On 5/2/22 11:34, Kenneth Marcy wrote:
On 5/2/22 05:12, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
On 5/2/22 08:03, Kenneth Marcy wrote:
On 5/1/22 19:54, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
On 5/1/22 22:01, Dave Stevens wrote:
On Sun, 1 May 2022 21:31:06 -0400
Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I want to create an Access Database on my F35 system so my wife can
also use it on her Windows system using Access.
So I did a quick bit of googling and found that maybe LibreOffice
Base is what I want.
So I did:
dnf install libreoffice-base
which worked, and then tried launching it and
nothing...
Any hints on getting this running?
Yes. You need to install all of LibreOffice so you can achieve
interaction between LO Calc and LO Base.
I have, I think, all of LibreOffice installed. I use Write, Calc,
and Impress on a regular basis. Interesting that Base is not
installed when you do your Fedora Install and select to install the
LIbreOffice Office suite.
I am under the impression that the standard LibreOffice installation
does install all of the modules. When I go to the menu application in
this Linux distribution, it lists office as one line item. Sliding
the mouse over that item expands it to a list of many items, the top
five of which are LilbreOffice, then LibreOffice Write, Calc, Impress
and Draw, in that order. LIbreOffice Base is not listed. However, if
I choose to launch the first item, LibreOffice, without a specific
application mentioned, LO opens to show an area of recent documents
icons on the right, and a list of six applications, including Math
Formulas and Base database, on the left. Clicking on Base opens a
wizard that allows me to either create a new database, open an
existing database in this machine, or connect to another database on
another machine. After choosing, for example, to create a new
database, another screen appears offering whether or not to register
the database with LO, and whether to save the database for editing to
create tables using the table wizard. Clicking Finish opens the Base
application for work on the open file.
No command lines are involved in this process.
I suggest you check your machine's application menu for a LibreOffice
item that does not mention a specific application, then open that to
see if the Base application is listed. If it is, the proceed as above
from there. If it is not, I suggest you update all of LO to the
latest version, either from Fedora, or the LibreOffice web site.
I have been running the Xfce desktop for lots of years of using Fedora.
Maybe at least back to Fedora 20.
I have always installed LibreOffice during the base installation. The
database component has NEVER been included to the best of my
recollection. There were a couple times I wanted to work with an Access
database, and since Base was not installed, I just switched to a Win system.
So I have never used Base for all these years. Only now trying.
I have never seen Base listed in the Xfce Application selector with
LibreOffice installed. When I go to a running instance of Calc, and
<Alt-F> -> New, Base Database is NOT an option. Like it is just not
linked in....
Is this a Xfce/LibreOffice problem?
:(
LO Calc has the ability to import and export comma separated files
(.CSV) and dBase files (.DBF).
I have done .CSV.
Your wife's Access system can export one of the importable file
formats to work in LO Base, and then import from Access through LO
Calc in a format that LO Calc is able to import and then provide to
LO Base to use.
LO Base does not appear to have the ability to directly import and
export the native Access file format, but it can send and receive
appropriately formatted table files.
Humph. This may take rethinking, as I will be expected to 'help' at
times, and I can't keep importing and exporting.
Perhaps the rethinking will involve a virtual machine on your hardware
within which is running Windows and Access, and appropriate network
access between your and your wife's machine.
Might as well just use a Win system.
But what is with Base???
_______________________________________________
users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/
List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
