Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Guide 7.2 Chapter "List Box"

2022-05-30 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Steve, Just to clarify, I think that you are referring to Chapter 4 Forms. Between Figures 16 and 17 (page 23 in the chapter file), there is a list item entitled "Events tab". At the end of that item is the text "List box", which should be a heading on a new line, with the Heading 3

[libreoffice-documentation] Base Guide 7.2 Chapter "List Box"

2022-05-29 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi *, looking or the chapter "List Box" (Forms → Form Properties → Properties of controls → List Box). Content is there, but header appers at the end of chapter "Formatted field" in Base Guide 7.2. So it won't appear as separate entry. Hope it will be corrected in Base Guide 7.3 Regards

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] 7.3 Base Guide - updates to Chapters 5 and 6

2022-02-16 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi flywire, Of course, it's a bug. Only an enhancement request. See https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144701 which is marked as duplicate of a bug I have reported in 2014. And for an enhancement request you need a developer, who is interested. Formatting for a query

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] 7.3 Base Guide - updates to Chapters 5 and 6

2022-02-06 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi flywire, 1. Numbers are not aligned right by default eg https://books.libreoffice.org/en/GS72/GS7208-GettingStartedWithBase-img/GS7208-GettingStartedWithBase-img043.png You could report a bug/enhancement request for this. If I create a table the alignment will be set to

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Base BG7302 - Chapter 2 - First Review

2022-01-22 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi flywire, I'd like to see sqlite added as the first example of an external database. Text from https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/HowTo/Base/Connect_to_SQLite (needs verification for macOS and Linux). Why should this be the first example? There are databases, which are

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Guide - sample databases provided with the book

2022-01-10 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi *, I am uploading the updated version of "Media_without_Macros.odb" database file. I have addressed Task#1 and Task#5. After looking at the database file, I understood you have taken care of #2, #3, #4 tasks. Thank you for that. Du I understand it right? You wan't to correct the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Updating the Base Guide

2021-12-31 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi flywire, I haven't created anything of the "Getting started with Base" and don't know anything about the database Automobile.odb. (Never had a car here, ride a bike for short distances and go by train for long distances.) 3. Re the 22 databases. Are you suggesting the base guide

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Updating the Base Guide

2021-12-30 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi flywire, I've checked Base Guide 7.2 and the Automobile.odb database is not used. Automobile.odb isn't an example database for the Base Guide. It is used for Base chapter in Getting Started Guide. There are many other databases for the Base Guide. Media_without_Macros.odb" and

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Updating the Base Guide

2021-12-28 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Rob, I have a comment on Chapter 2, Creating a Database: In the part on PostgreSQL some instructions is written to use PostgreSQL in Linux/OpenSUSE. As the majority of LibreOffice users are using Windows, should be there an instruction aimed at Windows users? Reason here: I am the author

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide

2021-11-22 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Jean, hi Steve, > Can we identify portions of the German book about Firebird that could > be translated and go into the English version? Or are the books too > different now? Have a look at the chapter "Tabellen"→"Direkte Eingabe von SQL-Befehlen" of "Base Handbuch 7.2"

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide

2021-11-22 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Steve, creating a new internal Firebird database has been set to experimental. Using the created Firebird database isn't experimental. So there are many people, who had created such a database (thinking HSQLDB will be deprecated) and won't notice any difference to versions before LO 6.4.3. We

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide

2021-11-22 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Steve, there has nothing been changed in Base in LO 7.*. Only thing which should be part of the description: Since LO 6.4.3 Firebird has been set back to experimental feartures. So you could only create a new Firebird dabase when "experimental features" are choosen. Don't know the whole

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Problem with Base on macOS

2021-09-30 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi jean, could be it is this one: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140854 Regards Robert -- Homepage: https://www.familiegrosskopf.de/robert -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Fwd: [de-users] Tabellennamen in Calc

2020-12-04 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi *, this is the bug-description I have written for the misleading warning: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138662 Regards Robert -- Homepage: https://www.familiegrosskopf.de/robert -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice 7.04 Base Help update

2020-12-01 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Dan, >    Oliver: This is the first version of Base that can use the native > connector to reach a MySQL database. It isn't exact enough: Older versions of MySQL could be connected to, but there have been problems with the authentification in new MySQL databases. > To do so, the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Page Orientation

2020-11-28 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Paul, > > Adding a section on how to change the page orientation,  the method > shown does this globally,  how would I do this for a single page within > a document so I get, for example > > portrait > portrait > landscape > portrait You have to use a special template for landscape - like

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Example file missing for chapter 9 of the Basic Guide

2020-10-26 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Jean-Michel, > I am translating chapter 9 (Macros) of the Base Guide into French. > There is a reference to the example database: > Example_database_mailmerge_direct.odb > But I can't find it in the zip archive of the examples. > Would this be the same as Example_Database_Formletter_direct?

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] A proposed book or reference card for LIbreOffice Base application programming...

2020-10-09 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Sören, > > I am currently learning how to create LibreOffice Base applications. I > would have liked to find more documentation on attributes and methods > available in the forms, and other information relevant to a macro > programmer in LIbreOffice Base. I have created, and include in this >

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Why is the first page always loaded?

2020-10-03 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Thernilias-Nordwacht, > If there is the option to get rid of this, THAT WOULD BE GOOD! > If there is the option, then well, it is hided very well. It is depending on the entries in Tools > Options > LibreOffice > UserData. Writ in the firstname abd it's doing it well without any problem with

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Missing sample files for Base Guide.

2020-09-18 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Jean-Michel, > PS : is there an english translation of the very useful : Weitere > Beispieldatenbanken mit Beschreibung No, it hasn't been translated. My English isn't good enough for translating such a description. Regards Robert -- Homepage: https://www.familiegrosskopf.de/robert --

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Missing sample files for Base Guide.

2020-09-14 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Jean-Michel, I don't know if there will exist a newer translation, but some of this databases you could find here: https://www.familiegrosskopf.de/robert/lo_hb_en/ and all of the German original are here: https://de.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/ (Handbuch "Base"). Regards Robert --

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Login to LO Documentation Foundation

2020-07-17 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Randolph, I could login after I had used this link: https://de.libreoffice.org/admin/ ... it is the Link from the German part of the website. But after I logged in on this way I could also login at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin=Main+Page%2Fde ... also

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Guides template V7

2020-07-15 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Kees, > > Is it useful to give the number of a figure reference a different > character style? > To make it clear that it is a reference. I have marked all references with the same style as a hyperlink (German Base Handbuch). Created a new for my special layout. So the reference could be seen

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LOv7 RC1 is now available

2020-07-07 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi *, warning for making screenshots of Base-forms: If you open Base-forms for editing, not for input data, you are asked if you wan't to save the changes you made. You haven't made changes, but this has been the default since the beginning of LO/OpenOffice. Don't save forms with LO 7.0. You

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Login to LO Documentation Foundation

2020-07-06 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Claire, > > I’m having problems logging in. It keeps sending me in a loop to change my > password. I’ve changed it 3 times now and don’t progress any further. Can > someone help please? Thanks Have the same problem. Have given up to log in ... Robert -- Homepage:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Front- and Backcover for LO 7.0

2020-06-20 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Drew, looks good. I would need the *.svg for changing the English content to German. I will update the German Base-Handbuch at the end of July. Regards Robert -- Homepage: https://www.familiegrosskopf.de/robert -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Front- and Backcover for LO 7.0

2020-06-20 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Drew, > > During the jitsi meeting yesterday Olviier showed off a couple of > front cover options. Two of those are available in the Documentation > Team/English/Contributor Resources/Cover7 folder on the > NC server as .svg files. I'm not the expert with this links. Don't know where to

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Proposed Addition to Base Guide 6.2

2020-06-20 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Doug, what you are looking for is written down in page 114, or do I understand you wrong? Chapter 2 is only about connecting to data. So I would prefer to set a link from chapter 2 - spreadsheet - to page 114. Regards Robert -- Homepage: https://www.familiegrosskopf.de/robert -- To

[libreoffice-documentation] Front- and Backcover for LO 7.0

2020-06-19 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi *, next month I planned to publish the next Base-Handbuch in German. Is there any front- and backcover available for the new branding? Regards Robert -- Homepage: https://www.familiegrosskopf.de/robert -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base 7.0 has not got Firebird engine without experimental mode

2020-06-08 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Pulkit, > >> You have to turn experimental mode on since LO 6.4.3.2 for creating a >> new Firebird database. >> > Do you mean that there is Firebird available in v6.4.0 & 6.4.2 for creating > a new database without experimental mode and from v6.4.3, it has been moved > to experimental mode?

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base 7.0 has not got Firebird engine without experimental mode

2020-06-08 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Pulkit, > I was checking out LibreOffice 7.0 Beta 1 when I saw something new that > isn't reported in the release Notes. In v6.4.4 with experimental mode > turned off- there were two embeded engines available - HSQLDB and Firebird. Couldn't be:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Screenshots

2020-05-10 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Rob, I made all the screenshots for the German original and had a look at your screenshots. Only one hint: be careful with zooming forms. BG01_3_TheLoanForm.png shows a navigationbar. The Icons on the navigationbar won't zoom with the zoom of the form, so they aren't shown completely.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide

2020-04-30 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Dan, > > I know that I got very discussed trying to make it work until the bug > was reported to me. I just do not want anyone else to have to go through > what I did without getting the results they expect. So give a hint for the buggy behavior. In the Handbuch there are tables called

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide

2020-04-30 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Pulkit, > I agree with Robert. Oliver said that we should write believing that the > bugs are non existent. So I propose to let the chapter as it is. By the way > Robert, this may intrest you:- > There are only 4 steps in mailmerge from v6.2 but the handbauch gives 8 > steps. I will have a

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide

2020-04-30 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Dan, > After reading Jean's email about the bug that exists on step 3 of the > Mail Merge wizard, I have decided that that part of chapter 7 needs to > be rewritten which I have done today. I am uploading it to the feedback > folder for your consideration. Now I will get back to work on

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide Quality and images

2020-04-18 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Rob, seems I don't understand enough English to get the right words for it. Could be it is only a problem in the translated book. I have had a look at the German original and couldn't find any problematic content there. Regards Robert -- Homepage: https://www.familiegrosskopf.de/robert --

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide Quality and images

2020-04-18 Thread Robert Großkopf
And now the example: Create a table in the internal HSQLDB. Fields: "forename" and "surname" - both VARCHAR(50) Save this table with name "table_without_pk", ignore the warning for PK Go to Tools > SQL INSERT INTO "table_without_pk" ("

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide Quality and images

2020-04-18 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Pulkit, >> Also the primary key is used on tables in all sorts of >> databases. It is not only valid for Embedded databases. > This line means that primary key is not only used in embedded database but > also in external Database. You cannot add records to a table using base > without a

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide Quality and images

2020-04-18 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Rob, > > For example at the top on page 14 of "Introduction to Base (6.2)" > chapter it says "The field names forename (first name), surname (last > name), and birthday are likely to be clear. In addition, a field called > ID was added. This field will later take a value which is unique for >

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Data to Field problem

2020-04-17 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Dan, > When Data Sources is open and a database file is selected, both Data to > Text or Data to Field buttons are active. There must be field in the document, which should be filled. You could pull the field from the header of the table, which you could see in the databrowser, into the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide

2020-04-17 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Pulkit, > It was my mistake. PostgreSQL was there in v6.2 and I had translated it > too. I have added Direct connection to firebird in v6.4 not PostgreSQL. It has been also part of the Base-Handbuch 6.2. There is a description how to get an external Firebird file from the internal

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide

2020-04-17 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Pulkit > in chapter 2, i have added two new sections:- > 1) Connecting to PostgreSQL Directly Which version did you translate? The direct connetion to PostgreSQL is part of the Base-Handbuch since LO 4.1. The only part, which has been changed sind LO 6.2 (Last version I uploded to

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] User Guides Images

2020-04-16 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Kenneth, > > 3. When exporting the image to be embedded, what format and settings should > be used? My instinct is to use PNG and 300 DPI. The LO Draw export dialog > for PNG also has options "Mode/Interlaced" and "Drawing Options/Save > Transparency". How do you want to get images of

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Guide

2020-04-04 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Pulkit, > I think that Drew is extremely busy at the moment and cannot have the > review of chapter 9 macros. I see that Stephen and Kees had done the first > and second review of the macros chapter of the getting started guide. Can > you both please also review the macros chapter of Base

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Documentation Appendix C

2020-03-29 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Pulkit, > There is a howto on the wiki about migration from HSQLDB to fire bird. > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/HowTo/MigrateFromHSQLDB > > Can we include it in Base Guide as Appendix C? Most content of the howto is the same as the content from the Base Handbuch. The

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: LibreOffice Base Documentation

2020-03-26 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Martin, > > we are volunteers. > > Please be patient and do not use words like "should" nor give orders to the > members of the documentation team. > > It is rude. I fully agree with that. Regards Robert -- Homepage: https://www.familiegrosskopf.de/robert -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Guide Chapter 9 Macros; Expanding section on Access2Base

2020-03-16 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Drew, > > By far the largest would be to expand the section on the Access2Base > standard basic library. > > What is there now is inadequate IMO. It's a good idea. I don't know anything about Access2Base. So I have written only that there is such an extension. This chapter should be written

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: LibreOffice Base Documentation

2020-03-14 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Jean, > I have reviewed Chapter 7, Linking, where I found a lot of out of date > material and some that did not correspond to what I see, or that I > could not figure out what was going on. I left a lot of comments about > what I did and what I think needs to be done. It's in the Feedback >

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: LibreOffice description for XML Form Document

2020-03-13 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi LibreOfficiant, > see https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Xforms_ooo_06_08_15.odt too That is one of the descriptions of OpenOffice I have used to create a new description. It has been created in November 2006 and contains 19 pages. The one I created expands to 40 pages, because it

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice description for XML Form Document

2020-03-12 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Pulkit, > I think we should leave the 6.2 guide as it is. XML Form Document has nothing to do with any Version of LO. There has been nothing developed in the last years. And it has also nothing to do with Base and the Base-guide or any of the guides, which are published on the LO-website. It

[libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice description for XML Form Document

2020-03-12 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi *, seems the Base-documentation will be published soon. A lot of people are working for this. Might be you are also interested in a description for XML Form Documents, which could be created by LibreOffice. I have written such a description some years ago, because I don't found a description,

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Guide Chapters 1 & 2 & 3

2020-02-29 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Rob, > > Just to be clear... I thought we agreed to use Windows OS to create the > screendumps... (Dan told us to use Windows OS) The first Image in > chapter 1 does not looks like Windows at all... > So I redo all screenshots in Windows?? Don't know where to get the chapters of the Base

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Change to Base Guide Supplemental to include Firebird engine example files

2020-02-23 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Drew, I have migated many of the databases to Firebird but havent translated these databases to English. The main problem is to migrate the queries and the views. But there is another discussion to set creation of Firebird back to experimental, because there are many bugs and nobody, who has

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Changing content of FAQ Base

2020-02-05 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Drew, > > Looks like folks are just humming along with the guides. > > If you could list here the questions which you see as having wrong answers > on the EN faq page I'd take a quick look and try to clean up the answers, > that way the folks working the guides don't have to break their

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Chapter 2 of Base Handbook uploaded

2020-02-05 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Dan, > > Another thing: there is very little change in Base since 6.2, so These > few choice need to be added and used for version 6.4. There is a permanent update for the German version of the Handbook. Latest update ins from 2020-02-04. See https://www.familiegrosskopf.de/robert/ When I

[libreoffice-documentation] Changing content of FAQ Base

2020-02-05 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi *, sometimes ago I translated most of the content of FAQ Base into German. Now I noticed there werde wrong answers in the FAQ. Could there has been changed something since the first time anybody wrote the FAQ. What is the way to upadte the FAQ? 1. Change the content in English FAQ and

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Firebird in Base

2020-01-29 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi *, > > From what I know, the default setting of switching to Firebird and > automatic migration process on loading any embedded hsqldb was reverted > back to only being activated if the experimental features were first > activated in LO preferences, essentially because there are (still) too >

[libreoffice-documentation] FAQ in other languages than English

2020-01-04 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi *, sometimes ago I had translated most of the FAQ-Base to German and also changed some content in the German FAQ. Now there has been added some content in English to the German FAQ - don't know why. I wanted to change this to German content, but I can't change anything in the German content.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base 4.0 but I have libre office 5.0

2019-08-19 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Alberto, Am 19.08.19 um 11:28 schrieb Alberto Borgato: > Good afternoon I have for my organization (an hospital) the version > 5.0 of LibreOffice but I can't find the handbook for Base 5.0. Does > it exist the version 5.0 of Base? Why in the LibreOffice official > site doesn't exist a version

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Issue in Translations:Documentation/HowTo/MigrateFromHSQLDB/36/da

2019-07-21 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Steen, >> >> In the paragraph mentioned above, I have a problem with the sentence: >> CONCAT as well as the combination with '+' can already be linked with >> '||' be replaced. Have had a look at the English text there and corrected it a little bit: - CONCAT as well as the combination

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Issue in Translations:Documentation/HowTo/MigrateFromHSQLDB/36/da

2019-07-20 Thread Robert Großkopf
rebird. SELECT CONCAT("Forename", "Surname") AS "Name" FROM "Persons" will show Forename and Shurename together in one column. Will be shown like 'RobertGroßkopf' without a space. It works in HSQLDB, not in Firebird. SELECT "Forename" + ' ' +

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Migrationdialogue Firebird - Added content to HowTo

2019-07-17 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Sophie, > Olivier has worked on it (thanks!), it's now translatable via the wiki > extension. How could we change the translated pages? There are English screenshots in the page, which has been translated to German (By the way: the original page has been in German ...) Parts of the SQL-Code

[libreoffice-documentation] Migrationdialogue Firebird - Added content to HowTo

2019-07-14 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi *, there is a link in the dialogue of the migration-wizard for migrating from internal HSQLDB to internal Firebird database. This link had been created, but no content has been there. I have added the content from my homepage. Translation into English sould be corrected by somebody else, but

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Creating a How To Migrate HSQL Base File wiki page for reference from LO 6.3 binary

2019-06-15 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi *, I have updated http://robert.familiegrosskopf.de/index.php?=hsqldb_firebird_migration Will see if I will get to explain most of the problems (and workarounds), which will appear while migrating from HSQLDB to Firebird. - Views aren't migrated - Tablenames and columnnmes must have less than

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Creating a How To Migrate HSQL Base File wiki page for reference from LO 6.3 binary

2019-06-09 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi *, > https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/KJ7q6LdpkdwmEd9 Have had a look at this. It's a description how to change from internal to external HSQLDB. Such a description is also part of the Base-Handbook. The description of Jean-Francois will show many details which I haven't written

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Creating a How To Migrate HSQL Base File wiki page for reference from LO 6.3 binary

2019-06-07 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Drew, > > In the ESC meeting yesterday the question of including the Migration > Assistant (MA) feature by default in the pending 6.3 release finished with > a decision to do so with one update the UI. Which would show the user a > link, on the dialog box which starts the process, to a wiki

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] location of file on nextcloud

2019-01-25 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Dan, > There are several example database files that are a part of the Base > Handbook project. Where should place these as I translate them? The files are already translated. All the screenshots will show the translated database-files. See http://robert.familiegrosskopf.de/lo_hb_en/ Regards

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Beginning translation of Base Handbook to English

2018-12-21 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Dan, > > The rest of the chapters are going to take much more time as the Preface > chapter only has 7 pages. The others are much larger and also contain > figures and both kinds of lists. If you are missing screenshots in English: I would make this with the special design for the German

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Translating Base Handbook into English

2018-11-30 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Dan, > I would like to do this if possible. What I need is documentation at to > how to do it in terms of programs required. Also, what version in German > should be used for translation? Let us wait a little bit - I 'm just testing how to manage the changing from HSQLDB to Firebird. The

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Sinhala Documentation

2018-08-23 Thread Robert Großkopf
hi jean, Am 24.08.2018 um 03:41 schrieb Jean Weber: > On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 12:37 AM Olivier Hallot > wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> Em 23/08/2018 11:17, Robert Großkopf escreveu: >>>> Can we have our own guide instead of sync with offiial English manual? >

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Sinhala Documentation

2018-08-23 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Oliver, > > I don't get why the community can't sync with the English manual. For example: There doesn't exist an English manual for the special theme. My manuals (Base Handbook and XML-Forms) I haven't found there and I could better write it in my own language and hope somebody could

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Sinhala Documentation

2018-08-23 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Danishka, > Can we have our own guide instead of sync with offiial English manual? You must not sync with the English manual. I have made the same here in Germany: A separate Base Handbook (just correcting for LO 6.1 at this time) and a seperate explanation of XML-Forms. So create your own

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation about XML Form Documents

2018-04-25 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Oliver, >> > > Thanks for the text. Xforms is documented in the Help system: > > https://help.libreoffice.org/6.1/en-US/text/shared/guide/xforms.html I know that there is written something, but I won't call it a usable help. I haven't found anything there how to submit XML-data with

[libreoffice-documentation] Documentation about XML Form Documents

2018-04-25 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi *, sombody in German ask.libreoffice.org asked something about XML-Form-Documents. I searched in the help and didn't found much. So I looked in the www - but there are also not much documentations about this topic you could start with LibreOffice trough File > New > XML Form Document So I

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Returning to work on GS6.0 Guide

2018-01-24 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Dave, > > We don't yet have an initial draft for the Base chapter, but the core > Base functions and features don't often change so it is likely that > there will be very few changes needed to update the Base chapter from > the previous guide. However, I will investigate if there have been any

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Fwd: LibreOffice Base

2017-10-07 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Jean, I will contact him directly. Seem he is German and hasn't contacted the German mailinglists. Am 07.10.2017 um 02:43 schrieb Jean Weber: > Olivier or someone may wish to contact him. > --Jean > > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: AdamOfBremen >

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation for Base

2017-05-29 Thread Robert Großkopf
Am 29.05.2017 um 18:13 schrieb Hazel Russman: > There's a Base Handbook translated from the German. > and the last version of this Handbook in German you could get here: http://de.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/ Shows a comparison of internal HSQLDB and internal Firebird, but isn't

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation: Base HandBook

2016-02-09 Thread Robert Großkopf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Gustavo, > I'm studying the Base HandBook published on 3 July 2013, and I > would like to know if you can provide the odb file that you used > as sample on the book. As the book doesn't have an 'step by step' > as in the getting started book, I

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] documentation 5.0

2016-01-15 Thread Robert Großkopf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Kees, > > I'm working on the Dutch localization and translating guides. You are Dutch? Base-Handbook original is created in German. The German version of Handbook you could find here: http://de.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/ or

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Can someone help me to report a bug in Base?

2016-01-13 Thread Robert Großkopf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Hazel, > I wouldn't normally bother the list with an off-topic post, but I > have just spent a fruitless half hour trying and failing to > navigate the LibreOffice bug site. There are instructions of > course, but they seem to bear no

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base 5 Documentation

2016-01-03 Thread Robert Großkopf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Peter, > and I am on version 5.0.4.2 on Windows 10 This version is a littel bit buggy while using gridcontrols in a form. With OpenSUSE you could only mark the whole gridcontrol, not the header of a column. See

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base 5.0 handbook

2015-10-17 Thread Robert Großkopf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Dan, > > I have already downloaded the example database that I need. I will > change the names needed to match the changes I have made in the > text. Then I will correct the screen shots that need it. Why do you change the database and create

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base 5.0 handbook

2015-10-14 Thread Robert Großkopf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Dan, Am 14.10.2015 um 16:33 schrieb Dan Lewis: > On 10/12/2015 10:28 PM, Jean Weber wrote: >> I have started reviewing and editing Chapter 2, Creating a >> Database. >> >> Dan Lewis, you have Chapter 1, Introduction to Base, checked out. >> How

[libreoffice-documentation] Base Handbook Chapter 9: Macros

2015-09-05 Thread Robert Großkopf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi *, and here the next: chapter 9 http://robert.familiegrosskopf.de/lo_hb_en/BH5009-Macros.odt Only new screenshots inserted, also German text - so must be translated. This chapter expanded very much. Formatting of macros must be corrected. Much

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] problem inserting a picture into libreOffice writer format odt

2015-09-05 Thread Robert Großkopf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Martin, you have written to the documentation-list. better you would write to us...@de.libreoffice.org (I saw your mail-address ends with *.de). I have tested the following: Pressed "Print" for a screenshot. Copied the screenshot to cache.

[libreoffice-documentation] Base Handbook chapter 10 and 11

2015-09-05 Thread Robert Großkopf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi *, and here the rest: chapter 10 http://robert.familiegrosskopf.de/lo_hb_en/BH5010-Maintenance.odt chapter 11 http://robert.familiegrosskopf.de/lo_hb_en/BH5011-Appendix.odt Only new screenshots inserted, also German text - so must be translated.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base-Handbook 5.0 -chapter 2

2015-08-28 Thread Robert Großkopf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi *, and here the next: chapter 8 http://robert.familiegrosskopf.de/lo_hb_en/BH5008-Tasks.odt Only new screenshots inserted, also German text - so must be translated. Regards Robert -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Something strange happened...

2015-08-26 Thread Robert Großkopf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Hazel, This morning I happened to open a file that I'd been working on in Debian Wheezy, which still uses LO v.4. It opened in Writer as a completely blank single page! The content was gone. Back to Crux and the same file opened normally.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base-Handbook 5.0 -chapter 2

2015-08-23 Thread Robert Großkopf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi *, and here the next: chapter 6 http://robert.familiegrosskopf.de/lo_hb_en/BH5006-Reports.odt Only new screenshots inserted, also German text - so must be translated. Code (Macro, SQL) already translated. Regards Robert -BEGIN PGP

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base-Handbook 5.0 -chapter 2

2015-08-23 Thread Robert Großkopf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi *, and here the next: chapter 7 http://robert.familiegrosskopf.de/lo_hb_en/BH5007-Linking.odt Only new screenshots inserted, also German text - so must be translated. The last macros I created were directly created referring to English. So it's

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base-Handbook 5.0 -chapter 2

2015-08-22 Thread Robert Großkopf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi *, and here the next: chapter 5 http://robert.familiegrosskopf.de/lo_hb_en/BH5005-Queries.odt Only new screenshots inserted, also German text - so must be translated. Nearly all queries in the handbook for version LO 3.5 were formatted without

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base-Handbook 5.0 -chapter 2

2015-08-19 Thread Robert Großkopf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi *, now chapter 4 http://robert.familiegrosskopf.de/lo_hb_en/BH5004-Forms.odt Only new screenshots inserted, also German text - so must be translated. Regards Robert -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base-Handbook 5.0 -chapter 2

2015-08-16 Thread Robert Großkopf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi *, and here the next: chapter 3 http://robert.familiegrosskopf.de/lo_hb_en/BH5003-Tables.odt Only new screenshots inserted, also German text - so must be translated. Regards Robert -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2

[libreoffice-documentation] Base-Handbook 5.0 -chapter 2

2015-08-14 Thread Robert Großkopf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi *, I have now uploaded chapter 2 here: http://robert.familiegrosskopf.de/lo_hb_en/BH5002-CreatingADatabase.odt This chapter isn't translated. I have taken the old version of Handbook 3.5, set Writer to Edit Track Changes Record Changes / Show

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Folder for version 5.0 of the Base Handbook

2015-08-08 Thread Robert Großkopf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi *, I will add Robert's example files later, when I have had chance to study them in more detail and decide if they would befit from any minor adaptations (eg. change German terms to English) to accommodate an English speaking audience. All

[libreoffice-documentation] Base Handbook 5.0

2015-08-07 Thread Robert Großkopf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi *, I have tried to translate the first chapter of the German Base-handbuch 5.0. The german version is already published here: http://de.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/ I have uploaded the English version here:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Handbook 5.0

2015-08-07 Thread Robert Großkopf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Dave, If you want others to review your work, should we upload this material to a new Base Handbook 5 folder on the ODF Authors website and process this through the the normal review/edit procedure there? In the beginning of documentation I

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] German Base-Handbuch 5.0

2015-07-24 Thread Robert Großkopf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Hazel, Maybe I could give you a hand. There is a lot of text added to the first Handbook. The fist edition had about 350 pages, this edition has 520 pages. There are some parts added, but also some parts are corrected. A lot of work ...

[libreoffice-documentation] Creating templates for publishing at Lulu

2015-07-24 Thread Robert Großkopf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi *, I have looked at the published LO-Books at Lulu, because I have been asked for a published German Base-Handbuch 5.0 1. I have seen format for the books is US-Trade (15,24cm * 22,86cm) Is there any trick to get a book from format DIN A4 (21cm *

[libreoffice-documentation] German Base-Handbuch 5.0

2015-07-21 Thread Robert Großkopf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi *, at the end of this month the German Base-Handbuch 5.0 will be published. I have uploaded planned new version here: http://robert.familiegrosskopf.de/lo_hb_dev/Base_Gesamtband_einseitig.pdf I have also translated all example-databases, which

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