On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 10:56 +0100, rich lott wrote: > Hi > > new to using forms that interact with data sources. Lots of questions, unable > to find any helpful documentation! > > data source is a calc spreasheet. I'm trying to create a simple, portable > (ie. > ideally a single file that works wherever it's copied to) database of > contacts. (If calc offered Excel's drop-down for data-entry into fields > feature I wouln't be bothering to create a form)
Try Chapter 7 of either of the User Guides at http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/ > > **does anyone know** of any good tutorials/guides online anywhere? > > Has anyone any experience of this? If so, could we chat over email? > > More specific stuff here: > > So far, any changes to the spreadsheet don't register with the data sources > manager - new or renamed sheets don't appear, neither do fields. Have to > completely restart ALL ooo apps to get changes registered. disconnecting and > reconnecting to the data source didn't work. > > When I've made a form (my autoform thing doesn't work: debian/testing version > tells me to run openoffice setup - which I don't have) it won't let me edit > data. All the obvious stuff is done (form is set to allow editing, file isn't > RO etc). What gives? > > thank you > > rich > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
