On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 00:06 +0000, CPHennessy wrote: > On Thu March 30 2006 19:37, + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I downloaded Openoffice2.0 but I am not able to access any files that were > > originally programmed under MS Access . Does this mean that OpenOffice 2.0 > > does not contain a program that is the same as MS access. > > Hi Peggy, > There is an equivalent of Access in OpenOffice.org, it's called Base. > However > it cannot yet open Access files. > > Please reply to [email protected] only > >
Really? My understanding is that OOo will not use Access forms but will very happily open .mdb files. I see this in Help: ADO Specifies the options for adding an ADO (Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects) database, such as MS Access. To access this command... In a database file window of type MS ADO, choose Edit - Database - Properties The ADO interface is a Microsoft Windows proprietary container for connecting to databases. The container implements an interface to data providers, which behave like drivers and allow ADO to interact with a database. OpenOffice.org requires the Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) to use the ADO interface. Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP include these components by default. For earlier visions of Windows, you need to install MDAC separately. You can download MDAC from the Microsoft web site. Plus you can use ODBC or JDBC as well. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
