On 3 June 2010 00:42, Manfred Jung <[email protected]> wrote: > I wonder if creating and documenting another sample database would be of > interest for the http://userbase.kde.org/Kexi/Tutorials page. > > If that is OK then I would be willing to create one or a few. My idea > instead of developing one full fledged database is to create samples in > module form that show of specific features. So that new users can look up ho > to do certain things in kexi. Nevertheless each feature demonstration would > result in a functional database app. > > My first idea would be to create a switchboard type of main menu showing how > you can open and close a number of forms and show a report.
Good idea! > Second one would be to demonstrate a flat file database. Please note that SQLite is not a flat file database, it's an optimized file database. (in case you plan to refer to this specific feature) > Third one would be to show a relational database. Illustrating how one can > select records from a related table and link them to the main record. > Then a drill down feature > etc. Good one. As for 2.2., just please note that this is only possible using query (and results are not editable for now). Filters aren't present nor subforms. > I would be willing to do this with step by step documentation provided that > where I need help I can write to the developers for help. This is specially > true if for some unknown reason Kexi crashes at a particular point in a > reproducible and predictable pattern. Or when there is just no documentation > about a feature yet that would be part of the database and I need to get the > info to actually complete a particular step. > > Now I know the developers are quite busy and my intention is not to tie down > their creative time. there fore I would keep my requests to an absolute > necessary minimum. You can keep the intermediate result of your work on the wiki, as it's the goal of the site :) PS: cc'd to [email protected], you can continue to write there too so others are informed. -- regards / pozdrawiam, Jaroslaw Staniek http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek Kexi & KOffice (http://www.kexi-project.org, http://www.koffice.org) KDE Software Development Platform on MS Windows (http://windows.kde.org) _______________________________________________ Kexi mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kexi
