Hi :) Calc is probably missing a lot of the information stored in dbf files surely? Relationships between tables, queries, sql statements, form, reports?
It might not be a bug but sounds well worth adding a feature request or wish-list item for opening dbfs in Base. http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport I would just post a bug-report as normal but add "[wishlist]" into the subject-line. The wiki page might have a better way of posting feature requests tho. Good luck and regards from Tom :) ________________________________ From: Dennis E. Hamilton <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 19 June, 2011 0:17:17 Subject: RE: [libreoffice-users] *dbf files open in Calc & not Base I don't think it is a bug. Microsoft Excel opens (imports) *.dbf files too. There is not much that Base opens directly. Is there a jDBC connector for *.dbf that you could use? Microsoft Access 2007 opens dBase III, IV, 5 I see (and it is the only one I have lying around that I can check). And, much to my surprise, dBase is still in production, but I guess you don't want that product. - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: John B [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 15:48 To: [email protected] Subject: [libreoffice-users] *dbf files open in Calc & not Base Hi The standard for many years for Database files was >> *.dbf (dBase) and I have many. 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 ? regards John B Windows XP Pro Sp3 LibreOffice 3.4 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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
