Hello Jens,
No offense taken. Everybody assumes that Base is related to MS Access
like Writer/Word and Calc/Excel. I do not even acknowlege Base as a
database application. At least I can not produce anything that could be
used outside the OOo context (OK, not counting flat dBase files).
Base is a configuration bridge to import tabular data into ODF
documents. Tabular data can be anything you have a driver for, from csv
up to database servers.
The abstract control containers (forms) you can attach to ODF documents
provide a reversed data flow from the office to the writable database.
But there are no forms in dialogs or application windows other than
office document windows.
Oh, and we can write scripts hacking on this awkward office-API. All
those features had been in StarOffice long before Base started in 2005.
Clever recombination of existing office features plugged to 3rd-party
software (HSQL, Pentaho) does not make a full featured database
application, IMHO.
Take it as is. Call your forms from the main window or store them as
independent office documents with desktop links and everything. Explore
what you can do with the combination of tools. It may be more than you
think by now.
Just don't waste your energy with perfectly ergonomic and good looking
poser stuff. You can not impress your boss with a Base database at the
same level as you can do with MS Access so easily.
Greetings,
Andreas
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