Just out of interest, while we are on the subject of Base, has anyone heard from Mariano Cassanova about the 3rd part of the Base Tutorial yet?
Claire On 28 April 2010 15:07, Jean Hollis Weber <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello from London. > > > > Not so long ago I retired from regular work, which mostly > > involved > > Interbase/Firebird using a Delphi front end. When a home > > project cropped > > up I thought it would be good to use OO. > > > > Unfortunately the detail that I had been used to in the Writer > > guide was > > not there and at first I thought perhaps Base was not fully > > programmed. > > But when I saw the results produced by the wizard I considered > > that all > > of it should be possible manually - if only I had the > > necessary > > descriptive detail. > > > > So, after some head scratching I have decided to dip my toe in > > the water > > and offer assistance on the Base manual. Having read the > > introductory > > stuff, I am glad to see that there is action out there but > > discouraged > > by how few are participating - especially compared with Writer > > and Calc. > > I don't claim to have much time available (too many interests) > > or to be > > the World's best author but at least it is one more person > > adding to the > > effort. > > > > Question: There are features that probably work just like > > other > > relational databases but, if they are not covered in draft > > documentation, one probably needs access to the people who > > wrote the > > program to find out what was intended. How is this managed? > > -- > > Ray > > Ashworth Informatics London SE1 6EY UK > > [email protected] > > 020 7928 9834 > > > > > Ray, thanks for writing. Because you are not subscribed to the Authors > mailing list, I found your message in the moderation queue. I'm passing > it on to the list, and I recommend you subscribe so you will see any > answers from the Base Guide team. I know they will be glad to have > another participant. > > To subscribe to the authors list, send a blank email to > [email protected] > > The main author for the Base Guide is Dan Lewis, and one of the main > technical reviewers is Drew Jensen. One of them, or one of the other > members of the team, can tell you how to communicate with the Base > programmers, if they can't answer your questions themselves. > > --Jean > Jean Hollis Weber > Co-Lead, OpenOffice.org Documentation Project > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Best wishes Claire Wood
