[libreoffice-users] Re: Help with LO Forms

Le 16/02/2017 à 12:26, Ian Whitfield a écrit :

Hi Ian,

> What am I missing or doing wrong.??

Sounds like you haven't bound your Writer form to the datasource.

You don't say whether you created your form from within an ODB database
file or whether you are creating your form as a standalone Writer
document that needs to be bound to the datasource. I am assuming the
latter from what you have described.

In your open Writer document, click on Display - Toolbars - Form Controls.

Then click on the Design Mode button to activate Form Design mode
(bottom icon on right of the 2-column toolbar).

You should now see a new toolbar displayed at the bottom of your Writer
window. This toolbar contains a certain number of tools.

Click on the Form Navigator button - a window should appear with an
entry in in called Form.

Right-mouse-button click on this entry to call up the context menu.
Click on New - Form.

A further Form entry is added to the window, underneath the first Form
entry.

Now, right-mouse-button click on this second Form entry and choose
Properties from the context menu.

You should now see 3 tabs in the dialog. You need the Data tab (click on
it to select it). In the DataSource field, you should be able to list
and select with the mouse the already declared datasources. If you can't
see it in the list, then clicking on the ellipsis button will take you
to FileManager dialog where you can select the ODB containing your
datasource.

Tailor the other properties of the form to suit your needs.

Close the dialog and save your form.


Alex



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