-----Original Message----- >From: "G. Roderick Singleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Aug 18, 2006 7:28 AM >To: James Mckenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [users] BASE problem with database downloaded from website > >On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 07:23 -0700, James Mckenzie wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> >From: Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >Sent: Aug 17, 2006 11:29 PM >> >To: [email protected] >> >Subject: Re: [users] BASE problem with database downloaded from website >> > >> >Hi James, >> > >> >> That is interesting as the web site states that it is a MS Access >> >> formatted file. However, I will follow the instructions I read here >> >> to open the file. >> > >> >No, the site says "Required File Access Tool: Microsoft Access". >> > >> >That's the usual crux with people knowing only their MS universe: You >> >can open dBase files with MS Access, so it must be that you need MS >> >Access to open them, right? Wrong. dBase is a (historic, nontheless >> >wide-spread) database format. Since it's pretty simple, there are >> >zillions of applications able to read/write them. Amongst them, >> >Microsoft Access and OpenOffice.org Base. >> > >> It appears that OpenOffice.org for the Mac 2.0.3 cannot open a dBase IV >> style file. >> I was able to open it, however, with the trial version of Excel. Another >> problem that >> may force Mac users away from OpenOffice.org. I did open an IZ for this. >> > >Do you have plans to fix this in the Mac port so it behaves like the >other ports? > I will look at the Windows port and see if the file can be opened there. Unfortunately, I do not have a Linux installation to look at this issue with.
This may tie back into several problems with the Mac port. I will ask a few questions on dev@ James M. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
