Alec wrote: > We are constructing a database in MS Access of the entries in 'Returns'
Microsoft Access 2003 EOLs (mainstrearm) 14 April 2009. All other versions of MS Access have been EOLed. > Unfortunately, that means they will need database software capable of reading > an MS Access database. It also means that you will have to buy MS Access to create your database. Then distribute software that can read the MS Access files. (MS Access files can't be read on a *Nix platform, unless WINE is installed. The user also has to install MS Access --- something which the current MS license may prohibit. Support on MS OS-X is "iffy", at best.) > I have downloaded OpenOffice but that doesn't read in the MS Access database. If you install the appropriate drivers, you can read Access files using OOo on Windows. (The required drivers don't exist for Linux.) You can neither create, nor edit Access files using OOo. > Either I've done something very wrong or I have the wrong idea about the > OpenOffice software. My suggestion would be to toss out the work that you've done, and restart your project from scratch, using a database that is cross-platform. * SQLIte; * PostgresSQL; * MySQL; * OOo Base; With any of those, you can distribute OOo, with the appropriate drivers. xan jonathon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
