Re: [Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] Setting Base to open with a slected form

2014-11-05 Thread Peter Goggin
The solution to getting LibreBase to open with a particular form involves several steps: 1. Create a macro /Sub Menu_Main( ) Dim ObjTypeWhat Dim ObjName As String ObjTypeWhat = com.sun.star.sdb.application.DatabaseObject.FORM ObjName = "MainMenuForm" 'The name of the form you want to open at Base

Re: [Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] Setting Base to open with a slected form

2014-11-04 Thread Mark LaPierre
Hey Tom, It would be nice to post the solution here on the string that is labelled "[Solved]" so that people searching for the solution can find it. Maybe Peter should do that since he seems to have a better grip on the solution. On 11/04/14 04:33, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Peter has let me kn

[Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] Setting Base to open with a slected form

2014-11-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Peter has let me know, off-list, that he solved the problem. Details are sketchy (ie i didn't understand) but he's working on the Base Handbook at the moment so this is a distraction. Anyone who fancies their chances of being able to proof-read a chapter or 2 would be a huge help in gettin

Re: [libreoffice-users] Setting Base to open with a slected form

2014-11-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Has anyone had any luck trying to find the thread Noel was referring to? Is it possible to give a link to specific threads? Has anyone lese been able to convert a database from Access? Has anyone been able to set-up a database file so that when it opens it goes straight to a main form inste

Re: [libreoffice-users] Setting Base to open with a slected form

2014-10-27 Thread Marion & Noel Lodge
Hi Peter, This question was asked recently. If you go to - http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/nabble/ and search for "How to open a particular form at startup" you will find the thread. Noel -- Noel Lodge lodg...@gmail.com On 27 October 2014 19:08, Peter Goggin wrote: > I have completed

[libreoffice-users] Setting Base to open with a slected form

2014-10-27 Thread Peter Goggin
I have completed the conversion of my Access contacts data base to LibreBase. The only problem I have not solved is to get the database to open with my main menu form. This could easlly be set in MS Access ut so far I cannot find the mechanism for doing this in Base. Is rhere a way of doing th