[libreoffice-users] Re: Frustrated Base Users / Errors in Base 3.3 (OO 3.2 work beautifully)
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[libreoffice-users] Re: Frustrated Base Users / Errors in Base 3.3 (OO 3.2 work beautifully)
Tony, The forms in the embedded database you attached to issue 116878 work for me in OOo 3.3 and LibreOffice as well. Tested under XUbuntu(xfce) with Oracle Java 1.6.0.22 You are right, stating that the form documents are Writer doucuments and LibO has development capacities for Writer, but forms with controls can be attached to any type of office document. They are more like OLE objects, charts or math formulas. The whole functionality of a bound form is related to the functionality of the underlying database and its driver. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
[libreoffice-users] Re: Frustrated Base Users / Errors in Base 3.3 (OO 3.2 work beautifully)
Am 08.02.2011 13:13, Tony Smith wrote: Hi All Firstly, I'd like to say that I don't completely agree with Andreas Säger's, post http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/msg02064.html Firstly, I have been using OpenOffice from pre version 1 days, and I have to say, when Base reached the 3.2 release it was very good, in fact 3.1 & 3.2 versions of Base are very good, and if you want to see what can be achieved with Base, have a look here Hi Tony, Everybody is utilizing this development tool in different ways. Three issues reported by me. They stopped working from 3.1 to 3.2: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=109549 (filtered data uneditable) http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=109726 (affects many users trying to do a mail merge from spreadsheet, "everybody" uses spreadsheets for merging without noticing how Base is involved) http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=108390 (no "add-data-only" forms) The 3rd one hit me hard in version 2.4.0 and again in 3.2.x My form design quite often relies on "new-data-only" subforms inheriting default data from a parent form. Other "new-data-only" forms allow quick insertion of new foreign key items. Since 3.3 I can continue working as I used to in 3.1.1. 3.0 as well as 3.1 had release stoppers in the Base component. Personally, I am not seriously affected by the current Base issues. Again, these issues are about things that stopped working from 3.2 to 3.3 in one build or the other one. IMHO, the whole thing is very unstable albeit developing very slowly. What has been added since version 2.0? Things that should have been working right from the start plus syntax highlighting in the SQL editor plus report builder which demonstrates the potential of database connectivity. However, the report builder can not help building a working desktop database. It sits on the other end of the data pipeline. According to Alexander Thurgood there are zero LibO devs working on Base. Therefore I tried to outline how this component could be reduced to its core functionality without losing any capability except for useless wizards and the hazardous single-file database. These obsolete features (wizards and embeded HSQLDB) are entirely coded in Java. Greetings, Andreas -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Frustrated Base Users / Errors in Base 3.3 (OO 3.2 work beautifully)
On 09/02/11 02:05, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 08/02/11 13:13, Tony Smith a écrit : Hi Tony, What makes the issues with Base 3.3 worse is that there is no consistency in the bugs, as you will see by reading my posts to the above bug report. NONE of these issues occurred in OO 3.2. This unfortunately reflects really badly on the Open Source community altogether, surely cannot the coding for Base be regressed to how it was in 3.2, until the changes that were attempted in 3.3 can be more thoroughly tested. Well I am staying with OOo 3.2.1 until things get better (if they ever do). Working with Base as it "evolves" (and I use that word lightly) is like running a marathon and hitting "the wall" at every version change... Alex I've given LO a couple of goes over the last few weeks and I just find the Base component is unusable. Forms that worked flawlessly on OO for several years suddenly don't work. One thing that I noticed is that for some reason LO resets to the original defaults randomly between uses-- fonts, macro security, background colours etc. The problem with this is the frustration of having to go back to the "Options" menu and put things back to the way that works for me, and then having to re-register databases. I've switched between LO and OO about 4 times hoping that I could get LO to work consistently, but it doesn't. Unfortunately I've had to revert to Open Office for now. -- God bless you Keith Bates 4 Mooloobar St Narrabri 2390 Ask Jesus into your life He is The Way, The Truth and The Life -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
[libreoffice-users] Re: Frustrated Base Users / Errors in Base 3.3 (OO 3.2 work beautifully)
Le 08/02/11 13:13, Tony Smith a écrit : Hi Tony, > What makes the issues with Base 3.3 worse is that there is no > consistency in the bugs, as you will see by reading my posts to the > above bug report. NONE of these issues occurred in OO 3.2. This > unfortunately reflects really badly on the Open Source community > altogether, surely cannot the coding for Base be regressed to how it was > in 3.2, until the changes that were attempted in 3.3 can be more > thoroughly tested. > Well I am staying with OOo 3.2.1 until things get better (if they ever do). Working with Base as it "evolves" (and I use that word lightly) is like running a marathon and hitting "the wall" at every version change... Alex -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
