Re: How to make a base form editable

On Wed, 2012-01-18 at 11:46 -0900, Tim Johnson wrote:
> * Dan Lewis <[email protected]> [120118 07:03]:
> > On Tue, 2012-01-17 at 16:53 -0900, Tim Johnson wrote:
> > 
> >      There are two types of data sources that Base accesses which are
> > read only: text files, and spreadsheets. CSV is a text file format.
> >      To accomplish what you want, open the CSV file in Calc. Then use
> > Save As to save the data in dBase format. First create a folder to hold
> > the file. Now access the dBase file with Base. Create the form as you
> > did before. You will be able to add, modify, or delete data in this
> > form.
>  Thank you Dan.
>  I found that I could paste directly in the Base pane for a new
>  database. That got me working. 
>  
>  I have tried your method and it works more simply.
> 
>  Is it possible to add a column to this new dbf-derived table?
> 
>  thanks again
> -- 
> Tim 

     Yes, you can add another column to the table. You can also create
one or more tables with as many columns (fields) as you want.

--Dan



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