Re: [users] Microsoft Access to Open Office Base ?

2008-09-12 Thread norseman
mike moller wrote: Hi Jonathon On 9/11/08, jonathon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 21:43, mike moller wrote: What MS Access, when included with MSO offers, is a user experience that is very nlike, and different from that of the typical database engine. What is mis

Re: [users] Microsoft Access to Open Office Base ?

2008-09-11 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:33:16 +1200 "mike moller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > Hi Jonathon > > On 9/11/08, jonathon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 21:43, mike moller wrote: > > > > What MS Access, when included with MSO offers, is a user experience > > that is very

Re: [users] Microsoft Access to Open Office Base ?

2008-09-11 Thread mike moller
Hi Jonathon On 9/11/08, jonathon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 21:43, mike moller wrote: > > What MS Access, when included with MSO offers, is a user experience > that is very nlike, and different from that of the typical database > engine. What is missing from OO

Re: [users] Microsoft Access to Open Office Base ?

2008-09-11 Thread Barbara Duprey
John Jason Jordan wrote: On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:11:13 -0500 Barbara Duprey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: John Jason Jordan wrote: I discovered that OOo Base cannot read or import Access databases. However, I also discovered that Kexi can do so. Kexi uses SQLite as its database engine. I s

Re: [users] Microsoft Access to Open Office Base ?

2008-09-11 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:11:13 -0500 Barbara Duprey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > John Jason Jordan wrote: > > > I discovered that OOo Base cannot read or import Access databases. > > However, I also discovered that Kexi can do so. Kexi uses SQLite as its > > database engine. I successfully got my ta

Re: [users] Microsoft Access to Open Office Base ?

2008-09-11 Thread M Henri Day
2008/9/11 mike moller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Thanks Henri > I wasn't aware of the Google route to acquiring StarOffice however the > limitation of not going back past XP ticks me off (same limitation > applies to their new Chrome browser too I see) I'm a long time W2k > user and it has in fact been

Re: [users] Microsoft Access to Open Office Base ?

2008-09-11 Thread Barbara Duprey
John Jason Jordan wrote: I discovered that OOo Base cannot read or import Access databases. However, I also discovered that Kexi can do so. Kexi uses SQLite as its database engine. I successfully got my tables into Kexi, although the queries, forms and such failed to transfer. I didn't have many

Re: [users] Microsoft Access to Open Office Base ?

2008-09-11 Thread mike moller
Thanks Henri I wasn't aware of the Google route to acquiring StarOffice however the limitation of not going back past XP ticks me off (same limitation applies to their new Chrome browser too I see) I'm a long time W2k user and it has in fact been these XP and later issues that have caused me to sta

Re: [users] Microsoft Access to Open Office Base ?

2008-09-11 Thread M Henri Day
2008/9/11 mike moller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi HenriK > 8. There is an add-on for OOBase called Sun Report Builder (aka srb) > which shows promise and although released still has some way to go > before getting full functionality to match Reports in Access > > There is another path I haven't

Re: [users] Microsoft Access to Open Office Base ?

2008-09-10 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:16:04 -0700 jonathon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > > Can Microsoft Access .mdb files be easily imported into Open Office and > > relatively used in the way the Access database creator intended? > > As MS Access files, no. > As SQLite, or Base files: Not without the end user

Re: [users] Microsoft Access to Open Office Base ?

2008-09-10 Thread jonathon
On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 21:43, mike moller wrote: > Sadly for my purposes I have concluded that OOBase isn't quite ready for > prime time yet so I've gone back to the MS product for the present. Much as I despise Base, I would disagree with the idea that it is not ready for prime time. What MS