Thanks to everyone! This appears to be a great group. I can now proceed to accomplish something. Thanks again! Dave
> On Nov 12, 2014, at 12:37 PM, Alexander Thurgood <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Le 12/11/2014 15:22, Dave Asaibene a écrit : > > Hi Dave, > > >> I have a Mac Mini running OS 10.4.11 and a Macbook Air with 10.10. I want to >> donate the Mac Mini to a community center, however I also want to set up a >> database for their use and be able to transfer files or work and modify the >> data base on these two machines as required. > > Any of the 3.x versions of LibreOffice should still run on OSX 10.4. > > >> >> My questions are: >> The Mac Mini cannot run LibreOffice because the LibreOffice needs at least >> MacOS 10.8. However I have NeoOffice 3.1.2 installed on the Mac Mini. Is >> there a place I can get an older copy of LibreOffice? >> Will I encounter problems creating a database with LibreOffice on my Macbook >> Air and then sending it to the Mac Mini? Or the other way around? (Create on >> the Mini under NeoOffice and send to LibreOffice on my Macbook Air?) > > You should be alright with an embedded hsqldb version of and ODB created > on one and then copied over and opened on the other (or put on a USB > stick), as the version of hsqldb that is embedded hasn't changed since > the LibreOffice project started. > > You would even be alright with a server-based backend engine instead of > the default embedded hsqldb, providing that both you and the association > can access it. > > However, be aware that the date/time structure API changed in version > 4.1.x of LO Base, and that could be problematic for you if you > implement date/time structures in your database. > > Additionally, there are various bugs that affect different versions of > LibreOffice ongoing from the first release to the actual current > release, and these are not necessarily the same, or do not manifest > themselves in the same way, according to the version of LO you might be > trying to use. > > So not impossible (far from it), but you will have to work with the > quirks that have affected all users of Base to varying degrees since the > project began. > > > Alex > > > > -- > 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
