John On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 11:19 +0100, John B wrote:
> Hi Alex > > I am hopeless. I tried the wizard in 3.3.3, sure enough the fields were > added but displayed as a spreadsheet (as is data) instead of a > re-designable format for just one record, AND the design /edit button is > greyed out (as are most of the other buttons) and at the top, the > wizard says "read only". There is also no matrix. > > So bearing in mind what you said about creating / saving I did that in > the hope that when I re-loaded it, I could edit it, but no, it opens in > Word and not the Design module of Base. > > It makes no sense ! - its hard work! > > Also on some of my larger databases, on attempting to load, the software > froze (repeatable), the cure is to delete "soffice.exe" (Ctrl-Alt-Del) > and away it goes (it unfreezes) - I was so surprised. > > > Grrrrr > > > John B > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > On 20/06/2011 09:58, Alexander Thurgood wrote: > > Le 20/06/11 10:41, John B a écrit : > > > > Hi John, > > > > Rather than start with a blank form, use the wizard to help you create > > one. After opening your ODB file, click on the Form icon on the left. In > > the uppermost pane, you should see the possibility to create a new form > > using the wizard. Choose this option. The wizard will give you the > > possibility to add the fields that you want to your form, one, several, > > or all of them. The default settings proposed can be changed once the > > form has been created. > > > > Be warned that there are currently bugs in the wizard that prevent the > > user from setting the background colour, or anything other than a > > background colour, and personalising the styles of the presentation of > > the fields in the form, but again, you should be able to correct these > > once the form has been created. > > > > Alex > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 9.0.901 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3714 - Release Date: 06/19/11 > > 19:33:00 > > > > Is the dBase file a dbf? If so, you might try importing it into Calc. dbf files are listed with various spreadsheet formats that you could open/import. It depends on what you plan to do with the data if this is viable option. Personally I never liked database wizards because I needed fields they did not provide. If select on "Create Table in Design View" a new window will open and you can name your fields and select the type of data they will contain. If you do not assign a key field when you first save the table you will be asked if you want a key field (Normally you should say Yes or OK). -- 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
