Strange. Posting the question to the wider audience of the list may help...
/paul On 11/12/05, Ian Robson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul > After amending a record and saying 'Yes' to 'Do you wish to save changes' > results in the message 'Error while connecting to data source. Error > updating the current record.' Clicking on 'More' gives the message @error > updating the current record.' I can then not close the file in the normal > way but have to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete and then click on 'Log Off' and then > log back on, click on Start Recovery etc to get back in. > I hope this helps. > Ian > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 10:16 PM > Subject: Re: [users] openoffice database > > > Few more details required... > > On 11/7/05, Ian Robson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have just installed openoffice on a new computer and transferred a > > database that was originally made in microsoft office 2000. > > But what format is the database in. Is it MS Access? or something else? > > I have not been able to find out how I edit records. When I try I get > a message that says 'Error while connecting to data source. Error > updating record.' I hen find I can not close down and have to go > through ctrl-alt-delete, log off, back on and then I can close. Also > after trying to modify some databases I find that record entries when > highlighted have a dotted line round them instead of highlighting in > blue. > > Where am I gong wrong? > > This will be based largely on your answer above. > > > Also can you please tell me how to enable spell check for Outlook Express. > > Thanks very much for your help. > > Spell check for OOo doesn't integrate with Outlook Express. Two > completely different products. If you want details on spell checking > within writer, reply to the list. > > /paul > > > > Ian Robson > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
