OpenOffice.org2.0 database application

[Thomas Beckett]

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:23:30 +0000, Juan Jesús Ojeda Croissier
<juanjesus.ojeda at hispalinux.es> wrote:
> Mensaje citado por Teófilo Ruiz Suárez <teo at debian.org>:
> 
> > Hi all.
> 
> Hi Teo ;)
> 
> > I've been playing with the OOo 2.0 packaging in Hoary and, as far as I could
> > look, I've not found the database application.
> 
> Well, I guess those guys from OOO didn't put it as separate app, like the rest.
> I mean, differents bins and differents packages. 'cause if you go to the "Tools
> -> Options..." you can see the OpenOffice.org Base, and there the differents
> databases and connections.
> And after you've in "View -> Data Sources" (or F4) the Databases with the
> "queries", "forms" and so on. And I guess (like always, 'cause it's crashing
> all the time to me) at "Edit -> Exchange Database..." have something to say
> about the topic...
> 
> Anyway, that's still weird and not very clear enough. At least, for me. Or maybe
> I'm wrong and there is another package with this stuff. I don't know....
> 
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Well before OOo2 was in ubuntus repositories I built it myself by
converting the RPMs from the site. They installed fine(ish) and
OpenOffice.Org Base was there as a standalone launcher. I think that
Celso migh be right in that it is not there as it uses Java. If you
lauch it yourself from Writer - I imageine it will work if you have
installed java yourself and fail if you have not. who packages OOo2?
The database app really needs to work for the final version as it will
be one of the major highlight features of OOo2, people will see that
it doesnt work in ubuntu and simply go elsewhere.... that said - I
understand the limitations as to the licencing of java.. tricky one

Tom

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