Hello Paul, orbit wrote: > 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.
If I see right, you use the internal HSQL DB. This one can't be used as a multiuser db. If you want to use it in this way you need a database which can do it e.g mysql, postgresql, oracle etc. Mechtilde > > 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 > -- Dipl. Ing. Mechtilde Stehmann ## Observer OpenOffice.org: lang/DE ## Freie Office-Suite für Linux, Mac, Windows, Solaris ## http://de.openoffice.org ## Meine Seite http://www.mechtilde.de ## PGP encryption welcome! Key-ID: 0x53B3892B --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
