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

Hi :)
We don't have a formal way of marking a thread as solved.  Mostly people
don't even try.  Sometimes people do as i just did (copied from
linuxquestions.org i think or maybe Wolvix forums back in the day) or
elsewhere in the subject-line.

Thanks for the thanks, but i think it was the "everyone else" that really
earned it. :)  I just did a typical rant and then bits&bobs about work-flow

Anyway, congrats and regards from
Tom :)


On 8 October 2014 20:50, m. nease <mlnease@hctc.com> wrote:

>  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> <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> <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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