[libreoffice-users] Re: SubForms and Photographs in LO Base

In news:4E087ECC.1040703@telkomsa.net,
Ian Whitfield <whitfield@telkomsa.net> typed:
> Hi All
>
> I can REALLY use some help!!
>
> I'm using LO 3.40 on Linux Mint 9 KDE.
>
> I'm trying to re-set-up my Members Database on this
> platform with a SubForm to record eMails and Photographs. I had this
> working, (without the SubForm), in OO Base but it will not open in LO so 
> am
> trying to re-create it.
>
> Will the SubForm be a part of the main Form or will it
> come up over the top of the Main Form with a button? If the latter how do
> you do this Button?
> The main question however is 'How do you do SubForms?' I
> have gone through all the Forums and Googled for details and the
> more I dig the more confused I get!! AND nothing seems to work and
> different "answers" seem to contradict each other.
>
> Can anyone give me straight forward step-by-step
> instructions please? I have my main 'Contacts Table' and
> an 'eMail Table' and a Main Form called 'Contacts'. I have set the Master 
> Key called "ID"
> to be the link. But that's as far as I get.
>
> Photographic question - I have read that LO keeps all
> it's records in memory when you open it so if you have
> large records this slows the whole thing down (just what is happening to 
> me!!). Each
> of my records has three graphics, a 'Status Marker' and two thumbnail
> Photos. Then I came across an article to "LINK" to the photos on the
> Database rather than to include them, (which is the default).
>
> This seems like a good direction to go in because it will
> cut down the size of each record and would give me the added benefit
> of automatically being able to update the photos
> on-the-fly by just over-writing the photo in the folder with a new one 
> which the DB will
> fetch next time you open it!!
>
> But again same situation as above. All the answers I find
> on the net seem contradictery.
>
> Again has anyone got clear step-by-step instructions for
> this.
> Also are there any downsides to doing this?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Ian Whitfield
> South Africa.////

AFAIK, 3.4 is NOT recommended for production use yet? Use caution here. 




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