Thanks Drew - will give it a try Regards Pierre
-----Original Message----- From: Dave Barton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 January 2008 23:46 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Pierre Kotze Subject: Re: [users] [moderated]Base only install -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------- Original Message -------- From: Drew Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu 10 Jan 2008 07:43:56 EST | Pierre Kotze wrote: |> |> Dear Sir, |> |> I develop MSAccess databases in my spare-time. I read an article on your |> new "Base" application and was wondering: |> |> Can I download "Base" separate from the OpenOffice package? If so - can |> you provide me with a link? | | NO, OpenOffice.org is a fully integrated single application, you can | install some packages separately but must download the whole. For | completeness you can download OpenOffice.org WITHOUT Base however under | the distribution versions from Ubunutu repositories. | | Back to the point - a minimal install for Base is the Base module and | the Writer module. |> With my VBA and Access experience - Would it be easy for me to start |> developing using "Base"? | | Honestly, Base is not Access by any stretch of the imagination. In fact | one of the problems is that many functions in Base look a lot like they | do in Access but work differently, so that can be a real pain because in | this case appearances truly can be deceiving. Also the StarBasic | language is not all that dissimilar from VBA - but that is not really | the issue, the issue is that you use the OpenOffice.org API to get | things done and that is very different. | | Still I would say - give it a try - just remember, they are different | right to the core so be prepared to do things differently. | | Drew In addition to Drew's answer, you may be interested to know that Base uses the HSQL engine see http://hsqldb.org Dave - -- This is a mailing list which exists to support users of OpenOffice.org All answers are given by other users who volunteer their time. If you are not subscribed to this mailing list you may not see all the replies to your query. Please reply to [email protected] only. You should also be aware that all details of messages posted to this list are publicly available to anyone with an Internet connection For mailing list info see: http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html For on-line support see: http://support.openoffice.org/index.html For a knowledge base see: http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHhUB97asJm/pW/p8RAmvBAKCM6YOxnbf64HGoMhk3Fv7TG3zTHwCfQNFo otqizENgt0qiIyE3DSlAawk= =LARg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Information contained in any e-mail or attachment from Multichoice Africa (Pty) Ltd (MCA) is confidential and may also be privileged or protected by other legal rules or law. You should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of MCA. Employees of MCA are expressly required not to make defamatory statements and not to infringe or authorise any infringement of copyright or any other legal right by email communications. Any such communication is contrary to MCAs policy and outside the scope of the employment of the individual concerned. MCA will not accept any liability in respect of such communication, and the employee responsible will be personally liable for any damages or other liability arising from such communication. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
