[libreoffice-users] Re: Opening mdb jet db files under Linux

2017-01-13 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 12/01/2017 à 22:34, dave boland a écrit : Hi Dave, > Will Base do this? If so, how? I tried to open one, and nothing > happened. > Yes, via this : http://ucanaccess.sourceforge.net/site.html Alex -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http

[libreoffice-users] Re: Mysql Connector Java version

2017-01-12 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 12/01/2017 à 12:21, Alexander Thurgood a écrit : > > Hmm, with LO5.1.6 and Java112, I seem to recall quite a serious crashing > problem...a bug that was corrected for 5.1.5, but not integrated to > 5.1.6 when it branched off. Unfortunately, as 5.1.x is EOL, this won't >

[libreoffice-users] Re: Mysql Connector Java version

2017-01-12 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 11/01/2017 à 22:17, Girvin Herr a écrit : Hi Girvin, > I am upgrading software and I downloaded the MySQL_connector_java driver > version 5.1.40 for use in connecting LO 4.4.7 or 5.1.6 Base to my MySQL > databases. Previously, I have been using version 5.1.18, which worked > fine. Has anyon

[libreoffice-users] Re: background images in business cards

2016-12-22 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 21/12/2016 à 23:56, Gary Dale a écrit : The behaviour you describe is reported as : https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34585 https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62505 https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=20209 https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=3

[libreoffice-users] Re: Base and Java

2016-12-05 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 03/12/2016 à 07:33, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) a écrit : > Wonder when LO is going to follow Minecraft's example for items such as > Base? > > Although, actually, there is still the ReportBuil

[libreoffice-users] Re: Base and Java

2016-12-05 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 03/12/2016 à 07:33, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) a écrit : > > Wonder when LO is going to follow Minecraft's example for items such as > Base? > When it no longer relies on a Java db engine as i

[libreoffice-users] Re: Speed up RTF to PDF (headless) conversions

2016-11-30 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 29/11/2016 à 15:14, Paquin, Brian a écrit : Hi Brian, These pages might help you out : http://www.oooninja.com/2008/02/batch-command-line-file-conversion-with.html https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/12084/how-to-convert-documents-to-pdf-on-osx/ https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/2

[libreoffice-users] Re: Speed up RTF to PDF (headless) conversions

2016-11-30 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 30/11/2016 à 13:31, Bruce Hohl a écrit : Hi Bruce, > If the QuickStarter is available for Mac, perhaps that would make a > difference. > There is no LO quickstarter for Mac. Alex -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/g

[libreoffice-users] Re: Base and Java

2016-11-29 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 29/11/2016 à 16:21, Dave a écrit : Hi Dave, The MacOS problem is one of the issues, but there have also been reports of Base (5.2.x) not working correctly on Windows correctly with a JRE, hence my recommendation to switch to a JDK. If it still works for you with a 64bit JRE, then so much the b

[libreoffice-users] Re: Base and Java

2016-11-29 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 28/11/2016 à 23:05, Keith Barber a écrit : Hi Keith, > Thank you for this Alex. Not sure I'm computerate enough to know the > difference between a JDK and a JRE. However, I do have 2 JREs > installed, a 32-bit and a 64-bit. > JREs have an automatic update mechanism which checks to see whet

[libreoffice-users] Re: Base and Java

2016-11-28 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 28/11/2016 à 17:52, Keith Barber a écrit : Hi Keith, > Windows 7 Professional 64 bit Service Pack 1 (unsure whether any further > information would help or how to find it). I am assuming you are using a 64bit JDK (and not a JRE) ? If so, which version ? Alex -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Base not starting

2016-11-21 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 19/11/2016 à 21:49, dave boland a écrit : Hi Dave, > > It appears that Base was not installed as part of the upgrade - odd! Ubuntu has a habit of not installing Base by default, even if you upgrade your OS version...it is a user experience (UX) implementation choice I have never understood

[libreoffice-users] Re: Creating a General Ledger in Base

2016-11-04 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 03/11/2016 à 19:53, John R. Sowden a écrit : Hi John, > I have looked all over the world, using google, but I have not found any > sample general ledger examples using LO Base. The funny part is the > sample field structures are designed for this use, and others are > closely related (deprec

[libreoffice-users] Re: How to change Writer form letter database connection

2016-10-14 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 13/10/2016 à 22:46, Gary Dale a écrit : Hi Gary, > This is absurd. The form letter should just contain the name of the > fields and let the user select which database and/or query they wants to > use. As it stands, I am apparently required to not only stick with the > same database but also ke

[libreoffice-users] Re: How to change Writer form letter database connection

2016-10-12 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 11/10/2016 à 19:45, Gary Dale a écrit : Hi Gary, > In fact, I can't think of a reason for the current behaviour. Why should > switching data sources do that instead of the more sensible behaviour of > picking up the data from fields with the same name in the new data source? > Being cynical,

[libreoffice-users] Re: Trial of LibreOffice

2016-09-30 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 30/09/2016 à 13:19, Alwyn a écrit : > The formatting issue remains to be resolved. > What can I say, the format painter uses hard formatting, and that is frowned upon by those who use styles ;-) It may of course be a bug in the format painter, searching in the LibreOffice bugzilla might enab

[libreoffice-users] Re: Trial of LibreOffice

2016-09-29 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 29/09/2016 à 14:31, Alwyn a écrit : Hi Alwyn, > I am still trialling LO but have one or two issues. > > 1. With Open Office I always updated using the British version so that > dates, spelling etc automatically adopt the British format. > It is proving tedious to have to convert all my spr

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Base and SQLite

2016-09-22 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 22/09/2016 à 06:41, Michael Manning a écrit : Hi Michael, > After installing the various packages, I am not able to run > >> sudo ODBCConfig > Try installing ODBCManageDataSourcesQ4 and its co-application ODBCCreateDataSourceQ4. These are QT4 apps, but they worked for me on LinuxMint 18.

[libreoffice-users] Re: Base constantly crashes

2016-09-05 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 03/09/2016 à 19:50, Larry Gusaas a écrit : Hi Larry, >>> Every time I open a database (or create a new one) LibreOffice >>> crashes as soon as I click on anything. Totally unusable. >> There seems to be a problem with Oracle-Java and Mac OS: >> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?

[libreoffice-users] Re: BASIC: can't read form control bool property

2016-09-02 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 02/09/2016 à 20:34, minda...@freemail.lt a écrit : And these two threads : https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=10123 https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=30516 Alex -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems

[libreoffice-users] Re: BASIC: can't read form control bool property

2016-09-02 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 02/09/2016 à 20:34, minda...@freemail.lt a écrit : Hi, If you haven't done so already, you might want to read this thread : https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=38725 Alex -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.li

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice on a Chromebook?

2016-08-26 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 25/08/2016 à 20:07, Kevin O'Brien a écrit : Hi Kevin, > I have been thinking about getting a Chromebook, but the one thing > holding me back is that I need to be able to run LibreOffice. Is that > something I can do now? And if so, how well does it run? Not directly, but if you install Crou

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Question from another forum...

2016-08-22 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 19/08/2016 à 18:06, CVAlkan a écrit : Hi, I found this : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1581522 which is a bug I have also experienced on Ubuntu 16.04 with XFCE4 desktop. Alex -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? ht

[libreoffice-users] Re: XML document

2016-08-18 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 17/08/2016 à 18:35, Tom Morton a écrit : Hi Tom, > This is impossible tho. If I deleted these sections I would have had to have > deleted them separately as they were not together. And also if I had of > deleted them, the footnotes would have disappeared also? I would have had to > have highli

[libreoffice-users] Re: XML document

2016-08-17 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 17/08/2016 à 14:52, Tom Morton a écrit : If I open the XML file in a text editor, I see the same content. I can only assume that at some stage you must have erroneously deleted some content from your original ODT file, albeit inadvertently, as the two files are the same. Sorry to not be able t

[libreoffice-users] Re: XML document

2016-08-17 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 17/08/2016 à 14:52, Tom Morton a écrit : Hi Tom, I opened the XML file in Word 15.24 for Mac OSX It only contains 2 pages (492 words). I opened your ODT file in LO530 alpha (my own master build) It too only contains 2 pages. (483 words) Both documents are substantially identical. Alex --

[libreoffice-users] Re: XML document

2016-08-17 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 17/08/2016 à 14:52, Tom Morton a écrit : Hi Tom, I am assuming that if you have been working on this for a while, then you have a previous version somewhere in ODT format ? Would that not be an option ? Saving in another format doesn't overwrite the previous file. Alex -- To unsubscribe

[libreoffice-users] Re: Numbers and Pages files

2016-08-10 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 10/08/2016 à 09:28, MENGUAL Jean-Philippe a écrit : Hi, > > Does an extension exist to open documents written with Pages or Numbers > utility (Mac office suite)? > You should be able to open them in LibreOffice without having to install any extensions - which versions of Pages or Numbers ar

[libreoffice-users] Re: Compatibility of LO Base with Access databases

2016-08-03 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 02/08/2016 à 00:23, Ian Whitfield a écrit : Hi Ian, > > *Re: The LO Base discussion* - just my "Penny's Worth"!!! > > The only way I got any (sort of results) was by using MySQL as the > backend but it took a couple of months to get it working and after a few > months even that crashed on

[libreoffice-users] Re: How to NOT turn (c) into a symbol

2016-06-30 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 29/06/2016 à 19:57, Tom Davies a écrit : The whole LO copyright symbol shortcut combo is irrelevant on OSX because natively Alt+C will insert that symbol anywhere that accepts text input. Alex -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreof

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO Base - Dropdown boxes

2016-06-29 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 26/06/2016 à 16:20, Ian Whitfield a écrit : Hi Ian, We need more info. > I'm trying to use LO Base - linked to a Spreadsheet and so far all is > going well. How is it linked ? What exactly do you mean by linked to a spreadsheet ? > However I don't seem to be able to get Dropdown Boxes t

[libreoffice-users] Re: How to NOT turn (c) into a symbol

2016-06-29 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 29/06/2016 à 16:02, Piet van Oostrum a écrit : Cheers ! Alex -- 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 ar

[libreoffice-users] Re: How to NOT turn (c) into a symbol

2016-06-29 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 28/06/2016 à 20:37, V Stuart Foote a écrit : Hi Stuart, > tdf#73691 -- > add unicode conversion shortcut like word (alt+x) has been in the source > since August 2015, and is included in 5.1 release onward. > Doesn't work on OSX

[libreoffice-users] Re: How to NOT turn (c) into a symbol

2016-06-28 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 27/06/2016 à 18:57, Thomas Blasejewicz a écrit : Hi Thomas, > > This "(c)" comes from a Japanese style of numbering (lots of) tables and > items in a manner like "3.(4).A.(c)-1". > Don't ask me, whether that is good/right or whatever. It is just the way > it is and therefore the way I am supp

[libreoffice-users] Re: Embedded Base on Windows Share?

2016-06-09 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 07/06/2016 à 20:11, Christopher Howard a écrit : Hi Christopher, > Hi, I want to create a small embedded Base db for 3 or 4 users. It is a > mix of Gnu/Linux and Windows desktops. I can create a Base db just fine > on my person Debian laptop, but if I try to create it on our Windows > share,

[libreoffice-users] Re: Embedded Base on Windows Share?

2016-06-08 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 07/06/2016 à 20:11, Christopher Howard a écrit : Hi Christopher, > Hi, I want to create a small embedded Base db for 3 or 4 users. It is a > mix of Gnu/Linux and Windows desktops. I can create a Base db just fine > on my person Debian laptop, but if I try to create it on our Windows > share, o

[libreoffice-users] Re: Inserting user first and last name into a cell in Calc

2016-05-09 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 07/05/2016 16:15, John Meyer a écrit : Hi John, > I'm trying to find a way to insert a user's first and last name as defined > in the user date into a cell in a spreadsheet. Is there a function that > will let me do that? Probably with a macro that fetches that information : https://forum.

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO for Android - is there more than a Viewer available? Beta maybe?

2016-04-30 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 28/04/2016 17:55, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster a écrit : Hi Tim, > > Is there an Android version yet, that can edit documents? Even if it is > a Beta version. > To my knowledge : AndrOpenOffice - the whole suite, but you really need a keyboard with your tablet EuroOffice Calc/Text/Presen

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc as a Flat File Database

2016-03-20 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 16/03/2016 12:06, Jaroslaw Staniek a écrit : Hi Jaroslaw, It seems that Ian wants a solution that doesn't require too much effort and just works, at least in the way that he would like. In that case, Base, and from your own answer, Kexi, will be unsuited to that task. Defining the metes and bo

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc as a Flat File Database

2016-03-20 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 16/03/2016 11:06, Ian Whitfield a écrit : Hi Ian, > I wrote to you directly but it seems you don't like direct contact this > way - sorry about that. Yes, that's not my thing, sorry, but I only contribute to this list when I think it is worthwhile, or I'm having a rant ;-) > there seems t

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc as a Flat File Database

2016-03-19 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 16/03/2016 13:27, Alexander Thurgood a écrit : You could plausibly also design your form from the ground up using a Calc sheet, inserting form controls onto it, and linking that form to your datasource, and then binding your form controls to the data fields. Alex -- To unsubscribe e-mail

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc as a Flat File Database

2016-03-19 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 18/03/2016 12:31, Ian Whitfield a écrit : Hi Ian, > > But I now have the problem of bringing in the Form you told me how to save. > I have it as an ODT file but can not find a way of coping it into Base!! > > Can you assist me with this please?? The whole point of saving the form as an ODT o

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc as a Flat File Database

2016-03-18 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 17/03/2016 16:08, jorge a écrit : Hi Jorge, > I suggest to you to open the .CSV file with CALC. Then save it as .ODS. > Finally, import from BASE the .ODS file. > The import wizard from Calc to Base is not perfect, so unless one is absolutely sure that the data in your CSV or Calc fil

[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc as a Flat File Database

2016-03-18 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 16/03/2016 21:19, Ian "Witty" Whitfield a écrit : Hi Ian, > > My needs are to have a SOLID, RELIABLE simple Members Database that does > not crash all the time and take the data with it as well. > I don't even need a RDB as I have one table, one Form and a few queries, > it is single user on

[libreoffice-users] Re: Where have the bitmap transformation filters gone in LibreOffice Draw 5.0.5.2 ?

2016-03-07 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 07/03/2016 14:54, V Stuart Foote a écrit : Hi Stuart, > Not sure it has all the effects you are looking for but have you tried View > -> Toolbars -> Image to launch the "Graphic Filter" toolbar? Available for > use on images selected on Draw, Impress and as the "Image" toolbar in Writer > a

[libreoffice-users] Where have the bitmap transformation filters gone in LibreOffice Draw 5.0.5.2 ?

2016-03-07 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Hi all, The question says it all. In Draw, one could import/insert/paste a bitmap image onto a sheet, and then apply a bitmap transformation to the selected image from a limited range of effects that were available in a drop down menu on the left hand side of the main Draw window. In LO 5052, th

[libreoffice-users] Re: Database help please

2016-03-03 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 02/03/2016 20:07, John Montgomery a écrit : Hi, > My problem arises when I enter double numbers eg A11, A20 etc, these should > follow in sequence but do not follow the sequence I want but A10 follows A1 > etc. > How can I ensure correct sequencing. As others have mentioned, you could try us

[libreoffice-users] Re: Base - table control functionality

2016-02-23 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 22/02/2016 10:37, Egbert Eissing a écrit : Hi Egbert, > p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 120%; }With the new libreOffice 5.04, > Table control has lost it's abilityto configuer columns.On my newly produced > forms, integers look like prices, dates show upin the wrong order, price >

[libreoffice-users] Re: Veröffentlichung Base-Handbuch

2016-02-15 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 14/02/2016 17:44, Franklin Schiftan a écrit : And for those who don't speak German : > Hallo zusammen, Hi all, > > im Auftrag von Robert Großkopf, der momentan die Listen > mailtechnisch aus noch ungeklärten Gründen nicht erreichen kann, > sende ich Euch nachstehend seine Info über die Ve

[libreoffice-users] Re: Java broke on LO 5.1 on Macs

2016-02-12 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 12/02/2016 17:27, V Stuart Foote a écrit : > So, at the moment, sorry but you DO need the Java Runtime environment as > provided from a JDK. Otherwise, I would say simply don't use Base and don't > select a Java runtime--but not sure if on the OS X builds you get the > option. When I get a mom

[libreoffice-users] Re: libereoffice

2016-02-12 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 12/02/2016 09:52, Paul Van Eepoel a écrit : Hello Paul, > Hallo, > > i have libre office voor mac > Version: 5.0.4.2 , but i wil used the database , but i cam not ,i mush instal > a Java runtime environment > i have don , but i not stil working, what version have i need, my mac work > w

[libreoffice-users] Re: Java broke on LO 5.1 on Macs

2016-02-12 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 12/02/2016 13:36, Stephan Bergmann a écrit : > > The fix for > "FILEOPEN: LibO terminates when loading Oracle's Java on OS X 10.10 and > 10.11," replacing the need to install Apple's Java 6 in addition to an > Oracle JRE or JDK with t

[libreoffice-users] Re: Java broke on LO 5.1 on Macs

2016-02-11 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 10/02/2016 23:46, Larry Gusaas a écrit : > > As I said in my original post, i reinstalled LibreOffice 5.0.4. Java is > recognized in the Preference settings. There is a bug in LO 5.1 which > prevents LibreOffice finding Java. > > From what I recall, it was a deliberate code change in th

[libreoffice-users] Re: Java broke on LO 5.1 on Macs

2016-02-11 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 10/02/2016 20:10, Larry Gusaas a écrit : Hi Larry, > LibreOffice 5.1.0 doesn't find the installed Java on my Mac (MacBook Pro > Retina, OS X version 10.11.3). Had to reinstall LibreOffice 5.0.4. > Which JRE are you using ? The workaround is to install a corresponding full latest JDK inste

[libreoffice-users] Re: Base - automatically running a macro on form opening

2016-02-05 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 04/02/2016 04:59, Egbert Eissing a écrit : Hi Egbert, > I need to fire up a macro automatically when I open a form, or when I move to > the next record. > There is obviously no form event that allows me to do that. I have placed a > simple macro, containing nothing but a message box into

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO-Base - Autoreconnect

2016-01-28 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 27/01/2016 14:39, Heinrich Stoellinger a écrit : It is already reported as a feature request : https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88796 for which you are the bug reporter... ;-) Alex -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http:/

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Base and MySQL

2016-01-26 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 24/01/2016 09:04, Hank Alper a écrit : Hi Hank, > Hi Ian, > I frequently import Calc Spreadsheets into my MySQL database using > phpMyAdmin.. My version of phpMyAdmin asks to locate the File you wish to > import.Specifically, it offers a Browse option. Locate the Calc file you > wish to impor

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Base and MySQL

2016-01-20 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 20/01/2016 11:05, Ian Whitfield a écrit : Ian, I would suggest opening up your Calc created CSV in a normal text editor, to see what it "really" looks like. Only in this way will you be able to choose the right options to import the data into mysql. As Andreas has rightly said, you don't actu

[libreoffice-users] Re: Base out of memory

2016-01-19 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 19/01/2016 13:29, Malcolm Moore a écrit : > > SQL Staus : S1000 > Error code: 72 > out of memory > The message points to a lack of assigned memory for the Java VM process that launches the Base-hdslqdb combination. Could it be that the machines in question are using multiple other Java th

[libreoffice-users] Re: Displaying data on an unbound field

2016-01-12 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 12/01/2016 02:12, Egbert Eissing a écrit : Hi Egbert, Sounds very similar to the behaviour in bug 84069 (LibreOffice Bugzilla), except that your's is triggered by macro. The move to a next insertable record in the ResultSet could be the trigger for clearing the unbound text control (see comme

[libreoffice-users] Re: Creating new global Gallery themes

2016-01-07 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 07/01/2016 18:41, anne-ology a écrit : Hi Anne, >Please could someone explain what these gallery themes are; > are they perhaps additional images for LO's PP and/or for LO's > Writer - > if so, where are they located and how does one access? > > They can be found

[libreoffice-users] Re: BaseForms: transferring contents of data fields to the database table

2016-01-05 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 05/01/2016 04:24, Egbert Eissing a écrit : Hi Egbert, > I have a main form and a sub form. > The main form holds one single record, the sub form contains multiple records > related to the record in the main form. > Both forms are holding alphanumeric and also pure numeric data. > I wrote a

[libreoffice-users] Re: Base: create form wizard sub-form error

2015-12-23 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 23/12/2015 17:21, Blake McBride a écrit : Hi Blake, > Then, on the "Select the fields of your subform" screen it has Table E > pre-selected and grayed. It also shows the columns for Table E. > > 1. Table E has no columns that directly relate to Table A (or B). > > 2. In the prior scree

[libreoffice-users] Re: Use KAddressBook As LibreOffice Resource

2015-12-15 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 12/12/2015 14:57, Don Parris a écrit : Don, > This leads to a second, related question (maybe a dev lurking around > here?): Why hasn't this been addressed after all these years, with Kontact > as a fairly widely-used program? Is it impossible? what would it take to > get this resolved???

[libreoffice-users] Re: Use KAddressBook As LibreOffice Resource

2015-12-15 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 12/12/2015 14:57, Don Parris a écrit : > This leads to a second, related question (maybe a dev lurking around > here?): Why hasn't this been addressed after all these years, with Kontact > as a fairly widely-used program? Is it impossible? what would it take to > get this resolved??? I ca

[libreoffice-users] Re: Supress address2 field if blank

2015-12-11 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 11/12/2015 04:57, dave boland a écrit : Hi Dave, > > I have a spreadsheet of Christmas card addresses to print envelopes. > Everything works, except the address2 field - it prints a blank line if > the field is blank. I was looking for a check box to suppress blank > fields, but didn't find

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO 5.1-beta2 Base -- reports

2015-12-08 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 07/12/2015 17:58, Heinrich Stoellinger a écrit : Hi Heinrich, > As an aside - I have been having to specify "autoReconnect=true" for the > connection > string with JDBC. This is because my database server has a 1 minute > timeout specified > for idle connections and won't increase this value.

[libreoffice-users] Re: OSX text-to-speech 'selection' not working in libreoffice

2015-12-07 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 06/12/2015 02:40, jacques revera a écrit : > In Libreoffice, when I select a block of text and use keyboard command, the > speech begins at the beginning of the document every time. This seems to already be reported as bug 72408 in the LibreOffice bugzilla reporting system. The problem was fir

[libreoffice-users] Re: OSX text-to-speech 'selection' not working in libreoffice

2015-12-07 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 06/12/2015 02:40, jacques revera a écrit : Hi Jacques, > Hi, (first time posting to this list) > I am print-disabled due to a vision impairment. I cannot read and write on > computer for very long without using text-to-speech. > In Libreoffice, when I select a block of text and use keyboard

[libreoffice-users] Re: Writer: Cannot access files I just created!??

2015-11-30 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 29/11/2015 14:32, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) a écrit : Hi Hylton, > > I am lost for ideas as a solution and any help would be appreciated. By any chance, are you attempting to write the file to a USB connected hard disk or key ? Alex -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global

[libreoffice-users] Re: Lost connection to Database.

2015-11-02 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 02/11/2015 16:22, Alexander Thurgood a écrit : > In other words, the error message you are getting indicates that the > file in question Members.frm is not in the place where it is supposed to > be. This means that your mysql database is missing one or more correctly > referenced

[libreoffice-users] Re: Lost connection to Database.

2015-11-02 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 02/11/2015 14:18, Ian Whitfield a écrit : Hi Ian, > ./FS/Members.frm (errno:13) The frm file extension has nothing to do with a form, it is the internal MySQL table format stored in binary hexadecimal form : https://dev.mysql.com/doc/internals/en/frm-file-format.html In other words, the e

[libreoffice-users] Re: Lost connection to Database.

2015-10-22 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 22/10/2015 15:31, Alexander Thurgood a écrit : > Le 22/10/2015 15:16, Ian Whitfield a écrit : > > Is the mysql server actually running ? > > Is your JDK recognized by LO (Tools - Options - Advanced) ? > Is a JDK/JRE installed ? Alex -- To unsubscribe e-mail

[libreoffice-users] Re: Lost connection to Database.

2015-10-22 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 22/10/2015 15:16, Ian Whitfield a écrit : Hi Ian, > Thanks Alex and Dan. > > I had forgotten to do that - so have downloaded 5.1.37 and set it up in > LO but I still get the same error. > > I notice also that when checking Services I have no htppd available to > switch on!!?? You don't need

[libreoffice-users] Re: Shortcut changes

2015-10-20 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 20/10/2015 18:07, Joel Madero a écrit : > In truth it's better to join the UX mailing list and get involved with the > project as that's where this kind of discussion belongs and where a > resolution might be found. "Screaming" from the sidelines usually won't > accomplish much. > The only

[libreoffice-users] Re: Shortcut changes

2015-10-20 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 20/10/2015 12:01, Rob Jasper a écrit : Better to comment on the bug report itself, rather than here, as most developers don't read the user mailing list regularly - too much noise. Alex -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.

[libreoffice-users] Re: Lost connection to Database.

2015-10-20 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 20/10/2015 17:02, Ian Whitfield a écrit : Hi Ian, > But now when trying to connect to my database I get the error "The JDBC > driver could not be loaded" > Any suggestions please?? > You have a JDK/JRE installed, recognized by LO (Tools > Options > Advanced) and the appropriate mysql jd

[libreoffice-users] Re: Shortcut change to display data source browser in Calc

2015-10-19 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 17/10/2015 19:07, Alexander Thurgood a écrit : > > It seems the design team have taken it upon themselves to change the > shortcut for displaying the data source browser in Calc, you can read up > on the issue here : > > https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/sho

[libreoffice-users] Shortcut change to display data source browser in Calc

2015-10-17 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Hi all Base users, It seems the design team have taken it upon themselves to change the shortcut for displaying the data source browser in Calc, you can read up on the issue here : https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59418 and comment on it as you deem fit. Needless to say, this

[libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

2015-10-11 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 11/10/2015 17:25, Cor Nouws a écrit : > > Those offer multiple years support. Much longer than the say 9 months > life cycle of normal LibreOffice. FWIW, and I can't comment on CIB supplied versions as I haven't tested them, but the versions on the AppStore supplied by Collabora come with a n

[libreoffice-users] Re: Libra Office on a Mac Mini (compared to Ms Office or default installed iWorks Apps)

2015-09-17 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 16/09/2015 20:20, Robert Watt a écrit : Hi Robert, The latest version of LibreOffice will work on your Mac Mini with Yosemite. You can install versions from the AppStore, or else download them from the LibreOffice web site. Some people have reported differences in behaviour or bugs in the AppS

[libreoffice-users] Re: Android version

2015-09-14 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 14/09/2015 14:41, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi Tom, > Has anyone here used the AndrOffice or the LibreOffice version on Android? > AndrOpenffice is a huge download, but is usable offline. It is also rather clunky, and not really optimized for use with a touch screen, as it basically just draws

[libreoffice-users] Re: Verification problem with OSX and GB language pack

2015-08-16 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 16/08/2015 14:29, Roger Hayter a écrit : > Thanks, I've learnt something new about OSX! Although I didn't actually > notice the problem in 4.4, perhaps I or the installer did something > differently. I think this could merit a mention in the README for the > installer, which people might p

[libreoffice-users] Re: bibliography

2015-08-07 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 07/08/2015 00:52, Andreas Säger a écrit : > > I have never noticed the biblio.dbt file. Don't know what it is. > Biblio.dbt is the accompanying file to DBF, which stores the data from MEMO fields. Alex -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? htt

[libreoffice-users] Re: Base and JDBC on Mac-OS/X

2015-08-04 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 03/08/2015 21:20, H. Stoellinger a écrit : Hi Heinrich, > I have to get an LO-Base-4.3 connection to a MySQL-DB going on a Mac. > Having downloaded the OS-independent version from Oracle, I tried to > define the connection as usual (including defining the Java-Runtime and > the classpath to th

[libreoffice-users] Re: Printing EPS

2015-06-25 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 25/06/2015 15:01, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster a écrit : Hi all, A quick test with Writer and an inserted EPS image on OSX 10.01.3 with LO master 5.1 prints a bounding box in which is written : Creator LibreOffice 4.4 LanguageLevel :2 So, pretty much useless. The discussion in bug report

[libreoffice-users] Re: Libre Office - Problems Working With Hebrew

2015-06-23 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 22/06/2015 10:05, ושדי יהעוז a écrit : Hi Yaoz, > > In My organization we use Word files That written in Hebrew. We have some > problems While working on those files , such as : > > 1. fonts Type changing in Some of the Files . > > 2. page direction turning from rtl to ltr . >

[libreoffice-users] Re: Platform independent driver for embedded MS Access databases (mdb, accdb)

2015-06-16 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 15/06/2015 18:56, Andreas Säger a écrit : Thanks Andreas, most interesting. Alex -- 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

[libreoffice-users] Re: problem with base

2015-05-12 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 12/05/2015 13:15, anto a écrit : Hi, > When trying to setup an odbc connection to an existing db the application > says "choose a data source" but the list is empty, I can do only cancel or > ok, but nothing happens. > The browse button open an empty list, instead of a browse window of my > fi

[libreoffice-users] Re: Asking for examples for Collect, Fusion, Intersection functions in Query Design View Mode

2015-04-07 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 07/04/2015 15:52, xavier2 a écrit : Hi, > Hi there, > I'm aware of the HSQLDB documentation and the list of available functions. > However, I am not looking for this. > What I want is to understand well for what are used the functions Collect, > Fusion, Intersection. > To understand them, I w

[libreoffice-users] Re: how to put images into a report

2015-03-30 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 27/03/2015 10:13, hw a écrit : Hi, > > how can I put images into a report? > Read answer 2 in the link below - caveat that it appears broken on OSX : http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/27964/external-links-to-images-in-base-reports/ Alex -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubsc

[libreoffice-users] Re: database2spreadsheet

2015-03-06 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 06/03/2015 10:18, Andreas Säger a écrit : Hi Andreas, >> >>> In a future step, I would like to integrate graphics into the >>> spreadsheet which could be created by a perl script with gnuplot from >>> data in the database; the images could reside in a directory and rows in >>> the database wou

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO Base Problem

2015-02-20 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 20/02/2015 15:00, Ian Whitfield a écrit : > I tried to run the 'mysqlcheck' command and I don't know what the output > is but this is what I got ... > That is the output of the built-in help, which gets displayed when you run mysqlcheck without any parameters. Try : mysqlcheck -A -p the '-

[libreoffice-users] Re: LO Base Problem

2015-02-18 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 18/02/2015 15:23, Ian Whitfield a écrit : Hi Ian, > > Yesterday I found I had not set my Keyfield (RecordID) to Auto Increment > so I set a new field with phpMyAdmin called 'id'. And this is now > working fine and Auto incrementing. I deleted the old RecordID field. Why did you do that ? Wh

[libreoffice-users] Re: Split Screen in Writer?

2015-02-03 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 03/02/2015 03:30, jonathon a écrit : Hi Jonathon, > Didn't that get made into an extension? > Or a beta release? > > Asking, because I remember using tabs on OOo, but have no idea when that > was, or what I did to accomplish it. All I remember is that the user > experience was worse than usi

[libreoffice-users] Re: Base: Connecting to SQLite3 .db and Working With it

2015-01-21 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 21/01/2015 16:54, Rich Shepard a écrit : > > There's actually a better, easier, quicker solution. I downloaded the > hsqldb user guide (not the Base Handbook) and learned that I can write the > schema and read it into a database then set up Base to use it. The guide > includes the supported

[libreoffice-users] Re: Installing 2 versions of LO on Mac OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite

2015-01-21 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 21/01/2015 16:54, Stephan Bergmann a écrit : > > Are you really sure that it ever worked that if you rename > LibreOffice.app to Foo.app it will then locate its user profile under > ~/Library/Application Data/Foo/ instead of ~/Library/Application > Data/LibreOffice/? That would surprise me.

[libreoffice-users] Re: Solver kills LiberOffice under Mac OS X.10

2015-01-20 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 20/01/2015 02:27, Spencer Graves a écrit : Hi Spencer, > 1. How do I find out (and set) which Java version it’s > trying to use? I found LO preferences but not a Java tab. You wil find it under Preferences > Advanced > > > 2. How can I get the

[libreoffice-users] Re: Solver kills LiberOffice under Mac OS X.10

2015-01-19 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 17/01/2015 07:39, Spencer Graves a écrit : Actually, there is already a bug report against Windows for the crashing : bug 80680 Alex -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Postin

[libreoffice-users] Re: Solver kills LiberOffice under Mac OS X.10

2015-01-19 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 17/01/2015 07:39, Spencer Graves a écrit : Hi Spencer, > > > I get this in an empty spreadsheet and spreadsheets with serious > optimization problems solved by Solver handily under Windows. > > I just get the spinning beachball with my master build 4500alpha on OSX 10.10.1 - h

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