On Thursday 10 March 2005 21:48, Brian Blandford wrote: > Please be patient with me, but I'm still having problems. > > 1. I opened the database and found the wizard, as per the > reply below to my original email. However, something I > missed that was on the Link wizard in 1.1.4 is the > ability to say which fields one wanted visible on the > report. This I need because the field that contains the > information that governs whether a record should be > selected is a field that itself does not need to be > printed. So I take it that I am to create a Query first, > and then create a Report from the result of applying the > query filter. After that, I seemed to be getting there, > but then at the crucial moment when the report was going > to be created, it crashed on me, and advised I should > check the data source. It will probably turn out to be my > mistake, and with a bit of patience I will probably get > it to work. But I'm writing even so, because it just > seems to me that I have to jump through an awful lot of > hoops to get a fairly simple report out, and I can't help > feeling it was a lot quicker with the old method in > 1.1.4. Or is it justa matter of familarity....? > > 2. I wanted to vote for putting the Report Wizard back > into Writer, but opening the issue referred to by GRS > didn't seem to have anywhere on the web page to add my > votes (and as it currently has no votes, I feel the issue > needs some support!) I remember casting a vote for an > issue some time ago, but can't remember how I did it. Do > I have to register or something first? > > Keep up the good work - I'm sure 2.0 will win a lot of > new freinds for OOo when it is finally launched. > > > > Brian B. > > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > >On Wed, 2005-03-09 at 19:52 -0500, Matt Needles wrote: > >>G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > >>>On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 15:13 +0000, Brian Blandford wrote: > >>>>Great to see the database in 2.0 with its own front > >>>> end. I've managed to transfer my databases from > >>>> 1.1.4 to 2.0, but > >>>> > >>>>I can't find how to create a Report (which I assume > >>>> replaces what used to be done as a "Link" in 1.1.4) > >>>>According to the Help file, the command is via *File > >>>> - Wizards - Report, * but, there is no Report wizard > >>>> as far as I can see. Where do I find it? > >>>> > >>>>Brian B. > >>> > >>>No report wizard in m82 either. Made issue > >>>http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=44411 > >> > >>Report wizard only available from the open Database > >> file. Either click the Reports object icon or > >> right-click a table's icon and choose Report Wizard... > >> > >>This on m79 (2.0Beta) or m83. > > > >I know. See > > http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=users&m > >sgId=1861167 > > > >What I am concerned about is that the report generator > > in 1.1.x is capable of producing templates WITHOUT a > > database. I would like to see this functionality > > returned to the suite. I have checked as deeply as I > > can on the features of 2.0 new and old and have never > > found any reference that this capability was to the > > removed or made database exclusive.
We have a thread open on this on the database list. m86 may solve this problem. 79 is just not workable. hth Steve --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
