Le 26/01/11 18:58, [email protected] a écrit : Hi,
> I was wondering why it has taken so long for a Base "book" > to come out in the documentation. Not even in version 2.x > has one like Writer and Calc, etc.. > > Not strictly true, a few links : http://www.pitonyak.org/database/AndrewBase.pdf http://www.pitonyak.org/database/ http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/database-programming-with-openofficeorg-base-basic/3568728 Both of these are excellent in my opinion. Bear in mind, for the latter, the use of the OOoBasic language to program with Base is a moving target unfortunately, and one in which where things that worked say, in 2.x, stopped working in 3.0, then worked again in 3.1, worked partly in 3.2 and then in 3.3 new quirks were discovered...However, the fundamentals are there and it really is a very good reference. He also has a site dedicated to Base programming : http://www.baseprogramming.com/resources.html If you read German, there is an excellent book by Thomas Krumbein, regularly updated (generally after each new version release) entirely dedicated to Base (he has also written books specifically for the other main modules). http://www.chapitre.com/CHAPITRE/fr/BOOK/krumbein-thomas/datenbanken-mit-openoffice-org-3-base-und-hsqldb,25063905.aspx And in French : http://www.editions-eni.fr/Livres/Base-Le-gestionnaire-de-bases-de-donnees-de-OpenOffice-org-3/.6_3a6222cf-b921-41f5-886c-c989f77ba994_ecee104b-5b6c-404d-a6a1-8028758c9b5e_97156302-3b39-4f11-8947-9480dd52bafa_1_0_d9bd8b5e-f324-473f-b1fc-b41b421c950f.html I haven't looked in other languages, but as you can see, there _is_ documentation available. Additionally, the forums are replete with Base tutorials, code snippets, tips and tricks, and several journalists who write articles for PC magazines of various flavours have also contributed to the wealth of Base knowledge out there. The problem lies more in finding everything in one place. The OpenOffice.org website / wiki also contain a fair amount of information about using Base. Alex -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
