[libreoffice-users] Re: Tell me it's not true

2012-03-01 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 29/02/2012 18:15, Dan Lewis a écrit : Hi Dan, What would most people who are new to Base think after reading the negative comments about Base? Statements about how hard it is to learn (comparing learning at least some of it to the difficulty of learning a new language). No one seems

[libreoffice-users] Re: Fw: [MariaDB Announce] MariaDB 5.3.5 now available!

2012-03-01 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 29/02/2012 23:58, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi Tom, Just to add to your announcement, note that there is currently an Easy Hack development request to find someone to do the work to include a MariaDB connector into the LO source code using C libraries provided by the MariaDB project. Just

Re: [libreoffice-users] Parameterised query

2012-03-01 Thread Fernand Vanrie
Mark , so ? works for native SQL : works for OO-SQL Greetz Fernand Hi Fernand, ?Isssue_Num (3s) ? greetz Fernand Thanks, but nope. The name Issue_Num, just identifies a parameter, it doesn't have to match the name of any field. The problem was the wrong SQL mode. Mark Stanton

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to use GTK open dialog box in LibreOffice

2012-03-01 Thread Mirosław Zalewski
I do not use LightDM, but I think I have found solution: 1. Your $HOME/.xsessionrc file should have following three lines in it: if [ -r ~/.profile ]; then . ~/.profile fi If you don't have ~/.xsessionrc file, simply create it. (Just in case - $HOME and ~ both means your home directory,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Parameterised query

2012-03-01 Thread Mark Stanton
Hi Fernand, so ? works for native SQL : works for OO-SQL I'm not sure if you are asking me a question or making a statement. What you are saying is not what I was saying, I'm not certain it is right, I don't think it is. I may be wrong :-) Regards Mark Stanton One small step for

[libreoffice-users] Re: Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-03-01 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 01.03.2012 15:20, Dag Wieers wrote: On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, e-letter wrote: On 28/02/2012, Roger Sawkins ro...@sawkins.name wrote: I have Powerpoint on one machine and LibreOffice on another. I want to be able to edit and save PowerPoints on either machine. However, when loading Ppt in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Parameterised query

2012-03-01 Thread drew jensen
On Thu, 2012-03-01 at 14:11 +, Mark Stanton wrote: Hi Fernand, so ? works for native SQL : works for OO-SQL I'm not sure if you are asking me a question or making a statement. What you are saying is not what I was saying, I'm not certain it is right, I don't think it is. I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Parameterised query

2012-03-01 Thread Fernand Vanrie
On 01/03/2012 15:11, Mark Stanton wrote: Hi Fernand, so ? works for native SQL : works for OO-SQL I'm not sure if you are asking me a question or making a statement. sorry, i just wanted to know if ?parameter works for native SQL mode and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Parameterised query

2012-03-01 Thread Mark Stanton
Thanks Drew, now clear. For you too Fernand? Regards Mark Stanton One small step for mankind... -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Tell me it's not true

2012-03-01 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 02/29/2012 06:40 AM, drew jensen wrote: On Wed, 2012-02-29 at 12:26 +0100, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 29/02/12 07:43, Andreas Säger a écrit : Hi all, Base is best when you ignore most of its tools and helpers relying entirely on your own skills and on the capabilities of the underlying

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Tell me it's not true

2012-03-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I don't understand any of the technicalities of what the devs are saying about their process but Cor and Alex are saying completely opposite sounding things so it sounds as though there must be a bottle-neck somewhere.  It would be vastly more helpful to join in with the devs that are

Re: [libreoffice-users] Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-03-01 Thread e-letter
On 01/03/2012, Dag Wieers d...@wieers.com wrote: On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, e-letter wrote: On 28/02/2012, Roger Sawkins ro...@sawkins.name wrote: I have Powerpoint on one machine and LibreOffice on another. I want to be able to edit and save PowerPoints on either machine. However, when loading

Re: [libreoffice-users] Tell me it's not true

2012-03-01 Thread Mark Stanton
Hi Andrew, Was that instability with an internal HSQL database? Mark Stanton One small step for mankind... -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Tell me it's not true

2012-03-01 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 01.03.2012 22:19, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: I created a few databases but I found them unstable By that, I mean that things would simply stop working after an upgrade or after too much data had been added (by large I mean too many images so the dataset took many MB rather than too

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Tell me it's not true

2012-03-01 Thread e-letter
On 29/02/2012, Dan Lewis elderdanle...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, 2012-02-29 at 10:01 -0500, drew jensen wrote: On Wed, 2012-02-29 at 13:36 +, e-letter wrote: On 29/02/2012, Andreas Säger ville...@t-online.de wrote: Almost nothing has changed since then, except for fixing things that

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to create a custom control on a form?

2012-03-01 Thread Dan Lewis
On Thu, 2012-03-01 at 23:38 +0100, Ferry Toth wrote: Is there an easy way? We would like to put an 'agenda' (like daily/weekly/monthly tasks) control on a Base form. Any suggestions? Ferry What about using an option button: It can have one of three choices. --Dan -- For

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Tell me it's not true

2012-03-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi E-letter :) What Dan has already done for Base is pretty huge.  However it is in an area that is undervalued within OpenSource communities.  Allegedly it's one of the commonest blockers preventing increased uptake or at least it's one of the most commonly given excuses.  People get all

[libreoffice-users] Macintosh Custom Keyboard Shortcuts

2012-03-01 Thread Mark Simon
A few months ago I was happy to acquire a new Macintosh (running OSX 10.7). When the salesperson suggested I could also buy M$Office for the Mac, I laughed and said Why would I want to do that? I've got LibreOffice, or something like that. However I cannot work out how to get those ...

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-03-01 Thread Dag Wieers
On Thu, 1 Mar 2012, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 01.03.2012 15:20, Dag Wieers wrote: On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, e-letter wrote: On 28/02/2012, Roger Sawkins ro...@sawkins.name wrote: I have Powerpoint on one machine and LibreOffice on another. I want to be able to edit and save PowerPoints

Re: [libreoffice-users] Presentation conversion to/from Powerpoint - layout

2012-03-01 Thread Dag Wieers
On Thu, 1 Mar 2012, e-letter wrote: On 01/03/2012, Dag Wieers d...@wieers.com wrote: On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, e-letter wrote: On 28/02/2012, Roger Sawkins ro...@sawkins.name wrote: I have Powerpoint on one machine and LibreOffice on another. I want to be able to edit and save PowerPoints on

Re: [libreoffice-users] Tell me it's not true

2012-03-01 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 03/01/2012 05:02 PM, Mark Stanton wrote: Hi Andrew, Was that instability with an internal HSQL database? Mark Stanton One small step for mankind... I will be more specific: I used the internal HSQL database for each proejct. Each database was sufficiently complex that I required a

[libreoffice-users] Protection in Calc

2012-03-01 Thread James E. Lang
LO 3.4.4 Kubuntu 11.10 Two issues (and the second is the big one as far as I am concerned): 1) Tools -- Protect Document -- Document (Alt+T,P,D) when the Document is unprotected does not appear to protect anything. This appears to be a long standing issue that has been noted by others -- most

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Tell me it's not true

2012-03-01 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 03/01/2012 04:46 PM, Tom Davies wrote: I don't understand any of the technicalities of what the devs are saying about their process but Cor and Alex are saying completely opposite sounding things so it sounds as though there must be a bottle-neck somewhere. I provided more clarification in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Tell me it's not true

2012-03-01 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 03/01/2012 05:06 PM, e-letter wrote: On 29/02/2012, Dan Lewiselderdanle...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, 2012-02-29 at 10:01 -0500, drew jensen wrote: What would most people who are new to Base think after reading the negative comments about Base? Statements about how hard it is to learn

Re: [libreoffice-users] Specialized dictionary

2012-03-01 Thread Libre User
Thank you. It doesn't have all the minerals but it does cut down on the number of terms marked misspelled. And that dictionary will be useful for other projects. Jerry At 09:22 AM 2/29/2012, you wrote: On 02/28/2012 12:38 PM, Libre User wrote: I have a project to make display labels for a

[libreoffice-users] Re: Tell me it's not true

2012-03-01 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 01.03.2012 23:02, Mark Stanton wrote: Hi Andrew, Was that instability with an internal HSQL database? Mark Stanton One small step for mankind... The .odb file claims to be a document but in fact it is an extension. When you open the file and then open one of its objects, the embedded

[libreoffice-users] Re: Tell me it's not true

2012-03-01 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 01/03/2012 23:02, Mark Stanton a écrit : Hi Mark, Was that instability with an internal HSQL database? The instability issues of internal HSQLDB databases within ODB files is well documented on the OOo Forum, along with suggestions for avoiding or minimizing those issues. The basic

[libreoffice-users] Re: Tell me it's not true

2012-03-01 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 01/03/2012 18:45, Mark Stanton a écrit : Oho! So it hasn't! Between us we should get it done pretty quickly :-D :-)) In between two cups of coffee in the morning or late at night, it is amazing what can be done when one is otherwise bored... ;-) Alex -- For unsubscribe

[libreoffice-users] Re: Macintosh Custom Keyboard Shortcuts

2012-03-01 Thread Alex Thurgood
Le 02/03/2012 00:31, Mark Simon a écrit : Hi Mark, However I cannot work out how to get those ... keyboard shortcuts going. On my Windows version, I used the alt key, particularly for my custom styles. The Mac version seems to use the control key, which is OK, but then completely ignores my