[libreoffice-users] SubForms and Photographs in LO Base

Hi All

I can REALLY use some help!!

I'm using LO 3.40 on Linux Mint 9 KDE.

I'm trying to re-set-up my Members Database on this platform with a 
SubForm to record eMails and Photographs. I had this working, (without 
the SubForm), in OO Base but it will not open in LO so am trying to 
re-create it.

Will the SubForm be a part of the main Form or will it come up over the 
top of the Main Form with a button? If the latter how do you do this Button?

The main question however is 'How do you do SubForms?' I have gone 
through all the Forums and Googled for details and the more I dig the 
more confused I get!! AND nothing seems to work and different "answers" 
seem to contradict each other.

Can anyone give me straight forward step-by-step instructions please? I 
have my main 'Contacts Table' and an 'eMail Table' and a Main Form 
called 'Contacts'. I have set the Master Key called "ID" to be the link. 
But that's as far as I get.

Photographic question - I have read that LO keeps all it's records in 
memory when you open it so if you have large records this slows the 
whole thing down (just what is happening to me!!). Each of my records 
has three graphics, a 'Status Marker' and two thumbnail Photos. Then I 
came across an article to "LINK" to the photos on the Database rather 
than to include them, (which is the default).

This seems like a good direction to go in because it will cut down the 
size of each record and would give me the added benefit of automatically 
being able to update the photos on-the-fly by just over-writing the 
photo in the folder with a new one which the DB will fetch next time you 
open it!!

But again same situation as above. All the answers I find on the net 
seem contradictery.

Again has anyone got clear step-by-step instructions for this.

Also are there any downsides to doing this?

Thanks in advance

Ian Whitfield
South Africa.////

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