Hi Frank, > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germany > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Mon 31 October 2005 02:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [dba-users] [spec review] multi column list and > combo boxes > > Hi Andre, > > thanks for the feedback about the multi-column list box spec. > I'll incorporate it into the next version of the document > (even if this might take a while since this is not my top > priority ATM). > Some short answers here: > > > The first one is the lack of some property to align the > drop down > > columns. I've worked with MsAccess for a long time (before > switching > > to > > linux) and this functionality isn't or wasn't available. There are > > probably many reasons for the column alignment feature but > the one I > > can remember is the right alignment of number or currency. > > At the moment, the control extension aims at interoperability > with MS office documents, for instance for importing Word > docs. For this reason, I'm going to add this in the "Future > Tasks" section for now.
I appreciate that we have had (part of) this discussion before on this list, but I dont think it has run its course yet. Frank, I dont quite understand what you mean with the above response (what has importing Word docs to do with column alignment? Importing Word docs has been working for a long time). Comparing OOo to MSO I believe that with the exception of Base, we have at least a one to one fit (and IMHO more than that in favour of OOo). I haven't used Word, Excel and PowerPoint for many months now, as OOo has offered me an equally good (and often far more elegant) solution for the right "price" and with incredible support. The latter two something MS by its very nature will never be able to offer. However, unless one is conversant with VB, scripting, macros and all that, there is no way that you can develop simple, but yet reasonably powerful application like you can in Access. The same goes for data manipulation. The fact that the Base Query designer allows for Select statements only, vs. Access's equivalent allowing as well for Update, Append, Delete, Make Table and CrossTab queries makes a huge difference to quick data manipulation. I have Base on top of MySQL and far to often I have to resort to the MySQL Query Browser to get things done, because Base won't allow me. And that is a step back from the ease of use of Access. And as much as I love OOo, I use it as a productivity tool in the process of generating income and I just can't afford "taking steps backward". Secondly the availability in Access of a pre-defined Macro library that can be easily used in the On Event tab, allows for some pretty powerful form design without having to know macro development per se. Until Base gets on the same level as Access for these features I will not be able to switch off MSO. Looking forward to being proven wrong :-) Cheers Gert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
