Am 11.03.2012 19:48, tops wrote:
Hi all,
I have been using OO and LibreOffice prior to 3.5 with Base and Reports. Now
the Reports in 3.5 can not be used any further, instead I had to try (despair)
and create new Reports using the Oracle Reports Tool. IMHO this is a major leap
backwards… It is very, very slow on my Mac (2.13 GHz Core2Duo), it does somehow
not save my new generates Reports. If I choose the Table Model it will write
the Column Heading repeatedly (I did not find a way to prevent this) on each
Row. To Adjust the Columns and Rows is REALLY Painful. It is no longer possible
to use Fields i.e. Page Numbers. Despite setting the Format to A4 Landscape the
GUI will limit placing Labels further than 200mm of a Portrait A4 Page.
I prefer Calc as a simplified report engine. It supports more math
functions than anything else. It provides the "natural" surrounding for
charts. It supports dynamically linked, (conditionally) formattable
import ranges, pivot tables, secondary filters and sort orders. It is
the only report format which can be loaded from any form with a click on
a simple hyperlink. All you have to take care of is the proper page layout.
[Tutorial] Using registered datasources in Calc:
http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=75&t=18511
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