Le 19/06/11 00:48, John B a écrit : Hi John,
> It is very strange that in LibreOffice this opens up in Calc and not > Base, no matter how I try to force it. > > Calc is simply not good enough to handle Database files. > > This is also confirmed in the File Open lists:- dBase(.dbf) is listed > in Calc and it is absent from Base > > Is this a bug - have I missed something ? > I don't think you have missed anything, and it may indeed be a bug, although I can't remember for sure, and quite possibly was introduced with the OpenOffice.org 3.3.x development line. 1) File > New > Database > Open an existing database Navigate to your dbf file. 2) Connect to an existing database. Choose dBase from the dropdown list, and then navigate to your dbf file. 3) A workaround is to use the Wizard for the AddressBook datasource File>Wizard>Define Address Book. You should see in the list of supported db's that be default the wizard selects dBase. You can actually name your db anything you like, all the wizard does it attribute the fields of the Writer application to the corresponding source db fields. Beware : there are several issues with field/value type import of the data, depending on which version of the dBase format you are using. Alex -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] In case of problems unsubscribing, write to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
