Re: [libreoffice-users] looking for help on Base

Hi :)
It is not a good time to migrate to Base.  Hopefully there are other front-ends 
that could be used instead?  Base has no devs working on it so bug-reports are 
not getting fixed and there are no plans to attract devs to work on Base anytime 
soon.  

Regards from
Tom :)




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From: Roberto Scotti <roberto.scotti@gmail.com>
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Thu, 4 August, 2011 15:59:29
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] looking for help on Base

Hello Don.
I have already succeded in runnin Access in some MS-widows emulation.
I can also wiew and (to some extent) export info from MDB files trough
"GNOME MDB Viewer is a grapical interface to MDB Tools. It lets you view
and export data and schema from MDB files produced by MS Access
97/2000/XP/2003."

What I need now is what is claimed on the LibreOffice-Base
http://www.libreoffice.org/features/base/   which states that it
"... provides native-support drivers for some of the most-widely
employed multi-user database engines: MySQL, Adabas D, MS Access..."

Many thanks, rs
Nuoro Forestry School
Università di Sassari
http://nuoro-forestry-school.blogspot.com/ 

Il giorno gio, 04/08/2011 alle 10.14 -0400, Don C. Myers ha scritto:
> Hi Roberto,
>
> Access will not run natively in Linux. I run Ubuntu 11.04 presently. I 
> was a windows user when I switched to Base. One reason for switching was 
> I knew someday I wanted to migrate to Linux. It was very easy since 
> OpenOffice worked in both platforms. I run Quicken and Dreamweaver 
> through Wine on Ubuntu. You may need to move up to Crossover Office, but 
> it would be likely some version of Access would work. I have not 
> researched this though. In general, some versions of Microsoft Office do 
> work with Crossover Office.
>
> Don
>
> On 08/04/2011 10:04 AM, Roberto Scotti wrote:
> > Yes, it may be. I am working on Ububntu based systems.
> > Is it possible to install MS-Access and/or SQLite native-drivers in
> > Linux?
> > Many thanks, Roberto Scotti
> >
> > PS - I added your address in CC to be shure you would get the message,
> > if thi causes doubling your messages please let me know.
> >
> > Il giorno gio, 04/08/2011 alle 10.26 +0200, Cor Nouws ha scritto:
> > > Hi Roberto,
> > >
> > > Roberto Scotti wrote (04-08-11 10:19)
> > >
> > > > When I open Base if I choose to "connect to an existing database" the
> > > > list of available drivers doesn't include MS Access (or JET), it
> > > > includes only:
> > > > ...
> > > That connection is Windows only.
> > > Does this explain what you see on your computer?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > >
> > > -- 
> > >    - Cor
> > >    - http://nl.libreoffice.org
>
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