[libreoffice-users] Re: Base record access unacceptably slow

On 07/28/2011 12:50 PM, Andreas Säger wrote:
> Am 28.07.2011 19:05, Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Le 28/07/2011 18:10, Heinrich Stoellinger a écrit :
> > > In my view LO/OO do NOT require Java, neither on Linux nor on Windows.
> >
> > AFAIK, LO/OOo currently *DO* require Java for Base to simply work. TDF
> > have announced they would get rid of the java-isms in the code. This
> > implies a major rewrite of Base, though.
>
> No, this is not true. You can use any non-Java database in OOo. You can 
> build queries and forms manually in design view, and you can use 
> external document templates for reporting. Both built-in report 
> generators use Java. IMHO Calc outperforms both report generators anyway.
>
> Hit F4 in Writer or Calc, right-click>Open the dBase "Bibliography".
> All the functionality of a flat (unrelational) dBase connection is 
> there. You can connect, query, edit data through forms and dump any row 
> set into office documents.

http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/system-requirements/
<quote>
For certain features of the software - but not most - Java is required.
Java is notably required for Base.
</quote>



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