Getting data into and out of an OpenOffice.org Base database
Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 72.173.59.201]
on May 14, 2008 06:36 AM
I am not a programmer, I understand data base structure as far as organizing data in and data out. I have learned by trial and error over 15 years of making my own data bases using MS access. I have used MS Access to write up simple databases for running warehouses. My current job uses a database I created over ten years ago in Access and have modified it bit by bit over the years. I agree that connectivity is a problem with Access, but if the data is all self contained within MS programs which is common in small businesses, it is a very easy way for a non programmer to make a sophisticated front end for a single or a few user business to enter and retrieve the data it deems important.
I am very new to Base, so far I am not impressed. There needs to be more effort into menu driven commands to create querys, macros, forms, etc. I want to see this Open Office Base program succeed but it has to be as easy to use for us non programmers as Access has become. That is the strength of access, the ability for a non programmer to create a decent database in a business application. I do not know all I should about Base yet and may be jumping the gun. I found that creating the tables was intuitive but once I got to the queries and forms I started losing my ability to find commands to do what I wanted to do and the macro's lost me completely. Is there a manual written on using Base? I will keep trying. Even simple extras like a group of graphics for buttons created on your forms would help make the finished form more user friendly.
Kirby
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Getting data into and out of an OpenOffice.org Base database
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 72.173.59.201] on May 14, 2008 06:36 AMI am very new to Base, so far I am not impressed. There needs to be more effort into menu driven commands to create querys, macros, forms, etc. I want to see this Open Office Base program succeed but it has to be as easy to use for us non programmers as Access has become. That is the strength of access, the ability for a non programmer to create a decent database in a business application. I do not know all I should about Base yet and may be jumping the gun. I found that creating the tables was intuitive but once I got to the queries and forms I started losing my ability to find commands to do what I wanted to do and the macro's lost me completely. Is there a manual written on using Base? I will keep trying. Even simple extras like a group of graphics for buttons created on your forms would help make the finished form more user friendly.
Kirby
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