Re: Drop down list in form

Alex,

True, this is the type of thing that everyday users want to do, and it 
is just the type of thing that new users might get confused over.
However, I have to respecfully disagree with some of your conclusions. 
Personally I can't name any db form designer that would do
exactly what Gary would want that wouldn't need a little 'glue' code, 
"out of the box". (but there might be one)

OooBase currently is quite capable of handling this in a very straight 
forward and efficient manner - 'off the download'. I would not agree
that having to learn a few lines of Ooo Basic is a bad thing. Perhaps 
the Basic library is a little more closely tied to the API then some 
might like,
but things evolve. Doing what Gary wants to do most likely wouldn't need 
more then 3 or 4 flines of code. I would say that is pretty good.

Further as I have been exploring things OooI have found some very fine 
macro libraries on the net. Those geared for the embedded
Base files will surely come along.

Andrew


Alex Thurgood wrote:

>Le mardi 09 août 2005 à 20:45 -0400, Andrew Jensen a écrit :
>
>Hi Drew,
>
>his is the kind of thing that everyday users wanting to use OOo Base
>are crying out for. The glue code that ought to be included in the
>product to make using a db with OOo as easy as Lotus Approach, without
>having to learn OOo Basic and the difference between the SBDC, SDB APIs
>or the difference between the RowSet or ResultSet services ;-)
>
>
>Alex
>
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