Re: [libreoffice-users] LO base: text field problem in master-slave form

Sorry to have forgotten this: I'm running LO  3.3.2  on Kubuntu Linux  
11.04.

On 06/17/2011 01:06 AM, Tom Cloyd wrote:
> I'm new to LO base (I'm using the default HSQLDB), and having a pretty 
> good time with it so far, but have run into something I don't 
> understand, and cannot find documentation about.
>
> I have a form with a main db displayed in a grid control. Linked to it 
> is a detail db displayed in a subform. So far, so good.
>
> I want to pull out some fields from each db for display in text boxes.
>
> With the subform, this is a necessity, if I am to have full access to 
> the data in a memo field.
>
> With the main form, pulling out data into a text field (two of them, 
> actually) is more a matter of giving visual emphasis to the contents 
> of the fields involved.
>
> So...two dbs, two forms, and I want data from each db shown in text 
> boxes.
>
> The problem: When I specify the record data to be shown in one db's 
> text boxes, then do the same with the other, the settings in the first 
> disappear. Either, alone, work fine. When both are specified, only the 
> last one I specify "sticks" and actually shows up in the displayed 
> form. The problem is entirely consistent. After many tried to get 
> things to work, the problem remains.
>
> This seems nuts to me, but it occurs to me that it may be a limitation 
> of LO or HSQLDB.
>
> Can anyone shed some light on my problem, or perhaps suggest a solution.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can give!
>
> Tom Cloyd


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