Hello Floyd..

Another new star in the OO.org universe...

Question would you be willing to host support forums for commercial
database applications?

On 10/1/07, Floyd Humpherys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Jensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 1:10 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [dba-users] Re: Ideas to make Base to an attractive Modul in
> OpenOffice.org
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> You know it is starting to appear that we need to setup a page with links to
> applications implemented in, or with, Base.
>
> On 10/1/07, Manolis Christodoulou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Uwe Fischer wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > for the Base application help it would be very helpful to have a
> > > sample database with some sample records. Help steps can then refer
> > > to those tables.
> > > Currently, every Base help text needs to start with something like
> > > "imagine you have a database with the following structure... and
> > > there are fields with the following names ... and you have defined a
> > > query like this ...". This makes writing short how-to-do steps
> > > really annoying (and may be the main reason why there aren't any
> > > such short and quick
> > > guides)
> >
> > I entered the discussion a little bit late, sorry about that.
> >
> > I'm developing a Patients Records Database with OOo and MySQL as an
> > engine. It's pretty usable right now, I use it at my office every day.
> > It's GPL'ed and you can find it at http://mobi-doc.com.
> >
> > Unfortunately the whole thing is based on a Greek Translation of ICD10
> > codes and all the forms are in Greek (even the documentation). Maybe
> > if someone could provide an English ICD10 database, I can translate it
> > in English.
> >
> > Back in 2000 I used the Greek translation of the WHO book, to pass
> > every single code to a paradox database, using scripts where was
> > possible, it took me 3 years and I won't do it again...
> >
> > Another thing is scripting. I use a lot of it, even unpublished
> > interfaces. In some cases I found some tricks to overcome Base's
> > limitations (like multi-table subform read-only status).
> >
> >
> > --
> > Manolis Christodoulou MD
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > http://mobi-doc.com
> > http://palmpowereddoctor.blogspot.com
> >
> > For document attachments please prefer OASIS/ISO OpenDocument Format.
>
> Hi [email protected],
> I have a site at www.baseusers.com which James Elliott from Australia and I
> were going to do something good with about a year or more ago and we haven't
> really done anything with it as you can see, but I would be willing to list
> every application that wants to be listed that is associated with Base.
>
> Even if the application is listed on the wiki or on OOO's main site, another
> point of exposure could be a good thing.  If there was a small application
> like a personal information manager that people could download and use
> immediately, the user base would grow.
>
> I do not know why a person would rather pay for Word over Writer, but I can
> see why people would rather use Access than Base.  I give out OOO disks like
> candy and I think that when people can actually use Base for something, it
> will prove Base is a serious application.
>
> Anyway, if anybody wants their application listed, send it to
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I will promote it all I can.
>
> Thanks,
> Floyd Humpherys
>
> mostly free phones dot com
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