Hi
You are right. We can't use .kexi DB with other program. It isn't a
standard file. I hope than in the future they change it.
Regards,
Jorge Rodríguez
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El lun, 22-08-2011 a las 16:34 -0400, Don Parris escribió:
> I have been looking at Kexi as well. As I understand it, Kexi currently
> offers read-only access to DBs not actually created from within Kexi. If
> you have already created a database, you will not have write access to that
> DB. That said, if you create the DB from within Kexi, you can use it more
> or less as a front-end. I haven't tried it yet on my Debian-KDE box, but I
> may do just that. I think Calligra is going to be worth watching.
>
> I have used Base and learned a fair amount in the process. Based on the
> number of postings about Base here on the list, I certainly hope it gets
> more attention. I would offer to jump in, but I honestly can't code my way
> out of a wet paper bag. :-(
>
> I have used OOo/LO for several years now, but mind you, I am supportive of
> most libre projects.
>
> Don
>
> On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 05:59, Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Hi :)
> > You are welcome. I just stumbled on that info just before reading your
> > post. I
> > had heard of Kexi and Calligra before and had a quick hunt around their
> > site and
> > wikipedia but just before your post i'd had to look a bit deeper. Spooky
> > timing! :)
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: jorge <jrodrigue...@cpcecr.com>
> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > Sent: Mon, 22 August, 2011 7:41:21
> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Kexi
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > Thank you Tom for this adicional information.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jorge Rodríguez
> >
> > ____________
> >
> > El lun, 22-08-2011 a las 02:54 +0100, Tom Davies escribió:
> > > Hi :)
> > > Kexi is the database app in Calligra. Calligra is a fork of KOffice.
> > KOffice
> >
> > > gave all their remaining database devs to Calligra and dropped their
> > version of
> > >
> > > the database. Calligra seems very active.
> > >
> > >
> > > Unfortunately Calligra and KOffice are really quite dependant on the K
> > Desktop
> >
> > > Environment (KDE). They do have a port for Windows (and possibly Mac,
> > i'm not
> >
> > > sure). Calligra have also developed a few apps that can work on mobile
> > > platforms but that doesn't include Kexi yet.
> > >
> > >
> > > So, the non-KDE versions of distros are going to ask for a lot of
> > > dependencies, probably Qt libraries and stuff. You will probably need to
> > add
> > > the appropriate official repos.
> > >
> > >
> > > For Ubuntu you can try
> > > sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
> > > to install all of Kubuntu into Ubuntu but you might want to revert to
> > your
> > >Gnome
> > >
> > > or Unity DE at the login prompt (have a look along the bottom
> > task-bar/panel
> > > when you get the login prompt).
> > >
> > > A few people are now working on Base. A couple of devs and i think 1 for
> > > documentation (might be 2). It is a tough challenge but that makes it
> > fun
> > > right?
> > > Regards from
> > > Tom :)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: jorge <jrodrigue...@cpcecr.com>
> > > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > > Sent: Mon, 22 August, 2011 1:30:27
> > > Subject: [libreoffice-users] Kexi
> > >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Many days ago some of us were talking about BASE and its problems.
> > One
> > > of you noted about "Kexi" base program that's part of Office Suite of
> > > KDE ... as alternative of BASE.
> > >
> > > I installed that Office suite in Fedora 15 and opened access 2003
> > data
> > > base that I have. I can't probe with 2007 access data base because I
> > > don't have an example of that.
> > >
> > > I'm not use it a lot but it looks good. I suggest to others to test
> > it
> > > if have time and are interested because it would be an alternative to
> > > BASE if it won't improve in the next time.
> > >
> > > I have to say that the KDE complete Office suite (Included Kexi)
> > isn't
> > > in Ubuntu 10.04 lts repositories. I think is a recently improved program
> > > of KDE.
> > >
> > > I hope this post help some one though it isn't part of LO.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > --
> > > Atentamente,
> > >
> > > Jorge Rodríguez
> > >
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