Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Urgent Base problem

Hi :)
Side-issue = Zip  
To open a zip-file on Windows you need to have something like WinZip, WinRar, File-roller or 
something else similar.  Gnu&Linux usually has a default one but again there are other choices.  
There are also programs that can fix some errors with slightly broken zip-files.  Are you able to 
right-click on ormal files or folders and see an option to "Compress file/folder"?  Also do you 
have trouble with other zip files?  

Side-issue = Java
Java mostly works just fine.  "If it ain't broke then don't fix it".  It might be interesting to 
experiment with using another version of java just to see if it does make things a bit faster and 
smoother.  For older versions of LibreOffice the 1.6u21 (there might be a .0 missing in there) was 
apparently the best one if people were having slow-downs and crashes caused by java.  For LO 3.5.x 
branch the 1.7 seems to be best and 3.4.5 has allegedly been updated to allow it to use the 1.7 
too.  However, as before, if java is working fine then it's probably best to avoid messing around 
with it!  

Regards from
Tom :)


--- On Mon, 19/3/12, Ian Whitfield <whitfield@telkomsa.net> wrote:

> From: Ian Whitfield <whitfield@telkomsa.net>
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Urgent Base problem
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Monday, 19 March, 2012, 10:06
> Hi All
>
> Thanks for all the information and suggestions from
> everyone!! Appreciated!!
>
> First of all an apology from me - Re: "Hi-jacking" a thread.
> I'm on a couple of other "lists" and on these I only have to
> change the Subject Line to start a new thread - and I keep
> forgetting that the LO list DOES NOT work this way!! Will
> try to remember in future!!
>
> To Andreas and Alex a special thank you for your help! Do I
> have a back-up file, Yes, but about a month old so I will
> have lost some work but that's not too serious. I also tried
> to open the .odb file after renaming it as a .zip but
> nothing opens although it is over 40Mb in size!!
>
> I next followed up on the suggestion to use HSQLDB as an
> external engine. My LO Installation is using Java 1.6.0_31
> and was not showing any problems so have not had to go back
> to 22!
>
> To set the Class Path I had to search for hsqldb.jr and
> found it under /opt/libreoffice/program/classes.
>
> I then copied the sample file, extracted it and renamed the
> files as suggested. I put them into
> /home/FS/Database/FilterData.
>
> I then created a New Database using JDBC with the Datasource
> jdbc:hsqldb:file:/home/FS/FilterData.db
>
> I set the Driver Class to org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver (And the
> "Test Driver" button says "Installed correctly"). I set the
> User Name to 'SA" with no Password. I "registered" the
> Database and opened for editing. I was then asked for the
> location so selected that.
>
> I then get an error Box - "Connection could not be
> established". It complains that the Properties file is not
> found and that Properties.new - no such file or directory.
> (The Properties file IS at that location but there is NO
> Properties.new file!!)
>
> (I made the three files in FilterData all rwx and tried
> again but got the same error!!)
>
> Where have the wheels fallen off??
>
> As a last point I have my backup copy of the file running OK
> on the system with the embedded engine but am VERY keen to
> get this external method working!!
>
> Thanks guys
>
> Ian Whitfield
> Pretoria.
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