Le 28/11/11 22:34, Andre Charbonneau a écrit : Hi Andre,
> But it seems that the form creation wizard assigns an image file input > control to the blob type, which only allows me to select files of image > type (extension). > So I tried changing it to a simple file selector control, but I can't > seem to be able to attach that control to a column in my database (i.e., > there is no 'data' tab on the control properties). > > So now I'm stuck... :-( > > Anyone had a similar issue before and might point me in the right > direction? > BLOB/CLOB support via the LibreOffice (and OOo) UI/API is...incomplete. As you have found out, direct support only extends to image files. Saving and retrieving a datastream in a user friendly way requires...patience and some degree of programming knowledge. You'll probably want to look at Andrew Pitonyak's Base macro programming guide, but I can also recommend Roberto Benitez' book called : Database Programming with OpenOffice.org Base & Basic And, if you read French, Laurent Godard/Bernard Marcelly's book called : Programmation OpenOffice.org Now take a deep breath, and dive in... Alex -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ 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
