Hi Stephen, > 1) Somewhere along the line, an "mdb" selection became available under > the "connect to an existing database" option in the new, database... > menu path. I'm not sure when this occurred, possibly after downloading > the snapshot and I just didn't pick it up at that time. As I mentioned > previously, at no time did I ever successfully install mdbtools.
You do not need a separate mdbtools. Once the feature is integrated, you will be able to use .mdb files on Linux out-of-the-box, since the necessary mdbtools libraries will be part of OOo. > 2) This process requires that I save it as an .odb file as well, but > that's not a problem. That's the concept of OOo: If you don't have a database document with embedded data (which is the "Create new database" option in the wizard), then your database document (.odb) will only contain how to access the actual data - the .mdb file in your case. > 3) The only way to subsequently open the file using the new, database > path is to repeat the whole "new, database" setup process again. Hmm? File/Open? File/Recently Used? Ciao Frank -- - Frank Schönheit, Software Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/staroffice - - OpenOffice.org Database http://dba.openoffice.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
