Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto Filling Drop Down Boxes

2011-09-24 Thread Tom Davies
...@sbcglobal.net Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto Filling Drop Down Boxes To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Saturday, 24 September, 2011, 0:35 On 09/23/2011 06:55 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Lol.  Cor appears to be accusing me of being wrong but with no proof to support the accusation.  The only

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto Filling Drop Down Boxes

2011-09-24 Thread Don C. Myers
will make time to test it. Regards from Tom :) --- On Sat, 24/9/11, NoOpgl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: From: NoOpgl...@sbcglobal.net Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto Filling Drop Down Boxes To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Saturday, 24 September, 2011, 0:35 On 09/23/2011 06:55 AM, Tom

[libreoffice-users] Re: Auto Filling Drop Down Boxes

2011-09-24 Thread Andreas Säger
Quick and dirty draft of an embedded HSQLDB with US zip codes: http://www.mediafire.com/?1k312s62qupaqgb The form's dummy text field stands for all those name, address, phone, email fields that may be in a list of addresses. The list box lets you select one particular ZIP code which stands

[libreoffice-users] Re: Auto Filling Drop Down Boxes

2011-09-23 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 23.09.2011 04:26, NoOp wrote: On 09/22/2011 01:40 AM, Andreas Säger wrote: This is impossible because big cities have more than one ZIP and there are ambiguous city names. Actually it's not if you have (in the US) the USPS 5 digit Zip Code database:

[libreoffice-users] Re: Auto Filling Drop Down Boxes

2011-09-22 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 21.09.2011 19:00, stripedtomato wrote: I have three drop down boxes: City, State, Zip as part of an address record. As of now, I have to make independent selections for each of these drop down boxes. What I would like to do is when selecting a city from the drop down box list, then related

[libreoffice-users] Re: Auto Filling Drop Down Boxes

2011-09-22 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 21.09.2011 19:09, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I would stay with Access for now. There is almost no-one working on Base so it's gradually getting worse as regressions slip in. Regards from Tom :) These things use to work since OOo 1.0 (long before Base) and when they break, the whole office

[libreoffice-users] Re: Auto Filling Drop Down Boxes

2011-09-22 Thread NoOp
On 09/21/2011 10:09 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I would stay with Access for now. There is almost no-one working on Base so it's gradually getting worse as regressions slip in. You keep dishing out this advise... that and It's just that almost everyone avoids Base. why? At every turn I see

RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto Filling Drop Down Boxes

2011-09-22 Thread Bruce Carlson
Am 21.09.2011 19:00, stripedtomato wrote: I have three drop down boxes: City, State, Zip as part of an address record. As of now, I have to make independent selections for each of these drop down boxes. What I would like to do is when selecting a city from the drop down box list, then

[libreoffice-users] Re: Auto Filling Drop Down Boxes

2011-09-22 Thread NoOp
On 09/22/2011 01:40 AM, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 21.09.2011 19:00, stripedtomato wrote: I have three drop down boxes: City, State, Zip as part of an address record. As of now, I have to make independent selections for each of these drop down boxes. What I would like to do is when selecting a

[libreoffice-users] Re: Auto Filling Drop Down Boxes

2011-09-21 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 21/09/11 19:09, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi Tom, I would stay with Access for now. There is almost no-one working on Base so it's gradually getting worse as regressions slip in. Regards from The poster's question is a common one, which has been answered many times on the OpenOffice.org