Hello Geoffrey,
Many thanks for your reply and suggestion. I didn't really want to revert to
using the OO stable version, as a large number of my files are now
converted to the new format. However, you may be interested to know I solved
my problem (until the bug is fixed in OO2) by simply saving a .123 file as
an Excel document;opening this in OO 1.9.100 and then saving it in .dbf
format. I could then create the database OK in OO 1.9.100. A bit
long-winded, but like most things in computing, there are more ways than one
of killing a cat! As far as the OO database is concerned, I realise it still
needs a lot of development, and I personally hope to see totalling and
formatting in reports, but I have no doubt it will come in the course of
time!
I would like to say, at this point, that I have nothing but praise for Open
Office, which is getting better all the time, and if you do get into trouble
there is usually someone out there to help. Just try asking Microsoft a
question without purchasing their expensive support! A positive feature of
OO that I haven't noticed others comment on, is the compression of files
which results in enormous savings in hard disk space! So many thanks to you
and your colleagues, and keep up the good work!
John B
----- Original Message -----
From: "G. Roderick Singleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "John Barman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "OOUsers List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: [users] OO Database
On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 09:09 +0100, John Barman wrote:
Hello there/
Much as I would like to help, and also having followed your suggestion to
try to register the issue, having looked at the site, I am afraid it
looks
far to complicated for my 80 year old brain to follow. Perhaps someone
else
may checkout the same base/spreadsheet problem. If it hasn't been
discovered
before, I would be very much surprised.
JohnB
John,
My suggestion then is that you stick with the stable releases.
----- Original Message -----
From: "G. Roderick Singleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: "John Barman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: [users] OO Database
> On Sun, 2005-07-10 at 09:20 +0100, John Barman wrote:
>> I seem to have encountered a problem with creating an OO database from
>> existing spreadsheets. As far as I can remember with earlier builds of
>> OO
>> it worked OK, but with 1.9.100, and now with 1.9.113 the table refuses
>> to
>> open. Connecting to my .dbf files works OK, but not to Excel or OO
>> .ods
>> spreadsheet files.
>>
>> The Connection Test shows the file to be connected, but this is not
>> so!
>>
>> I expect I am doing something wrong, but cant think where. Can anyone
>> help please?
>>
>> John B.
>
> Thanks for testing the 2.0 beta candidates. I suggest that you enter an
> issue into Issue Tracker as this is the best way to have problems such
> as this evaluated.
>
> If you haven't already registered, do the following:
>
> 1. To file an issue you must register with OOo by clicking the
> My Pages tab and selecting the Register link
> http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/Join
> 2. Fill in your information
> 3. Reply to the confirmation email that will be sent to the address
> you provided.
> 4. Once you have confirmed, go to www.openoffice.org again
> 5. And click on the "Bugs & Issues" link in the General links box.
>
> Thanks for bringing this to our attention. It is important that you
> file
> any examples with the issue to ensure your need is understood.
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