[libreoffice-users] Re: [calc]when link to external data, which is libreoffice .odb file, OK button disabled
On 01/05/14 16:53, mariosv wrote: Please take a look to documentation: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#LibreOffice_Calc_Guide Chapter 10 Linking Calc Data Linking to registered data sources..18 Viewing data sources. 19 Editing data sources.. 20 Launching Base to work on data sources.. 20 Using data sources in Calc spreadsheets.. 20 Miguel Ángel. Thank you very much Miguel. The reference you gave was *much* better than the help provided by my pressing the Help button in calc. Following the instructions in the reference you gave, I was able to copy the database data to calc. Then I tried OLE linking from calc to the database. It appeared to work in calc. Then I changed the database, expecting the changes to be propagated to calc; however, the libreoffice just closed (both calc and base and the writer which I was using to read the LibreOffice_Calc_Guide you gave). When I attempted to reopen the Writer doc, it worked. I closed the Writer doc and attempted to open the calc document. Both CPU's kept jumping up and down (high of 100% or around there) and memory use gradually rose to 89% before LibreOffice again stopped. Have you any suggestion about how to recover the data (it was a toy example; so, no big deal if I can't recover) and how to avoid this problem in the future? BTW, my OS and LibreOffice version were given in my OP. -regards, Larry -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: [calc]when link to external data, which is libreoffice .odb file, OK button disabled
On 01/06/14 07:50, Larry Evans wrote: On 01/05/14 16:53, mariosv wrote: Please take a look to documentation: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#LibreOffice_Calc_Guide Chapter 10 Linking Calc Data Linking to registered data sources..18 Viewing data sources. 19 Editing data sources.. 20 Launching Base to work on data sources.. 20 Using data sources in Calc spreadsheets.. 20 Miguel Ángel. Thank you very much Miguel. The reference you gave was *much* better than the help provided by my pressing the Help button in calc. Following the instructions in the reference you gave, I was able to copy the database data to calc. Then I tried OLE linking from calc to the database. It appeared to work in calc. Then I changed the database, expecting the changes to be propagated to calc; however, the libreoffice just closed (both calc and base and the writer which I was using to read the LibreOffice_Calc_Guide you gave). When I attempted to reopen the Writer doc, it worked. I closed the Writer doc and attempted to open the calc document. Both CPU's kept jumping up and down (high of 100% or around there) and memory use gradually rose to 89% before LibreOffice again stopped. Have you any suggestion about how to recover the data (it was a toy example; so, no big deal if I can't recover) and how to avoid this problem in the future? BTW, my OS and LibreOffice version were given in my OP. -regards, Larry I was able to open the base file w/o problem. I'll just delete the calc file and create a new calc and try again. I tried finding a bug for this here: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/query.cgi using search strings: ole link calc base then: ole link calc then: ole link but got zero bugs found. -regards, Larry -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: [calc]when link to external data, which is libreoffice .odb file, OK button disabled
On 01/06/14 10:59, Larry Evans wrote: On 01/06/14 09:02, Alex Thurgood wrote: Le 05/01/2014 18:32, Larry Evans a écrit : Hi Larry, In calc, when I try to insert a link to: ~/evansl/prog_dev/LibreOffice/database/products_supplier.odb from the InsertLink to external Data... the OK button remains disabled. How can I link to an existing database which was created with Libreoffice? OLE linking of an ODB file is not supported (by any of the LO modules). Your database file is either registered with LO, in which case it is accessible to Calc/Writer and the other modules via the UNO API, and whatever db interfaces those modules support, or it is unregistered, in which case, you have to open a connection to the datasource first (e.g. via macro) and then use that connection as the starting point for manipulation of database objects within the module that you wish to use. I've registered the database, and can view the tables in calc. Calc supports database ranges obtained via queries in an ODB file, but the ODB object is not embedded in the Calc document as such. That's unfortunate. I don't really understand what exactly you are trying to achieve, so maybe I have missed something ? Alex No, you haven't missed anything because I never specified my untimate goal. The intermediate goal of embedding the .odb in the calc was to allow using the query abilities of base together with the ilp solving abilites of calc to find an invoice containing the best supplies to satisfy the demand for a set of products. Now I could 1st enter the data in the database, then open the calc and then copy the data from the database into calc, and then find the best invoice using calc solver; however, it would be more user friendly if all could be done just from calc, which is what I thought embedding might do. The reason I thought embedding would provide this convenience is because of this quote: OLE objects can be linked to a target document or be embedded in the target document. Linking inserts information which will be updated with any subsequent changes to the original file, while embedding inserts a static copy of the data. If you want to edit the embedded spreadsheet, double-click on the object. from page 25 of: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/7/75/CG4110-LinkingCalcData.odt (Thanks again to Miguel for that link). Thanks Alex for the info that and .odb can't be embedded into a .ods. After a little experimentation, I can get closer to what I want. In calc, right clicking on the query, and selecting 'Edit Database File...', I can change the database and save the changes. Then, back in calc, I can disconnect and the reconnect to the database, and the changes appear in calc. -regards, Larry -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: [calc]when link to external data, which is libreoffice .odb file, OK button disabled
On 01/06/14 09:02, Alex Thurgood wrote: Le 05/01/2014 18:32, Larry Evans a écrit : Hi Larry, In calc, when I try to insert a link to: ~/evansl/prog_dev/LibreOffice/database/products_supplier.odb from the InsertLink to external Data... the OK button remains disabled. How can I link to an existing database which was created with Libreoffice? OLE linking of an ODB file is not supported (by any of the LO modules). Your database file is either registered with LO, in which case it is accessible to Calc/Writer and the other modules via the UNO API, and whatever db interfaces those modules support, or it is unregistered, in which case, you have to open a connection to the datasource first (e.g. via macro) and then use that connection as the starting point for manipulation of database objects within the module that you wish to use. I've registered the database, and can view the tables in calc. Calc supports database ranges obtained via queries in an ODB file, but the ODB object is not embedded in the Calc document as such. That's unfortunate. I don't really understand what exactly you are trying to achieve, so maybe I have missed something ? Alex No, you haven't missed anything because I never specified my untimate goal. The intermediate goal of embedding the .odb in the calc was to allow using the query abilities of base together with the ilp solving abilites of calc to find an invoice containing the best supplies to satisfy the demand for a set of products. Now I could 1st enter the data in the database, then open the calc and then copy the data from the database into calc, and then find the best invoice using calc solver; however, it would be more user friendly if all could be done just from calc, which is what I thought embedding might do. The reason I thought embedding would provide this convenience is because of this quote: OLE objects can be linked to a target document or be embedded in the target document. Linking inserts information which will be updated with any subsequent changes to the original file, while embedding inserts a static copy of the data. If you want to edit the embedded spreadsheet, double-click on the object. from page 25 of: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/7/75/CG4110-LinkingCalcData.odt (Thanks again to Miguel for that link). Thanks Alex for the info that and .odb can't be embedded into a .ods. -regards, Larry -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: [calc]when link to external data, which is libreoffice .odb file, OK button disabled
On 01/06/14 11:20, Larry Evans wrote: On 01/06/14 10:59, Larry Evans wrote: On 01/06/14 09:02, Alex Thurgood wrote: Le 05/01/2014 18:32, Larry Evans a écrit : Hi Larry, In calc, when I try to insert a link to: ~/evansl/prog_dev/LibreOffice/database/products_supplier.odb from the InsertLink to external Data... the OK button remains disabled. How can I link to an existing database which was created with Libreoffice? OLE linking of an ODB file is not supported (by any of the LO modules). Your database file is either registered with LO, in which case it is accessible to Calc/Writer and the other modules via the UNO API, and whatever db interfaces those modules support, or it is unregistered, in which case, you have to open a connection to the datasource first (e.g. via macro) and then use that connection as the starting point for manipulation of database objects within the module that you wish to use. I've registered the database, and can view the tables in calc. Calc supports database ranges obtained via queries in an ODB file, but the ODB object is not embedded in the Calc document as such. That's unfortunate. I don't really understand what exactly you are trying to achieve, so maybe I have missed something ? Alex No, you haven't missed anything because I never specified my untimate goal. The intermediate goal of embedding the .odb in the calc was to allow using the query abilities of base together with the ilp solving abilites of calc to find an invoice containing the best supplies to satisfy the demand for a set of products. Now I could 1st enter the data in the database, then open the calc and then copy the data from the database into calc, and then find the best invoice using calc solver; however, it would be more user friendly if all could be done just from calc, which is what I thought embedding might do. The reason I thought embedding would provide this convenience is because of this quote: OLE objects can be linked to a target document or be embedded in the target document. Linking inserts information which will be updated with any subsequent changes to the original file, while embedding inserts a static copy of the data. If you want to edit the embedded spreadsheet, double-click on the object. from page 25 of: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/7/75/CG4110-LinkingCalcData.odt (Thanks again to Miguel for that link). Thanks Alex for the info that and .odb can't be embedded into a .ods. After a little experimentation, I can get closer to what I want. In calc, right clicking on the query, and selecting 'Edit Database File...', I can change the database and save the changes. Then, back in calc, I can disconnect and the reconnect to the database, and the changes appear in calc. Even better is the method described here: https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=75t=18511 which is just use the menu:DataRefresh Range, which updates the calc cells with the just change database query; however, the 'database source window' is not refreshed. -regards, Larry What's strange, thought, is the -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: [calc]when link to external data, which is libreoffice .odb file, OK button disabled
Please take a look to documentation: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#LibreOffice_Calc_Guide Chapter 10 Linking Calc Data Linking to registered data sources..18 Viewing data sources. 19 Editing data sources.. 20 Launching Base to work on data sources.. 20 Using data sources in Calc spreadsheets.. 20 Miguel Ángel. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/calc-when-link-to-external-data-which-is-libreoffice-odb-file-OK-button-disabled-tp4090917p4090941.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
