Sigh! Each and every aspect of OpenOffice, LibreOffice, Java and Base in particular:
> https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=69896 Linux distros do not install Base because most people do not understand this drunken cousin of a component anyway. Linux users can install the missing component within seconds. Without Base you give up the capability to print serial letters and labels from lists.The vast majority of Base users are Writer users creating a serial letter or sheet of labels. These wizards generate Base documents in the background. In 99% of all these cases the Base documents constitutes a connection to a spreadsheet. If you are familiar with your own database stuff, Base is almost fully functional without any Java. Without any Java being installed, you can connect to your non-Java database, query meaningful data sets, create input forms but you can _not_ create embedded reports for pretty output. Instead of embedded reports you can use Calc as a very powerful report engine and you can copy (not link) database data into stand-alone Writer documents. Hope this helps, A.S. -- 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
