On Fri, 2012-01-06 at 11:24 -0500, Dan Lewis wrote: > On Fri, 2012-01-06 at 16:06 +0100, Alexander Thurgood wrote: > > Le 06/01/12 15:55, Dan Lewis a écrit : > > > > Hi Dan, > > > > > The report wizard in both OOo and LO gives a choice of a static or > > > dynamic report. Where is this choice in the Report Builder? I can't find > > > it. Or, has it been decided that a static report no longer serves a > > > purpose? > > > > I always thought that the ORB replaced the default report designer so > > that once it was installed (and it is installed by default in the > > current builds, although not necessarily by the Linux distribs), you > > couldn't then go back to the old report designer anyway, effectively > > barring any chance of creating a static report. What happens if the > > report document is saved outside of the ODB container, does it then > > become static ? How about if the file is set READ ONLY ? > > > > Alex > > > > > > Testing a database using LO which included the Report Builder: I > opened a database and used the wizard to create a static report on a > table. Then I added new data. When the report was run, the new data did > not appear. I then deleted the static report. I created a dynamic report > on the same table also using the wizard. Again I added new data. This > time the new data appeared in the report. So a static report can be > generated using the wizard even when the Report Builder is already > installed.
yes - when Report Builder is installed only the UI to the wizard is disabled - Wizard generated reports can still be used in that installation, just not edited or new ones created. //drew -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
