whether or not to register the database is not Windows register or others. It is function point of Base. If you register this base , you can use it in other editors.
Below is the detail scenerio: 1)Register database automatically(The last step in Create or Connect to existing database) 2)check registered database (Tools->Options->OpenOffice.org Bas->DataBases list all registered data bases. User also can remove registered databases) 3)new Calc or Writer document 4)View-Data Sources or F4 to pop up registered data source. 5)Select all data then click “data to text ” button, or drag&drop table to sheet. Data from database will copy to sheet or writer. You also can register database manually, via File ->Wizard->Address data source. Hope to help you! 2012/7/17 Dan <[email protected]> > Dale Erwin wrote: > >> I've never used Base before... in fact it's been several years since >> I've done ANY database work and am feeling a little inadequate. >> >> The first thing I'm asked is whether or not to register the database. >> The Help facility has not helped me to understand just what it means to >> register it. What does it buy me if I do... or if I don't? Is it >> referring to the Windows registry? >> > > You might want to start with this chapter (Getting Started with Base): > > http://www.odfauthors.org/**openoffice.org/english/** > userguide3/gs3/V3_3_revisions/**0108GS3-**GettingStartedWithBase.pdf/** > view<http://www.odfauthors.org/openoffice.org/english/userguide3/gs3/V3_3_revisions/0108GS3-GettingStartedWithBase.pdf/view> > > If you look at Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org Base > Databases, you > will see one database listed: Bibliography. (It comes with AOO.) When you > register a database, you add it to this list. What you doing is placing the > name of your database and its location in this list. You are doing one more > thing. Type the F4 key in Writer or Calc, and the Data Source window opens > at the top. All the databases that you have registered appear in this > window. You can also interact between the Data Source window and Writer or > Calc. > > --Dan > > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > ooo-users-unsubscribe@**incubator.apache.org<[email protected]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > ooo-users-help@incubator.**apache.org<[email protected]> > > -- Best Wishes, LiFeng Wang
