Hey all, I've done some experimenting today with OOBase on Ubuntu Dapper. What I have been doing is using the same copy of my database at home (Ubuntu Dapper laptop) and at work (Windows XP desktop). I typically add data to the DB, and then upload it to a private folder on my website. I download it when I get to the other location to continue working on it. Even though I have experienced crashes on Windows, I was unable to even open the forms on my Ubuntu system yesterday. Today, though, I did it successfully, when I used the "Open with" feature in Firefox to launch OOo directly.
(1) I used the "Open With..." feature in Firefox to open the DB with OOo, rather than saving the file first. I successfully opened both forms that I work with. (2) I used "Save as" to overwrite the local copy with the new, updated copy of the DB. (3) I closed/reopened the DB and began having problems using the forms again. (4) I used "Save as" again to save the copy with a different file name. (5) I closed the database and set it up as a new database in the DB options dialog (6) I opened the new database and opened both forms, one which gave an error message about the PK field. (7) I closed and reopened the DB and tried again. Success! (8) I closed and reopened the DB again, for good measure. No crash, no error messages. Also note that the forms are more responsive than they have been on Ubuntu. O.k., I have tried this download/Save as process again. The best approach seems to be to download the file to a folder, using a different filename than the local copy. Then setup the new copy in the DB config dialog and open it. At least, that seems to be what works best. I am not sure why that makes a difference, but it sure seems to. I thought I would bring this to the attention of the list folks - maybe someone can duplicate the experiment? Maybe I need to try this a few more times for good measure? Is it useful to know? Will it help the dev team? I am using OOo on a Dell Latitude C610 with 256MB of RAM, running Ubuntu Dapper. My DB file consists of 806 records, amounting to a 277.2KB file. I still haven't figured out how to activate the crash reports on Ubuntu's OOo. I'm working on it though.
