On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 16:10 -0600, Mac McClain wrote: > It looks like going into help as you describe here will give me what I was > looking for. Thanks. Still don't understand why the Help from inside CALC > didn't do the same.
Tends to only give specific answers in Calc Help. > Still don't understand why there is no standalone > document for the OOo Basic language. Mostly a case of personpower. There are only so many authors that have the chops and they are mostly working on Help. > I guess everyone else is just too smart > to need one so one wasn't created. Old dumb guys like me will just have to > do the best we can. Thanks again. BTW, still don't know how to keep > something going in the same thread, or am I doing it right by just replying > to this? Well you found that most of what you need is there. Just a matter of looking in the right spots or asking the right question. Glad the info was what you needed. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "G. Roderick Singleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: "Mac McClain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 1:38 PM > Subject: Re: [users] OOo Basic Document > > > > On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 13:11 -0600, Mac McClain wrote: > >> Thanks to the people who sent me links. Have checked them all out. > >> Still have not found a Basic language (syntax, etc.) document for OOo. > >> Maybe there isn't one? One of the links pointed me to Sun. Do I really > >> need to get the STAR8 documentation? Different question -- I would > >> have liked to have added this to the original thread but couldn't > >> figure out to do that, can someone explain (in small words) how to do > >> that? > > > > Not quite sure what you are looking for but the StarBasic doc from Sun > > is a good one. However, I am puzzled that the built-in Help is not > > adequate for anyone even somewhat familiar with the BASIC language. If > > case you missed this, you can access it by either clicking Help > > > Contents or pressing F1 and selecting the Contents tab and then > > selecting "Macros and Programming" from the menu. > > > > If you are coming from VBA, you might find > > http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/various_topics/VbaStarBasicXref.pdf > > > > and its ancillary examples useful. In the same section you will also find > > Andrew Pitonyak's docs for getting deep into programming. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > -- > > 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] -- 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]
