Le 21/09/2017 à 15:16, Marion & Noel Lodge a écrit : Hi Noel,
If you are using macros to open windows/dialogs in your database, then you need to be aware of bug 95191. It is quite a serious hindrance to cross-platform Base implementation, and has been around now for nearly 2 years... Alex > Hi Alexander & Robert, > > Thank you both for your responses and suggestions. Sorry about the delayed > reply - I've had limited access to the User's Mac. > > It is with a rather red face that I report that the problem was caused by > me forgetting to load a Library file of 45 functions that I have written > which form a central part of the system! The Library file is loaded under > My Macros | Standard and is stored with LO files. It is not part of the > .odb file. I do it that way because the functions are common to all the > databases I have written. > > When I've forgotten to load the Library other times, (on Windows PCs), > I've had an error message when the database has been initializing, telling > me it can't find a particular function, and this has alerted me to what the > problem is. But the Mac reacted differently, so I assumed that it was a > Mac problem. Bad assumption! Sorry I bothered you. > > However, I did unzip the .odb file as you suggested, and examining the code > alerted me to all the calls to the Library functions. So your advice did > lead me to the solution. Once the Library file was in place, all the > Queries, Forms and Reports magically appeared! > > Much of the system is now working, but I'm still having problems opening > the main menu. I discovered that I have used a few calls to Windows > functions, which naturally, the Mac takes a very dim view of! I've tracked > down several of these, but I think there must be more. I knew that porting > to the Mac would be difficult, but I'm now hopeful that I'll get there in > the end. > > Many thanks for your help > > Noel > -- > Noel Lodge > lodg...@gmail.com > > On 15 September 2017 at 16:50, Alexander Thurgood <alex.thurg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Le 15/09/2017 à 04:36, Marion & Noel Lodge a écrit : >> >> Hi Noel, >> >> I don't know of any particular configuration setting that might cause >> this, unless there is something physically wrong with the file itself. >> >> Some possibilities to explore : >> >> - if you have automatic document backups (AutoSave) configured on the >> Mac LO, turn that off, restart LO and see if it makes a difference. >> There is/was a known bug that affected the display of some ODB files >> when this option was activated ; >> >> - compare the files on both OSes to check that they are identical (in >> structure and content) by unzipping each one ; >> >> - when you create a query in H2 via LO, is it stored within the H2 >> database schema, for which the LO ODB would merely contain a reference >> (with a file path, which would be different between Win/Mac) OR is the >> query stored within the LO ODB in full SQL ? >> >> >> The fact that you can't see any of the Queries, Reports, Forms, might >> indicate a problem with the paths in the XML sections of the ODB file >> that defines each of these. >> >> >> Alex >> >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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 >> > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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
