Tom, On Fri, 2011-06-17 at 03:12 -0600, Tom Cloyd wrote:
> Well, nuts. You really know how to get to me. I love databases, and I'm > coming to love this one (after about 6 days of work with it), and its > manifestation in LO seems versatile, rock solid, and damn poorly > documented. Oh...that last on does NOT cause love. > > However, I love to document stuff (shouldn't say that, I know, but it's > true). So...yeah, I 'll join up. I'm seriously going to be working this > db hard, and I might as well help others when I can, as I really really > have had rather little trouble getting it to work for me. > > How did I find the answer? It wasn't any documentation, for sure. I just > kept coming at the problem until I got a new idea that actually worked. > > I just solved my other problem too (other thread) and will report on it > there... > > OK...off to sign up. This really is important - a fine db (which is what > HSQL truly) secretly hidden in LO. WooooHooo indeed. > > t. > > On 06/17/2011 02:58 AM, Tom Davies wrote: > > WooooHoooo :) > > > > So, you have fixed your own problem!? How did you find the answer? > > Documentation or experimentation? > > > > > > Do you have time to join the Documentation Team and perhaps help them for > > maybe > > a few hours a week or something? Base documentation needs a lot of work and > > there are not many people that understand relational database programs. > > There > > are various 3rd party documents in copy-left agreements that could be used > > or > > reffered to to help. If you don't have time right now then don't worry. > > There > > are a couple of people already but help is always appreciated :) > > > > Congrats and regards from > > Tom :) > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Tom Cloyd<t...@tomcloyd.com> > > To: users@global.libreoffice.org > > Sent: Fri, 17 June, 2011 9:22:12 > > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LO base: text field problem in master-slave > > form > > > > Just found the answer. I may be misleading myself at times due to [a] prior > > experience of several years duration with MS Access, and [b] my being very > > new > > to LO base. > > > > What doesn't work is to add text box control to a form and specify their > > data, > > in their properties, as a field in the main table. Do that and you get the > > problem I outlined below. > > > > What does work is, in design mode, to select the grid control, then click > > the > > "add field" icon in the toolbar at page bottom, THEN select from this list > > desired fields. > > > > NOW I have data showing up in ALL text boxes on the form. Lovely! > > > > Tom > > > > On 06/17/2011 01:06 AM, Tom Cloyd wrote: > >> I'm new to LO base (I'm using the default HSQLDB), and having a pretty good > >> time with it so far, but have run into something I don't understand, and > >> cannot > >> find documentation about. > >> > >> I have a form with a main db displayed in a grid control. Linked to it is a > >> detail db displayed in a subform. So far, so good. > >> > >> I want to pull out some fields from each db for display in text boxes. > >> > >> With the subform, this is a necessity, if I am to have full access to the > >> data > >> in a memo field. > >> > >> With the main form, pulling out data into a text field (two of them, > >> actually) > >> is more a matter of giving visual emphasis to the contents of the fields > >> involved. > >> > >> So...two dbs, two forms, and I want data from each db shown in text boxes. > >> > >> The problem: When I specify the record data to be shown in one db's text > >> boxes, > >> then do the same with the other, the settings in the first disappear. > >> Either, > >> alone, work fine. When both are specified, only the last one I specify > >> "sticks" > >> and actually shows up in the displayed form. The problem is entirely > >> consistent. > >> After many tried to get things to work, the problem remains. > >> > >> This seems nuts to me, but it occurs to me that it may be a limitation of > >> LO or > >> HSQLDB. > >> > >> Can anyone shed some light on my problem, or perhaps suggest a solution. > >> > >> Thanks in advance for any help you can give! > >> > >> Tom Cloyd > >> > > > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org > > In case of problems unsubscribing, write to > > postmas...@documentfoundation.org > > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > > deleted > > What documentation for Base is rebranded OOo documentation. We are in the process of rebranding and editing this. Right now we have only a couple people are even trying to work on Base. Any help from a database expert (or more expert than those working on Base) is greatily appreciated. -- Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
