On Monday 27 February 2017 19:59:17 sunrise wrote: > On Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:46:16 -0600 > > Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > >On 02/27/2017 09:44 AM, Joe wrote: > >> On Mon, 27 Feb 2017 08:53:30 -0600 > >> > >> Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > >>> On 02/27/2017 07:43 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > >>>> LibreOffice Base is, AFAIK *not* a relational database, but just > >>>> a -possibly graphical- user interface to one. Relational databases, > >>>> as I know them, have no "fonts", for example. > >>> > >>> I didn't claim it was ;/ > >>> I looked at it as it was install by default when I chose MATE as my > >>> DE. The "font problem" was that I could not force its "help system" > >>> to use a legible font size. Not being able to read its "help", I have > >>> ABSOLUTELY NO idea of what capability it does/doesn't supply. > >> > >> It's sort of functionally nearly equivalent to MS Access on Windows 3 > >> i.e. 1992-ish. > > > >I had forgotten about MS Access, probably 'cause the less I think about > >that employer the better. It was later than dBaseII but aimed pretty > >much at the same market. Having used dBaseII was considered "qualifying > >experience" for the job. > > > >> It's slow and as buggy as hell. It can't handle update > >> queries. I think it still needs Java for reporting. Apart from that, > >> it's about the quickest way to assemble an ad-hoc database > >> application. > >> Free, that is, there are probably better commercial products. I use it > >> for this reason, but also that it is cross-platform, you can literally > >> take a Base file from a Linux machine and run it on a Windows machine, > >> and vice versa (for close-numbered versions of LO). > >> > >> But a lot depends on what you want to do. Only you know your actual > >> database needs. LO Base can use an internal database file or pretty > >> much any client-server database or other ODBC server. For making user > >> applications, it's worth considering. > > > >Not if it throws barriers between me ant its documentation. > > In LibreOffice Help, try scrolling with the mouse wheel while holding > 'Ctrl'; on my system the font size can be increased and decreased across a > wide range.
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