Hi :) >From what Andreas and others say i think that is most of the problem with >Base. Too many great ideas that only got half done. I guess it might be the >same with macros.
Apparently Andrew Pitonyak's guide is one of the best ways to get into macro programming https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#Programmers Regards from Tom :) --- On Sun, 15/4/12, David <dgbo...@gmail.com> wrote: From: David <dgbo...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problems importing an OO database into LO To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Sunday, 15 April, 2012, 16:58 On 4/15/2012 11:48 AM, ptoye wrote: > Well, I seem to have started off quite a discussion. It's interesting that > Andreas seems to agree with me that OO isn't really for programming. And the > use of ODF is extremely important for intercommunicability, a point which > isn't taken by many MS addicts. > > But I'm not trying to use a database to write a form letter - I'm not even a > fully-fledged business, just a freelance pianist. But I do like to play with > applications, and occasionally write my own where I can't find a suitable > share- or free-ware one. And Base just doesn't work well enough - too many > bugs and I suspect not enough will to drive proper development - hence > Andrea's comments on "Potemkin". > > Tom's comment on 4 languages being available is fine, but as the API's so > impenetrable I feel it would have been better idea concentrate on getting one > language right rather than four languages wrong! Others are at liberty to > disagree. What database doe you think works better than OpenOffice or LibreOffice? David -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org 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
