Barbara, Thanks for the response. I don't need any forms from Access. Mostly I'm just looking to poke around in the database itself so I can see what's there. I don't have a copy of Access but heard from another user that Access is used in this app. I also heard from him that he's opened the database with Open Office so it should be doable.
However, when I try opening the database I first start Base and then choose the file called NDTSMain.mdb. Base acts like it's OK with the file but then what I get is Writer showing a bunch of gibberish. Maybe I'm doing this completely wrong. Does the database file have to be imported into OO before Base can access it? If I ask base to connect to an existing database (instead of open an existing database) it does see the file so that's good. This pops up a databse GUI of some sort. I can click on Queries, Forms or Reports and I don't have problems. (I don't see anything, but I don't have problems.) When I click on Tables it complains that it cannot connect, invalid password. Thanks, Mark On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 8:25 AM, Barbara Duprey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> Is any part of Open Office able to read/modify files that are used in >> a Windows app based around Access? >> >> I can supply a simple file if it's a matter of testing. I've never >> messed with database programs so I know nothing about this. >> >> Thanks, >> Mark > > The database component, Base, can be connected to Access tables, which can > be used in place or copied into Base's HSQLdb engine. But the other parts of > the Access database (forms, queries, reports) and anything like programs or > scripts built for custom processing, are not available to Base. It uses a > completely different structure. It has the capabilities to create or support > analogous items, though, so it depends on how complex the Access database > and other things are to determine whether this is feasible in your case. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
