Thanks for the note. I'm loosing confidence in OOo/Base 2.0 however as it seems to crash and recover the db file just about everytime I launch it. Infact, it lost the forms I had made. They were forms I had made while learning how to use the form designer and weren't deployed yet. I still haven't found any reference to multiple users in a lan environment using the same Base to manage the same database in realtime.
So I have questions about how robust Base is. BTW, I'm running it in an Ubuntu Linux environment. Normally I steer clear of java based applications. Cheers, --Paul T. Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Paul, > How are automatic calculations of fields in a form accomplished? I have > for example a 'rate-per-hour' (in dollars) type of field that I would like > to set > to a fixed value (and changeable easily when needed) and appear in the > record, then another field which is 'time billed' (in hours or parts of), > then a > 'total cost' field. I would like the 'total cost' field to show the total > cost based > on the values of the other two fields automatically. You'd need macros for this. If this doesn't scare you, we could go into details ... In general, you'd need to listen for changes in the fields which are used in the calculation, do your calculation, and update the target field. Not too difficult in general, but some lines of code ... 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] --------------------------------- Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster.
