On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:12:01 +0200, Andreas Saeger <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tamblyne wrote: > > But my uber-geek days are long behind me. Technology advanced much > > faster than I did, so I'm now at the point where I can get things to > > do what I want them to do, but I'm definitely not up on everything I > > should be. > > > There is nothing in Base which was not part of any database tool in the > early 90ies. But this does not comfort anybody. Especially since I wasn't doing anything with databases until about five years ago. :-D > > So before I jump into this thing with both feet again -- i.e., trying > > to get develop this with OOo Base -- I have a few questions for you > > guys who *do* know what you're doing: > > > This tool is full of bad surprises. Ut oh. :-) > > One of the problems that brought it to a screeching whoa was the > > inability to browse a directory, select a file, and have the file name > > saved to the DB. Drew, you told me a couple of times you'd send me > > the code to make this work, but if you did, I didn't get it. Sorry! > > > See simple code at the bottom. Thank you -- this will help. [snip] > A stated above, Base is not a full featured database application. It is > hardly more than a bridge between the office suite and several types of > databases. The database in a single file is an additional goody (at > best). You made you database already and now you can use OOo tools for > manual input through forms and output into office documents. Ah! The light is starting to come on. This explains a lot! Thank you for the help! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
