Re: [libreoffice-users] Oracle Report Builder - Text field overflow and N.aN problem

Noel,
I don't think you should have a problem between 3.5 and 3.6 
installation.  The files, at least on my Linux machine, are in separate 
directories.  LO 3.5 is in libreoffice3.5,  LO 3.6 is in libreoffice3.6, 
and even openoffice 3.x is in openoffice.org3.  So, these versions 
should co-exist on the same computer without conflict.  There has been 
much discussion about this very subject in past postings on this forum.

However, the same is not true for your personal configuration (options, 
etc.).  On my Linux machine, the configuration files are in 
/home/<user>/.config/libreoffice/3.  So, both 3.5 and 3.6 will use the 
same configuration directory.  User-installed extensions seem to be 
registered in this directory also. So, the bottom line is that you may 
indeed have to uninstall your ORB extension prior to installing LO 3.6, 
if only just to ensure a clean start on 3.6.  Alternately, you could 
rename this directory to something else temporarily, such as 3.5.  That 
way, if 3.6 doesn't gain you anything, you can always go back to 3.5 by 
renaming the directory back to 3 again.  (Make sure LO is not running 
when you do this.)

Someone else in this forum may be able to specify exactly when Report 
Builder was first bundled into LibreOfiice, but I first noticed it 
around 3.5.3.
Hope this helps.
Girvin Herr


Marion & Noel Lodge wrote:
> Thanks for the replies. I'm away for the next couple of days, so I won't be
> able to try the suggestions till I get back.
>
> I take it that Report Builder is part of the download of LO 3.6.5, (which I
> tried a while ago but ran into problems that I didn't have time to
> investigate fully, so I went back to LO 3.5.6.2).  If I try LO 3.6.5,
> should I remove Oracle Report Builder 1.2.1 before installing 3.6.5?
>
> I'm running Windows 7 64 Bit.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Noel
> --
> Noel Lodge
> lodgemn@gmail.com
>
>
> On 5 April 2013 10:54, Girvin R. Herr <girvin.herr@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>   
> > Marion & Noel Lodge wrote:
> >
> >     
> > > Sorry about my previous post.  Hit the wrong button and sent it
> > > prematurely!
> > >
> > > With Oracle Report Builder it does not seem to be possible to have a text
> > > field overflow into the next line and push everything below that down a
> > > line.  (I'm porting an application from an old Paradox system and this was
> > > possible in Paradox reports.)  If I make the text box double height in
> > > Report Builder, then the second line appears OK, but most of the records
> > > don't need a second line and end up being double spaced.  Is there any
> > > work
> > > around for this?
> > >
> > > What I have tried is to use a macro to check the length of each text
> > > string
> > > ,
> > > and if it exceeds 40 characters then I create a second record to contain
> > > the excess characters.
> > > I've almost got it working as shown below -
> > >
> > >
> > >   Date                                      Details
> > >                               Reference        Amount
> > > 01/01/2013     Dick Smith - 3.5mm Plug &14.94, 25 CD
> > > 13636                49.92 Dr
> > >                        Cases $9.98, Headphones $25.00
> > >                     N.aN  Dr
> > > The problem is the N.aN in the amount column.  In the Table this field is
> > > blank, but Report Builder displays it as N.aN which I understand means
> > > 'Not
> > > a Number'.  I want it to be blank in the Report.  I've tried all sort of
> > > possibilities in Conditional Print in the General Tab for that field, but
> > > nothing seems to work.  Has anyone found a solution to this problem?
> > >
> > > One final question - is there a better alternative to Oracle Report
> > > Builder?
> > >
> > >
> > > I am running LibreOffice 3.5.6.2, Oracle Report Builder 1.2.1 and Windows
> > > 7 64 Bit
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Noel
> > > --
> > > Noel Lodge
> > > lodgemn@gmail.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >       
> > I am running LO 3.6.4.3 (Linux) and it has "Report Builder" version 1.2.3
> > bundled in.  So something has been changed.  You might try that upgrade.
> > Note that "Oracle Report Builder" is a term that Apache Open Office still
> > uses for their report builder extension.  However, LibreOffice uses just
> > "Report Builder" when referring to their bundled report builder extension.
> >  So your use of the ORB term is confusing, since theoretically you could
> > install the Oracle Report Builder over top of the LO-bundled Report
> > Builder.  You need to inform this forum just which RB you are using.
> > Girvin Herr
> >
> >
> >
> >     
>
>   

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