On Sat November 26 2005 19:15, + martin wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *********************** > Dear Sirs. > > After downloading and installing OOo 2.0 for both Windows, and Linux > (i86) I was gratified to find that in the Windows version I can at least > import tables from an M$ Access database. I was extremely disapointed > however to find that the same capability does not exist in the Linux > version. On top of that disapointment, when I saved an imported > database in the Windows version of OOo, the Linux version would not open > it. > > While some work has been done on the OOo Base application, a lot of work > remains to be done. If M$ Office users are going to switch from M$ > Access to OOo Base, ALL versions (Windows and Linux) of the app need to > be able to open an M$ Access database, and save it to an OOo database > and have EVERYTHING work exactly as it did in M$ Access. Nothing less > will satisfy most M$ Access users. While such a conversion might be > complex, even requiring another external app, it should be possible. > > The other OOo apps that I have tried work very well (I have never been > an M$ Word fan...Wordperfect is much much better!). I hope that work > will continue on the Base app to make it capable of complete conversion > of M$ Access Databases to OOo database format. > > Keep up the good work, and thanks for a good alternative to Micro$haft > software!
As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Sun November 27 2005 18:07, Alexandro Colorado wrote: > > For linux you need mdb-tools, http://mdbtools.sourceforge.net/ > > An alternative you can also convert your ACCESS into MySQL data using the > migration toolkit: > http://www.mysql.com/products/tools/migration-toolkit/ Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
