24, change the format to >> allow three decimal places, add the new entry, and save the database >> -- as an OpenOffice file, which is the only format option I am offered. >> >> How do I get the changes into PowerSDR.mdb? >> >> Color me frustrated. >> >> Alan NV8A (who has designed and used databases using dBase II and >> DataPerfect on microcomputers and DB2/SQL on minicomputers) _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
