Hi Fernand, > Do this means that we now can "load" a Form starting from the > connection and not obligatory from a open DBDocument ?
Nothing changed there, sorry: A connection still is subordinate to the database document - there can be connections without an associated database document, but a database document has (or can obtain) a connection. Forms then are also subordinate to a database document. So, the entry point for all form/report/etc. work is still the DB doc. What the mail tried :-\ to express is that formerly, you could only load existing forms (XDatabaseDocumentUI.loadComponent( DatabaseObject.FORM, ...)), where now you can also easily create new ones via the createComponent method. So, after having said that .... If you have a connection, and *know* that it comes from a DataSource, then getParent of this connection will give you the data source. A data source, then, can be asked for its associated database document (XDocumentDataSource.getDatabaseDocument). The document then has the forms/reports collection, providing access to the css.sdb.DocumentDefinition objects. A DocumentDefinition, finally, has an "open" method. This is true before and after the change which you replied to. If you know what you're doing, using this path is perfectly legitimate. However, the way via the XDatabaseDocumentUI (implemented by the controller of the database document) is usually to be preferred: If the user closes the database document, then all sub documents opened/created via XDatabaseDocumentUI will be closed, too. In this sense, the interface really only provides convenience shortcuts for actions the user can do in the UI. Tampering with the document definitions (and other low level objects) directly is possible, but gives you who you're doing this the responsibility for life time etc. Ciao Frank -- - Frank Schönheit, Software Engineer frank.schoenh...@sun.com - - Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/staroffice - - OpenOffice.org Base http://dba.openoffice.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@api.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@api.openoffice.org
