I certainly plan to do something on Base, but I will freely admit that database programming is my weakest area. But I will do the best I can do. Right now I have just started writing the Impress tutorials.
Regards, On 11/29/2014 02:06 PM, Charles Thayer wrote: > I'd imagine that Ahuka will get to Base. > > As a preview, I can assure you that you can attach tables and make forms. It > might be a little disorienting to create and maintain forms in Libreoffice at > first, though. Base does not have a self-contained facility for editing > forms. You do it with Writer. > > A few years back, I set up a form to interface with a database of electronics > parts. It needed a small amount of code to open a browser window to look up > the vendor website based on a URL stored as a Text field in the Parts record. > In Access, you can store links as a data type, and just click the link in a > table view. Libreoffice doesn't support this, but I had it up and running > in a weekend. > > So the Base series should be interesting and fun. > > Charles in NJ > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Mike Ray <m...@raspberryvi.org> > Date: 11/28/2014 7:50 PM (GMT-05:00) > To: hpr@hackerpublicradio.org > Subject: [Hpr] @Ahuka; Libreoffice base? > > Hello, > > I wonder if Kevin is intending to cover Libreoffice base in any shows. > > I was an MS Access programmer in a former life, pre 2k and I'm curious > to know whether Libreoffice Base can be made to do similar stuff. > > In particular it would be great if Base could: > > 1) Include 'attached' tables in the same way as Access allowed (still > does?) ODBC tables. > > 2) Can create stand-alone applications that can be deployed to the WAN. > > 3) Can create complex forms which fit the usual CRUD > (create/review/update/delete) functions in any DB application, including > good old one-to-many forms etc. > > I used to create client-server apps in Access which were deployed to > regional offices across the UK. > > Mike > > > > _______________________________________________ > Hpr mailing list > Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org > http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org > -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwil...@zwilnik.com http://google.me/+kevinobrien There's a difference between tempting fate and giving it a lap dance. _______________________________________________ Hpr mailing list Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org
