Hi Frank,
sorry for the 3-days-late answer (I had a 3 days weekend -- and now 90
mails to read from my OOo lists :-( )
Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germany escribió:
Hi Ariel,
as soon as Frank give us the gift of the UNO service for the copy Table
dialog, I will write a demo extension testing it ;-)
Hey, this got recorded :)
I've read
http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/49153/copytablewizard.zip
It looks really good.
I evolved a little bit from this early draft, but no serious changes.
I thing I think I cannot support with reasonable effort right now is
exporting to a database which does not exist as .odb file.
That is, for the source, I have working code which allows you to specify
"SourceDescriptor.ConnectionResource = "sdbc:dbase:file://...", this way
importing dBase files (same should work for text/csv, of course).
For the copy destination, there would be some work ahead, I am not sure
I will do this right now. (The existing implementation of the wizard
exclusively worked with .odb files, more concrete with SDB-level
connections, as opposed to SDBC-level connections which have less features.)
Let me know when it gets included in a build/developer snapshot.
I might be able to give out a snapshot of the CWS where the thing is
developed, so you and others can give feedback before it actually is in
the official developer snapshots. Might allow for shorter cycles in
fixing issues you find. Only if you're interested in, of course.
ok :-)
I've read in the issue "implemented in CWS dba24d", does this means
there is a build, or just the child work space where the development
takes place?
As you see studying never ends: for OOo 2.4 we'll have to learn how to
write help files -- which by the way -- Andrew, are you there? -- give
me the idea to ship OOoBase related extra help files as extension:
Hey, that's a nice idea. I sometimes regret our help is as sparse as it
is (though I understand (though not appreciate) the reasons behind
this). Shipping more help as extension might be able to address this.
Sure the topics you can address should not be too closely related to
concrete UI (else you would need to update the extension too often), but
giving background knowledge in the online help could be a Good Thing (TM).
I was only thinking (for a first step) about the "common" questions from
"common" users saying "OOo Base does that and that...", when it's really
HSQLDB: some knowledge about SQL (in the HSQLDB dialect) is needed to
work with embedded databases (not only to perform SQL queries or DDL,
but also for forms controls)
So first I thought about asking the permission of the HSQLDB guide
authors to include the SQL syntax chapter... but ... I wouldn't say it's
crap, but cryptic (at least for a "simple"/"common" user -- if he/she
exists).
People using OOoBase as front-end do not need SQL instruction, but the
"common" user rarely knows something about it, so here some explanations
in the "Help" may be of "help".
Bye
Ariel.
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Ariel Constenla-Haile
La Plata, Argentina
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- Was mich nicht umbringt,
macht mich härter."
Nietzsche Götzendämmerung, Sprüche und Pfeile, 8.
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