-----Original Message----- >From: "G. Roderick Singleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Aug 17, 2006 6:24 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [users] BASE problem with database downloaded from website > >On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 09:25 +0200, Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems >Germany wrote: >> Hi Steve, >> >> > I an a defense attorney in Phoenix. The records for all the DUI breath >> > machines are available online as a Microsoft Access file at >> > http://phoenix.gov/phxpros.html. You click on interactive disclosure >> > center, then click on COBRA data download. then click on COBRA 8000 data >> > records. >> >> This is no Microsoft Access file, this is a dBase file. However, >> Microsoft Access, as well as OpenOffice.org, of course, is able to open it. >> >> For this type of data, you have to choose "dBase" in the >> File/New/Database wizard. >> >> Ciao >> Frank >> > >Thanks Frank, > >You have repeated almost verbatim what is at the top of Chapter 7 of the >User Guide which says: > "NOTE for 2.0 dBase users: To open a connection to a dBase > database, one must select the "Connect to an existing database" > radio button and choose "dBase" from the drop-down list box. > This should work even if one never had any dBase installed on > the computer, because a basic dBase functionality is built in to > %PRODUCTNAME. However, the controls should be renamed to give a > better understanding. I would suggest "Connect to or open > another data source", and rename the first control to "Create a > new HSQLDB database". Changed this issue to be an enhancement > request for an UI change in the dialogue. " > >Hopefully this and the new chapter with example database will be ready >soon which, hopefully, will enhance everyone's experience with OOoBase.
Frank and G. Roderick: When I visited this site, the file was marked as MS Access, not dBase or any other format. I will recheck this using your instructions, this evening. James M. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
