As I said, all you need is OpenOffice... Unless Mandrake installed dBase when
I wasn't looking.
Just press F4...
> It's been a long time since I used dBase (III, III+, and IV) (on dos and
> Windows), but, don't you need the dBase engine in addition to whatever
> "data" Open/StarOffice puts out
D. Olson wrote:
> On Wednesday 05 June 2002 12:56 pm, you wrote:
> > Where can you get a copy of dBase?
> It's a database format that Open/StarOffice uses, just like it supports
> Microsoft Word and Excel documents without you needing to use Microsoft
> software to edit the documents...
>
> Like
Thanks for your patience. I have not needed to use a
database program before and I am just now having to
learn how to use one.
TC
--- "D. Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 05 June 2002 12:56 pm, you wrote:
> > Where can you get a copy of dBase?
>
> *sigh*
>
> It's a database for
On Wednesday 05 June 2002 12:56 pm, you wrote:
> Where can you get a copy of dBase?
*sigh*
It's a database format that Open/StarOffice uses, just like it supports
Microsoft Word and Excel documents without you needing to use Microsoft
software to edit the documents...
Like I said, press F4 an
Yeah, you need to add a new data source, then add a new table, then add a
link to a document to edit... It works nearly the same as in 5.2.
There must be some tutorial online somewhere.
And by the way, AdabasD's file format sucks, IMHO. I just use dBase. It's
simple and has no limitations.
On Tuesday 04 June 2002 02:49 pm, you wrote:
> Umm... That's cuz Adabas is a file format, not a database editor... There
> is NO GUI. You can do databases in OpenOffice too... When you are in Writer
> or any other modules, press F4. That'll open up the data sources. Take it
> from there.
>
> D.Ols
Umm... That's cuz Adabas is a file format, not a database editor... There is
NO GUI. You can do databases in OpenOffice too... When you are in Writer or
any other modules, press F4. That'll open up the data sources. Take it from
there.
D.Olson
On Tuesday 04 June 2002 09:50 am, you wrote:
>
Currently I'm using Mandrake 8.2 with Star Office 6 and Adabas installed for
database.
I previously used Star Office 5.2 with Adabas and had set up several small
relational databases for home and business use. I had no problems.
With SO 6, I can't figure out how to even launch Adabas After
