Re: [users] Base question

2010-09-01 Thread Drew
On Wed, 2010-09-01 at 14:20 +0800, James Elliott wrote: > I am building a bookkeeping system in BASE to replace the one I have > been using which is a series of Calc spreadsheets. > > I have my Bank details in tblBanks (Name of bank; branch number; > address; etc) > and individual account deta

[users] Base question

2010-08-31 Thread James Elliott
I am building a bookkeeping system in BASE to replace the one I have been using which is a series of Calc spreadsheets. I have my Bank details in tblBanks (Name of bank; branch number; address; etc) and individual account details in tblBankAccts (Bank_ID; Account name; Account number; etc

Re: [users] Base question.?

2010-08-29 Thread James Elliott
Hi Drew On 29/08/2010 11:31 AM, Drew wrote: After generating the invoice as a report: File>Save Don't - do what you are doing, in the database save the URL to the saved file. Many thanks for answering both questions. When I have finished the database I might come back to you for that macro.

Re: [users] Base question.?

2010-08-28 Thread Drew
On Sun, 2010-08-29 at 10:25 +0800, James Elliott wrote: > Currently my whole bookkeeping system for my business is in the form > of Calc spreadsheets and I am in the process of building an OOo Base > bookkeeping system to better handle the growing diversity of my > accounting needs. > > When I

[users] Base question.?

2010-08-28 Thread James Elliott
Currently my whole bookkeeping system for my business is in the form of Calc spreadsheets and I am in the process of building an OOo Base bookkeeping system to better handle the growing diversity of my accounting needs. When I produce an invoice I currently fill in a Calc spreadsheet invoice

[users] Base question

2009-11-24 Thread Eustace
I followed the directions of the OOo3 Getting Started to make a Fuel form as on Figure 227, page 271 of the manual. It was interesting and I learned things that I may find some use of in the future. My problem is that because my default font size is bigger than the one they used in the figures,

Re: [users] Base question

2009-11-21 Thread Michael Adams
On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:23:53 -0500 Came this utterance formulated by Eustace to my mailbox: > I am reading the OOo3 Getting Started manual. I am at the beginning of > page 246, at b. When I try to enter Kevin in the second row I get the > following alert: > > Error inserting the new record. > At

[users] Base question

2009-11-21 Thread Eustace
I am reading the OOo3 Getting Started manual. I am at the beginning of page 246, at b. When I try to enter Kevin in the second row I get the following alert: Error inserting the new record. Attempt to insert null into a non-nullable column: column PaymentID table: Payment Type in statement [IN

Re: [users] Base Question

2007-02-21 Thread Dan Lewis
On Friday March 02 2007 11:21 am, Carrie Pearson wrote: > Can you advise me on how to create drop down boxes on base package. > > Thank you > > Carrie Please be more specific as to what type of drop down boxes you want. This information may or may not be found in the "Getting started with

Re: [users] Base Question

2007-02-21 Thread Ron Ferguson
Exactly what sort of drop down boxes do you mean (ie containg what sort of information)? Ron Ferguson Carrie Pearson wrote: Can you advise me on how to create drop down boxes on base package. Thank you Carrie - To unsubsc

[users] Base Question

2007-02-21 Thread Carrie Pearson
Can you advise me on how to create drop down boxes on base package. Thank you Carrie

Re: [users] Base: question about "Export" and "Save as..." features

2006-09-02 Thread Dan Lewis
On Saturday 02 September 2006 07:59 am, Terry wrote: > Just a couple of thoughts. I do not use Base but I have a > rudimentary document just so that I can check things out. > > I have version 2.0.2 on a Linux OS. The File >Export menu item is > disabled and the only option in File >Save As is Ope

Re: [users] Base: question about "Export" and "Save as..." features

2006-09-02 Thread Terry
Just a couple of thoughts. I do not use Base but I have a rudimentary document just so that I can check things out. I have version 2.0.2 on a Linux OS. The File >Export menu item is disabled and the only option in File >Save As is OpenDocument Database. It occurs to me that the programme is

Re: [users] Base: question about "Export" and "Save as..." features

2006-09-02 Thread Fred Janon
Dan, Thanks for the info, I'll try it when I can install Java 1.5. I am quite surprised that Oo needs Java 1.5 if we want Oo to get widely adopted in the enterprise market. A lot of companies are still running 1.1.8 or (if I am lucky) 1.2. It is a huge problem to get them to install a more recent

Re: [users] Base: question about "Export" and "Save as..." features

2006-09-02 Thread Fred Janon
Sigrid, I found the Java settings in the Options menu. There was a JRE selected already. I tried another one (I have 2 JAVA SDKs on my PC), restarted Oo and the "Save as" and "Export" options didn't show any more options than before. I switched back to the original JRE and got the same result. The

Re: [users] Base: question about "Export" and "Save as..." features

2006-09-02 Thread Dan Lewis
On Saturday 02 September 2006 06:29 am, Fred Janon wrote: > Hi Sigrid, > > I already had Java installed before installing OO. Here is the > version info: > > java version "1.4.2_06" > Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build > 1.4.2_06-b03) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2_06-

Re: [users] Base: question about "Export" and "Save as..." features

2006-09-02 Thread Fred Janon
Hi Sigrid, I already had Java installed before installing OO. Here is the version info: java version "1.4.2_06" Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_06-b03) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2_06-b03, mixed mode) Is there a way to check in OO where/what Java JRE it i

Re: [users] Base: question about "Export" and "Save as..." features

2006-09-02 Thread Sigrid Kronenberger
Hi Fred, Fred Janon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > I have OO 2.0.2 and 2.0.3 installed on Windows 2000 and XP. Both of > them have the "File-Export" menu disabled and I don't understand why. > I checked the Help and could not find a reason why it is disabled. > > Is the "Export" menu supposed t

[users] Base: question about "Export" and "Save as..." features

2006-09-02 Thread Fred Janon
I have OO 2.0.2 and 2.0.3 installed on Windows 2000 and XP. Both of them have the "File-Export" menu disabled and I don't understand why. I checked the Help and could not find a reason why it is disabled. Is the "Export" menu supposed to work on 2.0? Am I missing an optional module? Since the Exp