Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Open .accdb in--or convert to--.odb in LibreOffice Base?

Thanks Tom (and everyone),

I'll keep that in mind for future replies.

Meanwhile, I think I've had enough advice for now and should perhaps 
mark the thread 'solved' (can someone advise me how to do that)?

To sum up, I'm convinced at this point that working a MS database from 
Base just isn't practical and that the data need to be exported from the 
Access db on a Windows machine with Access installed.  I had a brilliant 
suggestion off-line:  try the library?  Of course. My local library does 
have MS Office and I should be able to do anything I want with the thing 
there, including exporting the data for entry at home into a Base db.  
Duh! (Thanks, Brian!)

Thanks again to everyone for your time and attention.

mike

On 10/08/2014 12:31 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> You can include comments to various different people in a single email.
>
> I like the DistroWatch method of saying something to the whole mailing-list
> in general and then various paragraphs such as
>
> @ Tom, Alex, Werner, Peter, Janoslaw, Dan, etc.  Thanks! :)
>
> @ Dan.  ...
>
> @ Peter.  Not had chance to try that yet but thanks.  So far just dodging
> Windows entirely!
>
> @ whoever ....
>
>
> I think Peter is onto a winner because he's actually done it the most
> recently out of all of us.  I haven't managed it at all yet (except by
> convincing my boss that we really don't need the crumbling old database at
> all nowadays anyway and moved to just a VERY simple csv file instead of
> having any database)
>
> I think Jaroslaw wasn't a specific suggestion for this particular case but
> more an idea for the whole of LibreOffice to consider for the future.
> Really would be better to mention it on the "Discuss" mailing list except
> that it's probably difficult to talk about Base there.  Bringing it up here
> means he does actually reach people interested in and knowledgeable about
> Base.  We often go off-track on this list and that often helps the person
> deal with other stuff or work-out a better work-around.
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
> On 8 October 2014 19:29, m. nease <mlnease@hctc.com> wrote:
>
> >   Thanks, Jaroslaw,
> >
> > Your ideal solution is a bit over my head at this time, but I do
> > appreciate it and will hang onto it for future reference.
> >
> > Thanks again for your time and attention.
> >
> > mike
> >
> > On 10/08/2014 07:21 AM, Jaroslaw Staniek wrote:
> >
> > On 8 October 2014 12:08, Tom Davies <tomcecf@gmail.com> <tomcecf@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >   Hi :)
> > I think Alex and Werner are giving good answers but you'll need to find
> > some way of temporarily borrowing a Windows machine in order to help.
> >
> > Access is part of the whole vendor lock-in thing that MS seems to do so
> > well.  They don't seem to want to make it easy for people to use other
> > products to read their stuff as that seems to ensure that people 'have to'
> > keep buying into their products.
> >
> > Once people DO start using non-MS alternatives they tend to find it easy to
> > move between a variety of different programs and tools quite easily.  They
> > also tend to never go back to MS tools because MS tools just aren't as safe
> > and reliable and don't perform so well either.
> >
> > So, MS seems to have to create as many blockers as possible to avoid people
> > just quickly trying out alternatives.  They can't seem to compete on
> > quality or in "fair markets"
> >
> >   +1
> >
> > BTW, This is also why Kexi does not use Windows-only ADO, which (as
> > many believe) would be another variant of the lock-in.
> > mdbtools is used exclusively, under the mask.
> >
> > Ideal solution would be to start and maintain a port of Jackcess to
> > C/C++ to avoid Java, even greater if this was independent project, not
> > a part of LO or Kexi.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > *Not* "sent from my iphone".

--

/Not/ "sent from my iphone".


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