Re: [libreoffice-users] Moving form letter

Hi.
Finally got it to work. In LO3.4.1 I had to redefine just one field and 
then the rest were recognised.

Thanks,
steve

On 3/08/11 9:33 AM, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote:
> I'm doing this from memory, but should be pretty close
>
> Open Writer
>
> Click on ,menu <Edit>, <Exchange Database>
> In window on right, click on <Browse> button. Find new database .odb 
> and select it.
> Select the new database on right side, hit '+' to expand and pick source.
> Click on <Define> button.
>
> This will update all fields except <next record>.
> To tell if you have <next record> field from database, click on menu 
> <View”, <Field Names>.
>
> LibreOffice 3.3.2
> OOO330m19 (Build:202)
> tag libreoffice-3.3.2.2
>
> On 8/2/2011 3:07 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote:
> > Hi.
> > I have set up a form letter to merge data from a sheet into a form.
> > This works well and I now want to send the files for another person 
> > to use.
> >
> > On the receiving end I found I had to add the data source again 
> > (understandable) but also found I had to re-identify every field in 
> > the document to link it to the sheet.
> >
> > Is there an easy way to do this.
> > Is it a feature request to have the data source automatically 
> > re-connected on opening the form if the data source was and still is 
> > in the same directory as the form (although the absolute paths to 
> > both may have changed).
> >
> > steve

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