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

2012-03-02 Thread Fernand Vanrie
Ferry , I think there is no easy way, Doing things you want: use Dialogs instead of Forms, a bit more coding is needed , but you can bield easely a agenda using the date from your tables listed in a handmade gridcontrol. hope it helps Fernand Is there an easy way? We would like to put an

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

2012-03-02 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 02.03.2012 01:49, Dag Wieers wrote: Why are you so defensive ? Open Source thrives on people that are interested in a certain subject, and one of those subjects could be improving the PPT import and export filters. Even if you personally are not affected by such improvements, why would you

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

2012-03-02 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 02.03.2012 09:41, Andreas Säger wrote: OK, can open source make my car fly and swim if I only wish hard enough? There are limitations in software development just like there are limitations in the physical technology. MS has the big truck and refuses to carry the comparatively small ODF

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

2012-03-02 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 29.02.2012 14:36, e-letter wrote: Interesting; suggests that base exists just to answer the question by m$ fans: where is the equivalent to acce$$? Right, at a first glance it is nothing but Access mimicry. Maybe base should be removed from LO entirely and a separate database product be

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

2012-03-02 Thread Mark Stanton
I created a frequently downloaded document that demonstrates numerous Macro methods using Base. And very good it is too! Mark Stanton One small step for mankind... -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

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

2012-03-02 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 01.03.2012 23:38, 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 You can use an ordinary one-to-many relation where each task has one period type (list box with period name and

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

2012-03-02 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 02.03.2012 04:25, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: What is wrong with telling someone not to use base??? The purpose of free software is freedom to use other tools; noone said it had to be a traditional office software product. I remember being advised by OO users to use R for statistics; it

[libreoffice-users] Re: Protection in Calc

2012-03-02 Thread Andreas Säger
Just like in Excel, OpenOffice.org and Gnumeric, the document protection protects the order, visibility and naming scheme of the sheets collection. You can not rename, insert, copy, move nor delete sheets. Sheet protection protects all locked cells against modification. By default all cells are

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

2012-03-02 Thread Dag Wieers
On Fri, 2 Mar 2012, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 02.03.2012 01:49, Dag Wieers wrote: Why are you so defensive ? Open Source thrives on people that are interested in a certain subject, and one of those subjects could be improving the PPT import and export filters. Even if you personally are not

Re: [libreoffice-users] Specialized dictionary

2012-03-02 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
I wonder how many of the mineral type of words are in my largest dictionary[s]? It[they] has[have] over 638,000 words in it. http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.4-installs/dictionary.html#english My dictionaries start with kpp in this list of English dictionaries. Well, if I had a typed

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

2012-03-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Blimey!  That looks like more than 2 cups of coffee each! http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq#Base Regards from Tom :) --- On Fri, 2/3/12, Alex Thurgood alex.thurg...@gmail.com wrote: From: Alex Thurgood alex.thurg...@gmail.com Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Tell me it's not true To:

[libreoffice-users] Simple Base questions accessing a CVS file

2012-03-02 Thread Dan Lewis
Specifically, a CVS formated file can be accessed by Base. Among the format choices is thousands separator. Will Base access a CVS file that uses a thousands separator and show the numbers with it? (1,000,000 or 1.000.000?) Or, will the field containing these numbers have to be formated to exhibit

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

2012-03-02 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 02.03.2012 12:33, Dag Wieers wrote: What does flying/swimming cars have to do with improving the existing PPT import and export filter ? It's the economy! Only dreams are free. Of course everybody wants the magic soft to open each and every proprietary file format of computing history.

[libreoffice-users] Re: Simple Base questions accessing a CVS file

2012-03-02 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 02.03.2012 18:12, Dan Lewis wrote: Specifically, a CVS formated file can be accessed by Base. Among the format choices is thousands separator. Will Base access a CVS file that uses a thousands separator and show the numbers with it? (1,000,000 or 1.000.000?) Or, will the field containing

[libreoffice-users] Fw: High priority translation tasks for the global jam

2012-03-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ok, this is a bit cheeky.  If anyone out there wants to get involved with translations for the wider FOSS community the Ubuntu Global Jam is due to start soon and it's just for a couple of days (i have no idea about details) Ubuntu translators usually try to work upstream doing the

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

2012-03-02 Thread Dag Wieers
On Fri, 2 Mar 2012, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 02.03.2012 12:33, Dag Wieers wrote: What does flying/swimming cars have to do with improving the existing PPT import and export filter ? It's the economy! Only dreams are free. Of course everybody wants the magic soft to open each and every

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

2012-03-02 Thread Dag Wieers
On Fri, 2 Mar 2012, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 02.03.2012 12:40, Dag Wieers wrote: On Fri, 2 Mar 2012, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 02.03.2012 09:41, Andreas Säger wrote: Please read the original posting and my reply. Then try to contribute something helpful and substancial. I didn't reply

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

2012-03-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) We might not need or want a third decade of MS dominance but that is exactly what we have been handed.  We have to work from where we really are NOT from where we wish we were.  We cannot rely on people starting to use LibreOffice and magically already all their previous documents

[libreoffice-users] Re: Macintosh Custom Keyboard Shortcuts

2012-03-02 Thread Tinkerer
I only use the system short cuts, which appear in the menus. If you create additional keyboard cuts, then these must be Saved. Having saved them, they must consequentially be Loaded if you wish to use them. If the keys you have assigned conflict with system keys, the system key will be replaced.

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

2012-03-02 Thread Ferry Toth
Alex, The question really is: if LO is based on an 'object broker' as UNO, is there an easy way to add an object *without recompiling and building LO entirely*. Like with ActiveX controls: once you've created one and 'registered' it you can put them on any ActiveX container and if you have a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Recently used always empty

2012-03-02 Thread upscope
On Friday, March 02, 2012 08:44:17 AM Clarence W. Robison wrote: Hi, On my windows 7 profession machine, the LibreOffice 3.5 recently used file list (swriter, calc, etc) is not being populated. Any suggestions on how to fix it. My laptop (windows vista home) the recently used file lists in

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

2012-03-02 Thread Andreas Säger
So what do you reply to Roger Sawkins? That he can file a bug report hoping that some day in future LibreOffice will fully support the extinct ppt format? -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

[libreoffice-users] Viewing a Database in layout mode

2012-03-02 Thread Dennis Scott
I am new to Libreoffice. I am running Mac's Lion 10.7.3 and managed to import my old Appleworks Database into a LibreOffice data base. But I prefer seeing a Layout or Browse view (similar to that of File Maker). However, I don't see a menu option for that. Any suggestions? Thanks. Dennis --

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

2012-03-02 Thread Don C. Myers
Very well written, Tom! On 03/02/2012 01:27 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) We might not need or want a third decade of MS dominance but that is exactly what we have been handed. We have to work from where we really are NOT from where we wish we were. We cannot rely on people starting to use

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

2012-03-02 Thread Dag Wieers
On Fri, 2 Mar 2012, Andreas Säger wrote: So what do you reply to Roger Sawkins? That he can file a bug report hoping that some day in future LibreOffice will fully support the extinct ppt format? Yup, with the help of the community we can improve LibreOffice so that in the future people are

Re: [libreoffice-users] Recently used always empty

2012-03-02 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi, On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 10:15 PM, upscope wrote: On Friday, March 02, 2012 08:44:17 AM Clarence W. Robison wrote: Hi, On my windows 7 profession machine, the LibreOffice 3.5 recently used file list (swriter, calc, etc) is not being populated. Any suggestions on how to fix it. My laptop

Re: [libreoffice-users] Recently used always empty

2012-03-02 Thread upscope
On Friday, March 02, 2012 11:54:08 PM Manfred J. Krause wrote: Hi, On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 10:15 PM, upscope wrote: On Friday, March 02, 2012 08:44:17 AM Clarence W. Robison wrote: Hi, On my windows 7 profession machine, the LibreOffice 3.5 recently used file list (swriter, calc,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Recently used always empty

2012-03-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) http://www.libreoffice.org/download/pre-releases/ Regards from Tom :) --- On Sat, 3/3/12, upscope upsc...@nwi.net wrote: From: upscope upsc...@nwi.net Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Recently used always empty To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Saturday, 3 March, 2012, 1:11 On

Re: [libreoffice-users] Recently used always empty

2012-03-02 Thread upscope
On Saturday, March 03, 2012 02:09:16 AM Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) http://www.libreoffice.org/download/pre-releases/ Regards from Tom :) --- On Sat, 3/3/12, upscope upsc...@nwi.net wrote: From: upscope upsc...@nwi.net Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Recently used always empty To:

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

2012-03-02 Thread Arnaud Champollion
Sorry for some reason I didn't see your message. Le 01/03/2012 13:30, Mirosław Zalewski a écrit : If you don't have ~/.xsessionrc file, simply create it. Done. I've pasted in that new file the following : if [ -r ~/.profile ]; then . ~/.profile fi 2. In your ~/.profile file, put

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

2012-03-02 Thread Arnaud Champollion
Le 03/03/2012 07:21, Arnaud Champollion a écrit : It doesn't work. I will try with the word export in ~/.profile OK It works fine with export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome I guess I have to do it on other user sessions. Thank you for your help. I'm going to post the problem on the

[libreoffice-users] Re: Macintosh Custom Keyboard Shortcuts

2012-03-02 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-03-01 5:31 PM Mark Simon wrote: 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