Re: [libreoffice-users] *dbf files open in Calc & not Base

Hi :)
Calc is probably missing a lot of the information stored in dbf files surely?  
Relationships between tables, queries, sql statements, form, reports?

It might not be a bug but sounds well worth adding a feature request or 
wish-list item for opening dbfs in Base.
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport
I would just post a bug-report as normal but add "[wishlist]" into the 
subject-line.  The wiki page might have a better way of posting feature requests 
tho.
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)




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From: Dennis E. Hamilton <dennis.hamilton@acm.org>
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Sun, 19 June, 2011 0:17:17
Subject: RE: [libreoffice-users] *dbf files open in Calc & not Base

I don't think it is a bug.

Microsoft Excel opens (imports) *.dbf files too.

There is not much that Base opens directly.  Is there a jDBC connector for *.dbf 
that you could use?

Microsoft Access 2007 opens dBase III, IV, 5 I see (and it is the only one I 
have lying around that I can check).  And, much to my surprise, dBase is still 
in production, but I guess you don't want that product.

- Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: John B [mailto:johnb@email2.me] 
Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 15:48
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: [libreoffice-users] *dbf files open in Calc & not Base

Hi

The standard for many years for Database files was >> *.dbf (dBase) and 
I have many.

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 ?

regards

John B

Windows XP Pro Sp3
LibreOffice 3.4


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