Many thanks Tom, Yes found 2 (at least free to download) which look like they can help if not do most of what I need: KPhotoAlbum: http://www.kphotoalbum.org which seems to provide the photo management facilities. digiKam: http://www.digikam.org/drupal/about/overview which looks like a far more professional management and editing package (unix, but has also sort of got a windows installer - depends on user point of view). However I am always a glutton for punishment and really want to try to put together something that fits my particular / peculiar needs (as I managed without for 7 years I am not in any desperate rush) also there are many hundreds of researchers with exactly the same needs....... I really feel Open Office maybe able to form the foundation - Base enables connectivity to variety of databases which gives great flexiblity. I can then utilise Open Office functionality (I hope): forms to edit metadata, produce reports (we work with private landowners so need to produce reports showing photos which we took, charts etc), and compare images???? plus if I get really keen use calc to do some analysis (most powerful part here is the extension which connects to R from CRAN). If anyone can help with my original questions would be much appreciated. Darren
> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:27:12 -0400> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > [email protected]> Subject: Re: [dba-users] creating an apication to > handle images......> > TomW wrote:> > Darren Norris wrote:> >> Thanks Tom,> > >> Any idea how I can get at the VBA without Access? That's where I am > >> > stuck - I thought as I can't open the Access file I can't get at the > >> > VBA? Is there another way around this?> >> > >> Thanks,> >> Darren> >>> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------> > > Darren:> > > > One thing that I did not notice before, was that in their > FAQ they state > > it is not open source. I am not familiar enough with GPLv3 > to reconcile > > this statement. Someone else may be able to clarify this. It > may be to > > allow a user to tweak the database to their own needs and not > run afoul > > of copyright. So acquiring the code base alone may not be an > option. > > They do have contacts to address questions concerning this.> > > > > TomW> > > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------> >>> > > Darren:> > Have you visited this site?> > http://freshmeat.net/browse/97/> > > It has a large listing of software, free & proprietary, that can store > > images and data. They are not OO related, but quite a few are free. > One of > them may fit your needs. I did a quick perusal(did searched for > image > database) and saw several that might work for you.> > TomW> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------> To > unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> _________________________________________________________________ Win an Xbox 360 or £200 Top Shop Vouchers http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/115454062/direct/01/
