Hi :) As an aside i think Ubuntu 12.04 has LO 3.5.7 by default but i doubt that makes much difference with Base. Regards from Tom :)
On 11 August 2014 03:18, Jim Byrnes <[email protected]> wrote: > On 08/10/2014 08:02 PM, rost52 wrote: > >> Thanks Jim for introducing this topic. >> >> A small company I know is using an ACCESS DB with macros exporting >> certain information into EXCEL spreadsheets. This ACCESS DB is currently >> preventing the company to change over from MSO to LibO and Linux. >> >> A 2 step approach is discussed: First to migrate from MSO to LibO using >> W7 and second moving from Windows to Linux. (Distributions not yet >> decided but most likely Linux Mint of Linux Mint Debian or Antergos.) >> >> Therefore, 1 more question from my side: Assuming that using Access2Base >> helps us to get the DB and the macros into Base and create the Calc >> spreadsheets, can this BASE DB with the LibO macros be used as they are >> when changing from W7 to Linux? >> >> > I don't know. I just discovered it a few hours ago. My impression is > that it lets people that know how to write macros for Access use a syntax > they are similar with to write macros in Base. I could be wrong. > > Here is a link to the website: > > http://www.access2base.com/access2base.html > > Here is a link to an OpenOffice discussion forum about it: > > https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=61447 > > HTH > > Regards, Jim > > > On 2014-08-11 06:47, Jim Byrnes wrote: >> >>> I am still using the 3.xx version of LO that came with Ubuntu 12.04 >>> and haven't been on the main LibreOffice site for some time. I've >>> been reading the naming discussion (Fresh/Still etc) and decided to >>> look at the site. While there I stumbled across Acces2Base. I've >>> always thought writing macros in LO was way harder than it should be >>> because of UNO, so this is an interesting development. >>> >>> A couple of questions: >>> >>> (1) Has anyone here used it and does it make writing macros for Base >>> easier? >>> >>> (2) I write most of my macros for Calc so is there a Excel2Calc planned? >>> >>> Regards, Jim >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > -- > To unsubscribe 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 > > -- To unsubscribe 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
