Re: [libreoffice-users] Populate database form with table data

On Wed, 2012-02-15 at 14:47 +0000, bogus@bogzab.plus.com wrote:
> I apologise, because this feels like something that should be very obvious
> but I have not been able to find the answer for myself.
>
> I can create a form in the LO database application and put fields onto it
> either through Insert>Field or by opening the Data Sources pane (F4) and
> dragging and dropping fields from there to the form.
>
> The only way I seem to be able to see actual data from the relevant table
> in my form is to select a row in the F4 pane and then press a button (iirc
> it's called "Data to Fields". This puts the data from that row into the
> form.
>
> What I would like to do though is link the form to the table and provide
> the form with navigation widgets that allow the user to see teh data from
> any record by naviagting through the records. I see there is a toolbar
> called "Form Navigation" which I can get to appear, but all the icons on
> it are greyed out.
>
> I guess my question is - how do I get this toolbar to work with my form
> and table the way I expect it to?
>
> Thanks
>
> Bogus Zaba

     I understand that you have a database you created using Base and
that you have a table in that database. What you need to do is to create
a form that is connected to the table. (I'm repeating what I think you
were writing and will be answering accordingly. If not, you need to
correct my thinking.)
     What you need to do is to create a form that is linked with the
table. The instructions for creating a form in Base is found in the
Getting Started with Base chapter of the Getting Started Guide. Base has
a wizard which will do that for you, and the chapter I mentioned will
tell you how to use the wizard as well as giving you screenshots on the
process.
Link for this chapter:
          http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/ 

--Dan



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