Re: checkbox in libreoffice base doesn't work anymore
On Sat, 18 Aug 2018 23:58:03 +0200 Flo wrote: > > > > The best help I can offer is to recommend you don't use Base for > > anything mission-critical. It's barely useable, buggy as hell and > > it frequently regresses. It hasn't improved much in the last five > > years, though at least it can talk to MySQL directly now rather > > than using the even less functional ODBC. > > > > You and I must be two of about three people in the world using Base, > > because there's no sense of urgency there. I'm doing pretty much > > all my database work in PHP now. > > > > It is kind of critical, I programmed my tax consultant with Base. At > least it's not time critical :-) > Last year, I opened Base to print an invoice, and the Report Writer was gone. Not a sign of it opening. I've had trouble with Report Writer before, but never had it actually go missing. So I spent an evening learning a PDF library and writing an invoice printer in PHP... It's a much better application, but it's single-purpose, so not a great ROI. I once had hopes of Base aspiring to be an Access (by far the best software MS has ever produced) clone, but I can't see it happening now. It never got good enough to get enough users to justify the effort to make it good enough... -- Joe
Re: checkbox in libreoffice base doesn't work anymore
> > The best help I can offer is to recommend you don't use Base for > anything mission-critical. It's barely useable, buggy as hell and > it frequently regresses. It hasn't improved much in the last five years, > though at least it can talk to MySQL directly now rather than using the > even less functional ODBC. > > You and I must be two of about three people in the world using Base, > because there's no sense of urgency there. I'm doing pretty much all my > database work in PHP now. > It is kind of critical, I programmed my tax consultant with Base. At least it's not time critical :-) Regards, Flo
Re: checkbox in libreoffice base doesn't work anymore
On 08/18/18 20:14, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2018-08-18 19:40 +0200, Flo wrote: > >> I wrote a database program where I built a form which uses a checkbox. >> It has always worked. >> >> I haven't used that program for a few months and now the checkbox in the >> form doesn't work anymore. >> >> I am using Version: 6.1.0.2 . > >>From which source? The version in Debian unstable and testing reports > itself as 6.1.0.3. > >> Does anyone have a clue what happened. I tried a lot to make it work but >> I failed. >> >> Going through the options menu now I realize that there are no check >> boxes. It looks like that they have disappeared completely in my >> LibreOffice. >> >> What can that be? > > Probably https://bugs.debian.org/905408, which has been closed by the > maintainer. If you are using a Debian package, and it is not 1:6.1.0-1 > (or 1:6.1.0-1~bpo9+2 if you use stretch-backports), please upgrade. > Yes, the upgrade solved that problem! Thank you. Regards, Flo
Re: checkbox in libreoffice base doesn't work anymore
On Sat, 18 Aug 2018 19:40:50 +0200 Flo wrote: > Hi, > > I wrote a database program where I built a form which uses a checkbox. > It has always worked. > > I haven't used that program for a few months and now the checkbox in > the form doesn't work anymore. > > I am using Version: 6.1.0.2 . > > Does anyone have a clue what happened. I tried a lot to make it work > but I failed. > > Going through the options menu now I realize that there are no check > boxes. It looks like that they have disappeared completely in my > LibreOffice. > > What can that be? I hope anyone can help. > The best help I can offer is to recommend you don't use Base for anything mission-critical. It's barely useable, buggy as hell and it frequently regresses. It hasn't improved much in the last five years, though at least it can talk to MySQL directly now rather than using the even less functional ODBC. You and I must be two of about three people in the world using Base, because there's no sense of urgency there. I'm doing pretty much all my database work in PHP now. -- Joe
Re: checkbox in libreoffice base doesn't work anymore
On 2018-08-18 19:40 +0200, Flo wrote: > I wrote a database program where I built a form which uses a checkbox. > It has always worked. > > I haven't used that program for a few months and now the checkbox in the > form doesn't work anymore. > > I am using Version: 6.1.0.2 . >From which source? The version in Debian unstable and testing reports itself as 6.1.0.3. > Does anyone have a clue what happened. I tried a lot to make it work but > I failed. > > Going through the options menu now I realize that there are no check > boxes. It looks like that they have disappeared completely in my > LibreOffice. > > What can that be? Probably https://bugs.debian.org/905408, which has been closed by the maintainer. If you are using a Debian package, and it is not 1:6.1.0-1 (or 1:6.1.0-1~bpo9+2 if you use stretch-backports), please upgrade. Cheers, Sven
checkbox in libreoffice base doesn't work anymore
Hi, I wrote a database program where I built a form which uses a checkbox. It has always worked. I haven't used that program for a few months and now the checkbox in the form doesn't work anymore. I am using Version: 6.1.0.2 . Does anyone have a clue what happened. I tried a lot to make it work but I failed. Going through the options menu now I realize that there are no check boxes. It looks like that they have disappeared completely in my LibreOffice. What can that be? I hope anyone can help. Thank you. Regards, Flo
