Hi Allan, With the help of Andrew and Alex, you may have solved your problem by now. But if not, I run lots of SQL commands in my Base applications and I could post the Basic code I use, if that was likely to be of any use to you.
Noel -- Noel Lodge lodg...@gmail.com On 29 August 2014 19:32, Alex Thurgood <alex.thurg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Le 28/08/2014 13:46, Allan Newton a écrit : > > Hi Allan, > > > > > However if I create blank form with just one button and set the > properties > > of that button to > > > > run the macro it fails at the line > > > > if IsNull(ThisComponent.CurrentController.ActiveConnection) then > > > > with the error message > > > > "BASIC runtime error. > > > > Property or method not found: ActiveConnection." > > > > > > > > Can anyone help me please? > > That error message is telling you (or should be telling you) that you > have no Database Context. ActiveConnection is instantiated via a > database connection context : > > > http://api.libreoffice.org/docs/idl/ref/interfacecom_1_1sun_1_1star_1_1sdbc_1_1XConnection.html > > so the macro in your form has to create such a context before > ActiveConnection can return any value. > > As you don't say whether your form has been made within your ODB file, > or whether it is independent, it is hard to help out much further. > Generally, if the form is created within the ODB file, the connection > context is initiated upon opening the main ODB interface, whereas an > independent form needs to establish the connection context first. If > your form is within the ODB file, then one of the reasons why the > connection context might not be found is because it needs to walk up the > window hierarchy to find the main or parent. As far as I know, this has > always been a weakness of the CurrentComponent method within Base > containers where child form windows do not automatically inherit the > connection context. Andrew has indicated a way of obtaining the > connection context from by walking up the Model hierarchy of the > Database container. > > > >From a quick read, the answer to your problem seems to have been > published here : > > https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=42882#p198477 > > > Alex > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > 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 > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ 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
