Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Acess2Base

Hi :)
I think Python is one of the languages that can be used for Macros

It might be possible to convert Gnumeric ones into LibreOffice but it might
need a bit of re-working.
Regards from
Tom :)



On 18 August 2014 13:47, Peterle, Alex <wave.root@gmail.com> wrote:

> It could be easier if LO had a python macro based system like gnumeric
> has, isn't it?
> I've found convenient to install LO from the official release instead
> of the deb of ubuntu.
> I have ubuntu maverick 10.10 with  LO Version: 4.2.1.1 Build ID:
> d7dbbd7842e6a58b0f521599204e827654e1fb8b, installed in a very
> straightforward way
> besides ubuntu 14.04.
>
> On 14 August 2014 16:47, Tom Davies <tomcecf@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi :)
> > I keep meaning to give the link to the "Professional Support" page but i
> > have a wedding shoot to prep for and keep forgetting.
> >
> > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/professional-support/
> >
> > Hopefully it mentions Collabora which 'recently' budded off from SuSE as
> > had been planned for years.  Many companies pay devs, either in-house or
> as
> > external consultants, to work on LibreOffice.  It's more cost-effective
> > (and much cheaper) than paying for licenses for a product which may never
> > deal with their pet-issues.  SuSE seemed to have more devs working on
> > LibreOffice than most other companies.  So my guess is that Collabora are
> > probably about the best professional support it's possible to get for
> > LIbreOffice!
> >
> > If you need professional support for a wider move to FOSS then you might
> > get that from one of the other companies listed, for example Canonical or
> > Redhat (there is also the "Free Software Foundation", but i have no way
> of
> > knowing or guessing which is best for your specific case.
> >
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
> >
> >
> >
> > On 11 August 2014 21:23, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > > On 08/11/2014 03:05 PM, Stefan Gruber wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > Jim Byrnes schrieb am Sonntag, 10. August 2014 23:47:
> > > >
> > > > > A couple of questions:
> > > > >
> > > > > (1) Has anyone here used it and does it make writing macros for Base
> > > > > easier?
> > > >
> > > > I looked at the examples a few weeks ago, and it seemed to me as a
> > > > clearer approach to database programming as the UNO-way.
> > > >
> > > > IMHO it is not only useful for migrations from Access, but for more
> > > > serious db-projects. I do not know anything about
> MS-Access-Programming,
> > > > I did some old-style DBase/FoxPro-Development some years ago and I
> > > > didn't  feel well with this UNO-thing up to now.
> > > > Obviosly it is a great API, but that huge that it becomes a labyrinth
> to
> > > > me.
> > >
> > > I agree, it looks much cleaner. Every time I try to work with UNO, I
> think
> > > what an overly complex way to accomplish what is sometimes a fairly
> simple
> > > task.  The only thing wrong with Acess2Base is that I do all my work
> with
> > > Calc.  That's why I was wondering if there was going to be a Excel2Calc
> > > version.
> > >
> > >
> > >  After Access2Base was incorporated in LO from 4.2 on, it is a promise
> to
> > > > improve things and it might become real, if it would be featured as the
> > > > standard way of programming LO Base and if gets broader acceptance.
> > > >
> > > > At this time I can't estimate, wether I can rely on this tool for long-
> > > > term projects.
> > > > And there is yet a lack of documentation, tutorials for end-users.
> > > >
> > > > Fortunately there are more discussions about Base in general in the
> last
> > > > months here.
> > > > I wonder why this topic came up so "late"...
> > >
> > > I would guess that, probably because of UNO, not that many people are
> > > writing macros.
> > >
> > > Regards,  Jim
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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