Tom Cloyd <tc <at> tomcloyd.com> writes: > > I just tried out the form wizard, and got exactly what I want...so is > this the only way to get a subform grid onto a main form? I sure hope > not. Meanwhile, my original form has 5 list boxes on it that I > painstakingly set up. Since I cannot get a subform grid onto that form, > I seem to have to abandon it. > > I'm hoping there's a better way out there! > > Meanwhile, here's the procedure (again - this should be plain and > obvious, in the documentation, and if it is I haven't seen it): > > 1. Create main table. > 2. Create child (subordinate) table, with field to contain pointer to > key of main table record to which it's to be linked. > 3.Use the main menu Tool > Relationship function to specify the table > relations. > 4. User the form wizard to set up a table with a subform displayed in a > grid. > > So simple. Now...I need to also be able to do this manually, for Pete's > sake! > > t. > > >
Hi Tom, First a big thanks for your attempt to documenting the list box function! About forms/subforms, I found out a threat some time ago, that saved my own (base) life: it was a documented example, very detailed and complete, at least for my own sake... Unfortunately: a/ I could not retrieve the link to it, but I had it copied within a doc, that I could make available to you - b/in French language (do you read some French?). I hope that pictures could be self-explanatory. If not, I may translate some portion for you. Anyway, this link heads to the base example --> http://user.services.openoffice.org/fr/ci-joint/fichier/2007/09/09-030554.odb As you may see here, what you are looking for is very much achievable, without writing a single line of code. Hope this may help. Like yourself, I am a fan of this application. BR Francois -- 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
