[users] Basic – Feeling stupid…

2011-08-08 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
For years I have emptied arrays by just setting each element to 0 with For loops. That's time consuming for big arrays and today when I was looking at some old code I wrote a couple of years ago I ran into those lines, and I thought that there must be a much better way to do this, so I started

Re: [users] Basic help with the Open Office Mathematics program.

2011-01-23 Thread Tom Bell
On 1/21/2011 12:45 PM, Michael Adams wrote: There are actually two programs built in. Some of these questions seem to relate to one (Calc) and other questions seem to relate to the other program (Math). On Friday 21 January 2011 01:11, FRANCES MICHAEL wrote: Hi there forum members! I am a

Re: [users] Basic help with the Open Office Mathematics program.

2011-01-22 Thread Michael Adams
There are actually two programs built in. Some of these questions seem to relate to one (Calc) and other questions seem to relate to the other program (Math). On Friday 21 January 2011 01:11, FRANCES MICHAEL wrote: Hi there forum members!  I am a mathematics teacher. I am trying to

[users] Basic help with the Open Office Mathematics program.

2011-01-20 Thread FRANCES MICHAEL
Hi there forum members!  I am a mathematics teacher. I am trying to construct a mathematics website and I am trying to produce my own worksheets. I would like to use the Open Office Mathematics program for these tasks but, unfortunately, I do not understand how to use it at all well. There are

Re: [users] Basic help with the Open Office Mathematics program.

2011-01-20 Thread Gene Young
On 1/20/2011 7:11 AM, FRANCES MICHAEL wrote: Hi there forum members! I am a mathematics teacher. I am trying to construct a mathematics website and I am trying to produce my own worksheets. I would like to use the Open Office Mathematics program for these tasks but, unfortunately, I do not

Re: [users] Basic help with the Open Office Mathematics program.

2011-01-20 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:11:46 + (GMT) FRANCES MICHAEL exceltu...@btinternet.com wrote: Hello FRANCES, What does, for example,  A9 mean?How do I create a power of a number?How do I create a fraction?If anyone can help me, I would be most grateful. A9 is a cell reference in column/row

Re: [users] Basic help with the Open Office Mathematics program.

2011-01-20 Thread RA Brown
On Thu Jan 20 2011 04:11:46 GMT-0800 (PST) FRANCES MICHAEL wrote: Hi there forum members! I am a mathematics teacher. I am trying to construct a mathematics website and I am trying to produce my own worksheets. I would like to use the Open Office Mathematics program for these tasks but,

Re: [users] Basic help with the Open Office Mathematics program.

2011-01-20 Thread Dan Lewis
On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 12:11 +, FRANCES MICHAEL wrote: Hi there forum members! I am a mathematics teacher. I am trying to construct a mathematics website and I am trying to produce my own worksheets. I would like to use the Open Office Mathematics program for these tasks but,

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2011-01-20 Thread RA Brown
Reply form OP. Original Message Subject:Re: [users] Basic help with the Open Office Mathematics program. Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:52:21 + (GMT) From: FRANCES MICHAEL exceltu...@btinternet.com To: RA Brown rabr...@the-martin-byrd.net Thanks Andy

Re: [users] Basic basic basic question

2010-09-05 Thread Chris Tozer
Thanks. I figured it out about 10 minutes later. Problem was I couldn't find _Writer_ -- once I tracked that down it was EZ. James Knott wrote: Chris Tozer wrote: I know this should be totally obvious, but it isn't to me. How do I create a blank document onto which I can write? I can find

[users] Basic basic basic question

2010-09-02 Thread Chris Tozer
I know this should be totally obvious, but it isn't to me. How do I create a blank document onto which I can write? I can find instructions about using the various editing features and such, which I'm actually guessing I could figure out for myself if only I could create a document on

Re: [users] Basic basic basic question

2010-09-02 Thread RA Brown
Chris Tozer wrote: I know this should be totally obvious, but it isn't to me. How do I create a blank document onto which I can write? I can find instructions about using the various editing features and such, which I'm actually guessing I could figure out for myself if only I could

Re: [users] Basic basic basic question

2010-09-02 Thread James Knott
Chris Tozer wrote: I know this should be totally obvious, but it isn't to me. How do I create a blank document onto which I can write? I can find instructions about using the various editing features and such, which I'm actually guessing I could figure out for myself if only I could

Re: [users] basic

2010-05-30 Thread Sylvia Sánchez
2010/5/30 Harrie Borgers L. S. Where can I find a list of basic words when I use the worksheet Aribor --- Could you give more details please? I didn't understand what you want. In example, what is a worksheet? Be happy Sylvia

[users] Basic DmInstall.MajAuto.TestNewVersioneDemarrage

2009-03-30 Thread Elisabetta Iafrate
I've been using OOo for years without any problem and I installed OOo 3.0.1 as soon as possible. An error message appears from this moment each time I start Windows (XP 5.1). The message is partially in italian, but I suppose you can understand the meaning because most important words are in

Re: [users] Basic DmInstall.MajAuto.TestNewVersioneDemarrage

2009-03-30 Thread Guy Voets
2009/3/30 Elisabetta Iafrate iafra...@gmail.com I've been using OOo for years without any problem and I installed OOo 3.0.1 as soon as possible. An error message appears from this moment each time I start Windows (XP 5.1). The message is partially in italian, but I suppose you can

Re: [users] Basic Macro Programming Help

2008-10-05 Thread Kaye Evans
[Original Message] From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Date: 10/4/2008 8:27:44 PM Subject: Re: [users] Basic Macro Programming Help [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm completely new to Basic Macro programming and I'm trying some stuff in Base but I need

Re: [users] Basic Macro Programming Help

2008-10-05 Thread Kaye Evans
[Original Message] From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Date: 10/4/2008 8:27:44 PM Subject: Re: [users] Basic Macro Programming Help [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm completely new to Basic Macro programming and I'm trying some stuff in Base but I need

Re: [users] Basic Macro Programming Help

2008-10-05 Thread Kaye Evans
[Original Message] From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Date: 10/4/2008 8:27:44 PM Subject: Re: [users] Basic Macro Programming Help [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm completely new to Basic Macro programming and I'm trying some stuff in Base but I need

Re: [users] Basic Macro Programming Help

2008-10-05 Thread Kaye Evans
[Original Message] From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Date: 10/4/2008 8:27:44 PM Subject: Re: [users] Basic Macro Programming Help [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm completely new to Basic Macro programming and I'm trying some stuff in Base but I need

Re: [users] Basic Macro Programming Help

2008-10-05 Thread Kaye Evans
[Original Message] From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Date: 10/4/2008 8:27:44 PM Subject: Re: [users] Basic Macro Programming Help [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm completely new to Basic Macro programming and I'm trying some stuff in Base but I need

Re: [users] Basic Macro Programming Help

2008-10-05 Thread Kaye Evans
[Original Message] From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Date: 10/4/2008 8:27:44 PM Subject: Re: [users] Basic Macro Programming Help [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm completely new to Basic Macro programming and I'm trying some stuff in Base but I need

Re: [users] Basic Macro Programming Help

2008-10-05 Thread Kaye Evans
[Original Message] From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Date: 10/4/2008 8:27:44 PM Subject: Re: [users] Basic Macro Programming Help [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm completely new to Basic Macro programming and I'm trying some stuff in Base but I need

Re: [users] Basic Macro Programming Help

2008-10-05 Thread Kaye Evans
[Original Message] From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Date: 10/4/2008 8:27:44 PM Subject: Re: [users] Basic Macro Programming Help [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm completely new to Basic Macro programming and I'm trying some stuff in Base but I need

Re: [users] Basic Macro Programming Help

2008-10-05 Thread Kaye Evans
[Original Message] From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Date: 10/4/2008 8:27:44 PM Subject: Re: [users] Basic Macro Programming Help [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm completely new to Basic Macro programming and I'm trying some stuff in Base but I need

Re: [users] Basic Macro Programming Help

2008-10-05 Thread Kaye Evans
[Original Message] From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Date: 10/4/2008 8:27:44 PM Subject: Re: [users] Basic Macro Programming Help [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm completely new to Basic Macro programming and I'm trying some stuff in Base but I need

Re: [users] Basic Macro Programming Help

2008-10-05 Thread Kaye Evans
[Original Message] From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Date: 10/4/2008 8:27:44 PM Subject: Re: [users] Basic Macro Programming Help [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm completely new to Basic Macro programming and I'm trying some stuff in Base but I need

Re: [users] Basic Macro Programming Help

2008-10-05 Thread Kaye Evans
[Original Message] From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Date: 10/4/2008 8:27:44 PM Subject: Re: [users] Basic Macro Programming Help [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm completely new to Basic Macro programming and I'm trying some stuff in Base but I need

Re: [users] Basic Macro Programming Help

2008-10-04 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm completely new to Basic Macro programming and I'm trying some stuff in Base but I need some guidance and I don't know where to turn. I am referring to http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/BASIC_Guide/ but I still need some hand holding to get me

[users] Basic Macro Programming Help

2008-09-30 Thread keithclark
I'm completely new to Basic Macro programming and I'm trying some stuff in Base but I need some guidance and I don't know where to turn. I am referring to http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/BASIC_Guide/ but I still need some hand holding to get me over the basics. I just

Re: [users] Basic OpenOffice Install questions

2008-08-10 Thread Kevin Richardson
David Thanks much for your response. I will try to keep this short. My initial attempt to download OOo from the official website met with failure with an indication that the Mac PPC platform version of OOo was not available. Further investigation of other OOo pages uncovered a list of 3rd

Re: [users] Basic OpenOffice Install questions

2008-08-10 Thread David Lowe
On Aug 9, 2008, at 23:05 , Kevin Richardson wrote: My initial attempt to download OOo from the official website met with failure with an indication that the Mac PPC platform version of OOo was not available. Further investigation of other OOo pages uncovered a list of 3rd part providers of

Re: [users] Basic OpenOffice Install questions

2008-08-09 Thread David Lowe
On Aug 8, 2008, at 22:56 , Kevin Richardson wrote: According to a setup guide I found for OpenOffice.org, I need to locate three files which are as follows: dlcompat libdl.dylib libdl.0.dylib These files are nowhere to be found on my hard drive. How can these

[users] Basic OpenOffice Install questions

2008-08-08 Thread Kevin Richardson
According to a setup guide I found for OpenOffice.org, I need to locate three files which are as follows: dlcompat libdl.dylib libdl.0.dylib These files are nowhere to be found on my hard drive. How can these files be acquired?? Here is a brief rundown on the

[users] Basic macros documentation for Base

2008-05-22 Thread John Eric Hamacher
Hello: I've done some extensive searching but cannot find good documentation on how to perform basic macro tasks in Base like opening forms, closing forms, saving records, syncing forms, etc. Also, it would be nice to find a simple document on how to actually create a macro (what tool to use,

Re: [users] Basic macros documentation for Base

2008-05-22 Thread Drew Jensen
John Eric Hamacher wrote: Hello: I've done some extensive searching but cannot find good documentation on how to perform basic macro tasks in Base like opening forms, closing forms, saving records, syncing forms, etc. Also, it would be nice to find a simple document on how to actually create a

[users] Basic ChDir Statement OO 2,31 doesn't work, can you fix the problem?

2008-01-02 Thread Jari Lehtonen

Re: [users] Basic Macro/scripts into OpenOffice Calc sheets

2007-12-07 Thread Guy Voets
2007/12/7, Christian Cottignies [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I used to develop macros in Lotus 123 and Excel environments, now I am switching to OpenOffice, but I don't really find the good information in the API Programmer's guide neither Developper's guide to develop Basic macros/scripts in

[users] Basic Macro/scripts into OpenOffice Calc sheets

2007-12-07 Thread Christian Cottignies
I used to develop macros in Lotus 123 and Excel environments, now I am switching to OpenOffice, but I don't really find the good information in the API Programmer's guide neither Developper's guide to develop Basic macros/scripts in OpenOffice Spreadsheet documents. Samples given in The

Re: [users] BASIC macro failing

2007-07-03 Thread Gary Dale
Sorry Andrew, your answer got lost in all the noise in this group (like NoOp's strange complaint that I hijacked a thread). Your answer confused me a bit when you said I don't have a Cursor but a text range. I noticed that, indeed, I had a range selected (the string the search found), which

Re: [users] BASIC macro failing

2007-07-03 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Gary, 1. Do you now have the complete solution that I created for you? 2. I will go back and inspect the found object, I did not think that it was a cursor. You could be correct. 3. The thing about hijacking a thread. Well, I found out about that on this list myself. It works like this

Re: [users] BASIC macro failing

2007-07-03 Thread Gary Dale
Yes. I'll merge some of your suggestions into my code re. the cursor. The loop isn't necessary however. As I understand it (and as seems to be happening when I test it), the Print Document event happens once per letter print (i.e. for each row in the database) and I only want to insert one

Re: [users] BASIC macro failing

2007-07-03 Thread linuxmaillists
On Tuesday 03 July 2007 09:04:02 Gary Dale wrote: Sorry Andrew, your answer got lost in all the noise in this group (like NoOp's strange complaint that I hijacked a thread). Maybe you should read the Openoffice.org Mail List guide lines. http://www.openoffice.org/ml_guidelines.html You

[users] BASIC macro failing

2007-07-02 Thread Gary Dale
If I run the code below, I get a BASIC runtime error. Incorrect property value. on the IF Found THEN line. If I remove the REMs from the Option Explicit and DIM Found lines, the error moves up one line. If I replace the Doc = ThisComponent line with Doc = StarDesktop.CurrentComponent, I get

Re: [users] BASIC macro failing

2007-07-02 Thread Gary Dale
One clue that I've just found is the the BASIC Programmer's Guide is wrong. Page 121 clearly shows findFirst returning a boolean but in fact it returns an SwXTextCursor! What I'm confused about however is the SwXTextCursor contains a String property but it also contains a Text property which

Re: [users] BASIC macro failing

2007-07-02 Thread Gary Dale
This code almost works. It appears that the programmers manual's example is bad. I just have to reposition the text cursor to after the Attn: before inserting the paragraph_break. However, it appears that findFirst returns a null if the search fails. Quick question: How do I test for a null?

Re: [users] BASIC macro failing

2007-07-02 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
I answered this question in full on 7/1/07 (yesterday). I forwarded the complete answer in another message just moments ago (since perhaps Gary is not subscribed). Gary Dale wrote: This code almost works. It appears that the programmers manual's example is bad. I just have to reposition the

[users] basic fonts settings ignored in new document

2007-02-14 Thread Michele Zarri
Hello, A question asked on the Italian mailing list: OS: WindowsXP 1. Change the default basic fonts in the Writer options (say, default = Arial 10) 2. Create a new document from within OOo File New Text document and as expected the font of the default style is Arial 10pt 3. Now create a new

Re: [users] Basic Fonts

2007-01-21 Thread Alaric Wood
TerryJ wrote: reply below Alaric Wood wrote: Hi, I'm back and full of problems. I installed 2.0 on Mandriva Linux 2006 (with great difficulty) and have now replaced it with 2.1. Both installed (correctly) on /opt. Both installations set Tools- Options - Basic Fonts to CG Times, a font

[users] Basic Fonts

2007-01-20 Thread Alaric Wood
Hi, I'm back and full of problems. I installed 2.0 on Mandriva Linux 2006 (with great difficulty) and have now replaced it with 2.1. Both installed (correctly) on /opt. Both installations set Tools- Options - Basic Fonts to CG Times, a font which is not and never has been on my current

Re: [users] Basic Fonts

2007-01-20 Thread TerryJ
reply below Alaric Wood wrote: Hi, I'm back and full of problems. I installed 2.0 on Mandriva Linux 2006 (with great difficulty) and have now replaced it with 2.1. Both installed (correctly) on /opt. Both installations set Tools- Options - Basic Fonts to CG Times, a font which is not

Re: [users] Basic and very helpful tool to be added to openoffice

2006-11-14 Thread Oscar Sánchez
Im using Windows XP with SP2, now OpenOffice 2.0.4 and Microsoft Office 2003I work and study civil engineering, and to do reports and other analysis its really useful see quick and easy the trendline and its equation, thanks. Here goes the same data for OOo2.0.4 and MO2003, the example is using

Re: [users] Basic and very helpful tool to be added to openoffice

2006-11-14 Thread Joe Conner
Trend lines are available with X-Y charts. The equasions do not show however. Add-on's are available, such as http://ooextras.sourceforge.net/downloads/english/index.php?command=downloadreal=RepeatedMeasuresANOVA.stc to help with statistical analysis. Oscar Sánchez wrote: Im using Windows

[users] Basic and very helpful tool to be added to openoffice

2006-11-13 Thread Oscar Sánchez
Im using actually openoffice 2.0.3 and still i cant find this function, if you add this tool i can finally do my job without the expensive microsoft office, thanks-- http://www.elamorquevale.org/http://www.mozilla-world.org/es/http://www.openoffice.org/

Re: [users] Basic and very helpful tool to be added to openoffice

2006-11-13 Thread Richard Detwiler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im using actually openoffice 2.0.3 and still i cant find this function, if you add this tool i can finally do my job without the expensive microsoft office, thanks What function are you referring to?

Re: [users] Basic and very helpful tool to be added to openoffice

2006-11-13 Thread Dan Lewis
On Monday 13 November 2006 04:49 pm, Oscar Sánchez wrote: Im using actually openoffice 2.0.3 and still i cant find this function, if you add this tool i can finally do my job without the expensive microsoft office, thanks What tool are you talking about? If you sent an attachment, it was

Re: [users] BASIC Runtime Error. Error loading DLL file.

2006-10-30 Thread Anthony Chilco
Hi David, There's a mailing list devoted to programming issues: dev@api.openoffice.org tc David Graham wrote: This code always works in a VBA client. It sometimes works in OpenOffice.org Basic. declare sub HelloWorld lib c:\dll.dll sub calldll HelloWorld end sub dll.dll is the DLL example

[users] BASIC Runtime Error. Error loading DLL file.

2006-10-27 Thread David Graham
This code always works in a VBA client. It sometimes works in OpenOffice.org Basic. declare sub HelloWorld lib c:\dll.dll sub calldll HelloWorld end sub dll.dll is the DLL example from Dev-C++, (using gcc). The error indicates that the DLL did not load. LoadLibrary also fails.

Re: [users] BASIC dialog : from Staroffice 5.2 to Open Office 2.0

2006-09-21 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Stephane, I see that you have not received an answer on this topic. You may have better luck on the dev@api.openoffice.org mailling list. Stephane Massou wrote: Hello, Recently, I decided to migrate from staroffice 5.2 to openoffice 2.0 but I have some problems with basic dialogs included

[users] BASIC dialog : from Staroffice 5.2 to Open Office 2.0

2006-09-18 Thread Stephane Massou
Hello, Recently, I decided to migrate from staroffice 5.2 to openoffice 2.0 but I have some problems with basic dialogs included in some of my files. For example, when I open scd (staroffice 5.2 starcalc) files with Basic modules and Basic dialogs included in theses files, the basic modules are

Re: [users] Basic script ooo base?

2006-04-10 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Ruan Strydom wrote: Hi all. I've been programing for 5 years now, most languages I pick up in a couple of hours, but I'm battling with this basic. Is there a reference guide? I just want to do a simple calculation. I have a couple controls with strings and need to cast it to floats add it

Re: [users] Basic script ooo base?

2006-04-05 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 15:38 +0200, Ruan Strydom wrote: Hi all. I've been programing for 5 years now, most languages I pick up in a couple of hours, but I'm battling with this basic. Is there a reference guide? I just want to do a simple calculation. I have a couple controls with strings

Re: [users] Basic Billing /Invoicing Database

2006-03-23 Thread Barrie Backhurst
On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 10:24 -0500, Amanda B wrote: I am tinkering with creating a basic invoicing and client database for my consulting work. I was able to find some MS Access templates but haven't found any OpenOffice templates. Here is what I need to do: * Keep track of my hours and

[users] Basic Billing /Invoicing Database

2006-03-22 Thread Amanda B
I am tinkering with creating a basic invoicing and client database for my consulting work. I was able to find some MS Access templates but haven't found any OpenOffice templates. Here is what I need to do: * Keep track of my hours and expenses * Generate invoices * Track paid invoices/follow

Re: [users] basic Calc question

2006-01-24 Thread Jonathon Coombes
On 24/01/2006, at 8:57 PM, Sandeep Deshpande wrote: Dear Experts, In MS-Excel, whenever I select 'print', the 'sheet' (and Not file) gets printed. However in 'OpenOffice Calc' I have to select the page- range OR mark the print-area everytime. Is there any setting where I can print 'sheet'

Re: [users] basic Calc question

2006-01-24 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
Please do *not* start a new question by replying to an old one as this causes several problems: 1. most email software will correctly think that your email is a response to the email you are replying to, and will indicate this by displaying your email as a child of the

[users] basic Calc question

2006-01-23 Thread Sandeep Deshpande
Dear Experts, In MS-Excel, whenever I select 'print', the 'sheet' (and Not file) gets printed. However in 'OpenOffice Calc' I have to select the page-range OR mark the print-area everytime. Is there any setting where I can print 'sheet' by default? Regards, Sandeep

[users] BASIC of the document: error with V2

2005-10-31 Thread Robert Spilleboudt
I am now using version 2, with Mandrake 10.1, after the version 1 If I save a document, I get an error message error loading BASIC of the document file : ///usr/lib/openoffice/share/basic/WebWizard/script.xlb General Error general input/output error This folder ///usr/lib/openoffice/share/basic

Re: [users] BASIC of the document: error with V2

2005-10-31 Thread Paul
Have a look at : http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=6451 /paul On 11/1/05, Robert Spilleboudt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am now using version 2, with Mandrake 10.1, after the version 1 If I save a document, I get an error message error loading BASIC of the document file :

Re: [users] Basic BASE Question

2005-10-31 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 12:42 -0500, Pete Holsberg wrote: Anthony Chilco wrote: Hi Pete, You'll need to use the Windows ODBC database administrator to set up the connection to your database. In Win98, you'll find that in the control panel. Win2k and XP have it under 'administrative

Re: [users] Basic BASE Question

2005-10-31 Thread Pete Holsberg
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: That way you have a human at the receiving end that can deal with integrating the new text. BTW, I haven't had a problem using the instructions with 2.0. OK. Consider this: Creating a Data Source within OOo From within an OOo application, select Tools -

Re: [users] Basic BASE Question

2005-10-31 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 17:51 -0500, Pete Holsberg wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: That way you have a human at the receiving end that can deal with integrating the new text. BTW, I haven't had a problem using the instructions with 2.0. OK. Consider this: Creating a Data

Re: [users] Basic BASE Question

2005-10-31 Thread Pete Holsberg
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 17:51 -0500, Pete Holsberg wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: That way you have a human at the receiving end that can deal with integrating the new text. BTW, I haven't had a problem using the instructions with 2.0. OK.

Re: [users] Basic BASE Question

2005-10-30 Thread Pete Holsberg
Anthony Chilco wrote: Hi Pete, You'll need to use the Windows ODBC database administrator to set up the connection to your database. In Win98, you'll find that in the control panel. Win2k and XP have it under 'administrative tools'. There's a good step by step tutorial available.

Re: [users] Basic BASE Question

2005-10-30 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 18:03 -0500, Pete Holsberg wrote: Anthony Chilco wrote: Hi Pete, You'll need to use the Windows ODBC database administrator to set up the connection to your database. In Win98, you'll find that in the control panel. Win2k and XP have it under 'administrative

Re: [users] Basic BASE Question

2005-10-30 Thread Pete Holsberg
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 18:03 -0500, Pete Holsberg wrote: What does it mean to register the new database? I think what you want is in Help. Select Base in hte dropdown at the top and the use Contents Index Search term registering;databases Data from any

Re: [users] Basic BASE Question

2005-10-30 Thread John Cradock
To reapond to one of your comments: I agree -- whose idea was it to call this OpenOffice.org instead of just OpenOffice. Pretty cheesy! Why not 1-800-OpenOffice.org? On 10/30/05, Pete Holsberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 18:03 -0500, Pete

Re: [users] Basic BASE Question

2005-10-30 Thread Anthony Chilco
Hi John, I believe that there was another product already called Open Office. Since the project is maintained by volunteers, I guess the .org made sense. tc John Cradock wrote: To reapond to one of your comments: I agree -- whose idea was it to call this OpenOffice.org instead of just

Re: [users] Basic BASE Question

2005-10-30 Thread John Cradock
Thanks for the feedback. Regardless of the name, it's an excellent package. On 10/30/05, Anthony Chilco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi John, I believe that there was another product already called Open Office. Since the project is maintained by volunteers, I guess the .org made sense. tc John

[users] Basic BASE Question

2005-10-29 Thread Pete Holsberg
A non-profit organization I work with is trying to wean itself of Microsoft Office. However, they have a number of significant and active Access databases. Will they be able to work with them through BASE? (I looked through the online documentation but it requires more knowledge about Access

Re: [users] Basic BASE Question

2005-10-29 Thread Keith Bates
On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 11:41:30 -0400 Pete Holsberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A non-profit organization I work with is trying to wean itself of Microsoft Office. However, they have a number of significant and active Access databases. Will they be able to work with them through BASE? (I looked

Re: [users] Basic BASE Question

2005-10-29 Thread Brian Tipton
Keith Bates wrote: On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 11:41:30 -0400 Pete Holsberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A non-profit organization I work with is trying to wean itself of Microsoft Office. However, they have a number of significant and active Access databases. Will they be able to work with them

Re: [users] Basic BASE Question

2005-10-29 Thread Pete Holsberg
Keith Bates wrote: On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 11:41:30 -0400 Pete Holsberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A non-profit organization I work with is trying to wean itself of Microsoft Office. However, they have a number of significant and active Access databases. Will they be able to work with them

Re: [users] Basic BASE Question

2005-10-29 Thread Anthony Chilco
Hi Pete, You'll need to use the Windows ODBC database administrator to set up the connection to your database. In Win98, you'll find that in the control panel. Win2k and XP have it under 'administrative tools'. There's a good step by step tutorial available.

Re: [users] Basic Questions

2005-10-19 Thread CPHennessy
On Wed October 5 2005 01:06, Jason Fry wrote: Hi, my name is Jason, I attend Charleston Southern University in Charleston, SC USA and have just joined the list. I have openoffice 1.1.5 and am currently downloading 2.0, hoping the features I'm about to ask about are on there. If they are, just

[users] Basic Questions

2005-10-04 Thread Jason Fry
Hi, my name is Jason, I attend Charleston Southern University in Charleston, SC USA and have just joined the list. I have openoffice 1.1.5 and am currently downloading 2.0, hoping the features I'm about to ask about are on there. If they are, just tell me and I'll figure them out. I cannot change

Re: [users] Basic Problem-WORD.DOC Conversions

2005-06-26 Thread richard perry
file as a Word document. Doesn't work in 2.0 beta version. Something to do with .odt. Thanks. -Original Message- From: G. Roderick Singleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Jun 25, 2005 12:57 PM To: OOUsers List users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Basic Problem-WORD.DOC Conversions

Re: [users] Basic Problem-WORD.DOC Conversions

2005-06-26 Thread richard perry
Thanks. Please see note to G. Roderick Singleton. -Original Message- From: Dan Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Jun 25, 2005 12:42 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Basic Problem-WORD.DOC Conversions On Saturday 25 June 2005 10:00 am, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Sat

Re: [users] Basic Problem-WORD.DOC Conversions

2005-06-26 Thread richard perry
Aagin, thanks. Just downloaded Sendoc. Will try. -Original Message- From: G. Roderick Singleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Jun 25, 2005 8:22 AM To: OOUsers List users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Basic Problem-WORD.DOC Conversions On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 18:28 -0500, Peter Kupfer OOo

Re: [users] Basic Problem-WORD.DOC Conversions

2005-06-25 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 18:28 -0500, Peter Kupfer OOo wrote: richard perry wrote: Hope someone can help me with what should be very basic (but not for me, right now). I did not have this problem with the previous (1.14) OOo version. I'm trying to use 2.0 beta. For a couple months now I've

Re: [users] Basic Problem-WORD.DOC Conversions

2005-06-25 Thread David
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 18:28 -0500, Peter Kupfer OOo wrote: richard perry wrote: Hope someone can help me with what should be very basic (but not for me, right now). I did not have this problem with the previous (1.14) OOo version. I'm trying to use

Re: [users] Basic Problem-WORD.DOC Conversions

2005-06-25 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sat, 2005-06-25 at 15:48 +0100, David wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 18:28 -0500, Peter Kupfer OOo wrote: richard perry wrote: Hope someone can help me with what should be very basic (but not for me, right now). I did not have this problem

Re: [users] Basic Problem-WORD.DOC Conversions

2005-06-25 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sat, 2005-06-25 at 11:42 -0500, Dan Lewis wrote: On Saturday 25 June 2005 10:00 am, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Sat, 2005-06-25 at 15:48 +0100, David wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 18:28 -0500, Peter Kupfer OOo wrote: richard perry wrote: Hope

[users] Basic Problem-WORD.DOC Conversions

2005-06-24 Thread richard perry
Hope someone can help me with what should be very basic (but not for me, right now). I did not have this problem with the previous (1.14) OOo version. I'm trying to use 2.0 beta. For a couple months now I've been monitoring this Forum, but haven't found (or recognized) an answer, so here

Re: [users] Basic Problem-WORD.DOC Conversions

2005-06-24 Thread Peter Kupfer OOo
richard perry wrote: Hope someone can help me with what should be very basic (but not for me, right now). I did not have this problem with the previous (1.14) OOo version. I'm trying to use 2.0 beta. For a couple months now I've been monitoring this Forum, but haven't found (or recognized) an

[users] Basic

2005-05-23 Thread Stefan Balzter
Hallo, ist mir so bei den jüngsten Makro-Programmier-Diskussionen aufgefallen: wo bekomme ich eigentlich eine gute Dokumentation über OOo Basic und dessen Verwendung? -- Viele Grüße, Stefan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: [users] Basic

2005-05-23 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 2005-05-23 at 10:10 +0200, Stefan Balzter wrote: Hallo, ist mir so bei den jngsten Makro-Programmier-Diskussionen aufgefallen: wo bekomme ich eigentlich eine gute Dokumentation ber OOo Basic und dessen Verwendung? This list is mostly English so if you wish to communicate in

Re: [users] Basic

2005-05-23 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
This is very out of date, but... http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacroGerman.sxw The english versions on my web site are far more current. Stefan Balzter wrote: Hallo, ist mir so bei den jüngsten Makro-Programmier-Diskussionen aufgefallen: wo bekomme ich eigentlich eine gute Dokumentation

[users] Basic Macros: undocumented statement and syntax

2005-04-10 Thread Matt Needles
I have searched and re-searched the online help, but the Type statement is not documented, it seems. Also the construct used below in declaring a string variable to be of a certain length is not documented, either. On a related note, I tried using it with the following macro code and got the

Re: [users] Basic Macros: undocumented statement and syntax

2005-04-10 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sun, 2005-04-10 at 11:50 -0400, Matt Needles wrote: I have searched and re-searched the online help, but the Type statement is not documented, it seems. Also the construct used below in declaring a string variable to be of a certain length is not documented, either. On a related

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