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Le 19/06/11 00:48, John B a écrit :

Hi John,


It is very strange that in LibreOffice this opens up in Calc and not
Base, no matter how I try to force it.

Calc is simply not good enough to handle Database files.

This is also confirmed in the File Open lists:-  dBase(.dbf) is listed
in Calc and it is absent from Base

Is this a bug - have I missed something ?


I don't think you  have missed anything, and it may indeed be a bug,
although I can't remember for sure, and quite possibly was introduced
with the OpenOffice.org 3.3.x development line.


1) File > New > Database > Open an existing database
Navigate to your dbf file.

2) Connect to an existing database. Choose dBase from the dropdown list,
and then navigate to your dbf file.

3) A workaround is to use the Wizard for the AddressBook datasource
File>Wizard>Define Address Book. You should see in the list of supported
db's that be default the wizard selects dBase. You can actually name
your db anything you like, all the wizard does it attribute the fields
of the Writer application to the corresponding source db fields.


Beware : there are several issues with field/value type import of the
data, depending on which version of the dBase format you are using.


Alex


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