[libreoffice-users] install of LibO_3.6.0.4_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US problems

2012-08-20 Thread Tom Cloyd
First, using the method I always use (download via torrent, unpack, install Debs using "sudo dpkg -i *.deb") resulted in a freeze at launch, right after splash screen. Investigating, I found that previous versions 3.5.5 has not been uninstalled by the 3.6.x install. Not typical behavior. Remo

[libreoffice-users] ver. 4.2 copy/past bug

2014-02-17 Thread Tom Cloyd
spreadsheet in which the crash occurs, for what that's worth. It has maybe 30 sheets and is about a meg. in size. I did find that removing about 15 of the sheets appeared to stop the problem, for unknown reasons. t. // -- ~~~~~~~

Re: [libreoffice-users] ver. 4.2 copy/past bug

2014-02-18 Thread Tom Cloyd
wrote: Tom, my thoughts FWIW. I would suggest restoring the latest version, deleting your user profile and trying again. This has been known to work in the past. What operating system are you using? is this an old file which has seen a number of different LO versions? Cheers On 18/02/14 03

Re: [libreoffice-users] ver. 4.2 copy/past bug

2014-02-18 Thread Tom Cloyd
t to put on any machine just before installing LibreOffice or OpenOffice so that you get all your fav. settings but with all the relevant updated bits added by the installer. Regards from Tom :) On 18 February 2014 16:41, Tom Cloyd wrote: Tom, I have to say that nothing makes me smile quite l

Re: [libreoffice-users] ver. 4.2 copy/past bug

2014-02-18 Thread Tom Cloyd
achine just before installing LibreOffice or OpenOffice so that you get all your fav. settings but with all the relevant updated bits added by the installer. Regards from Tom :) On 18 February 2014 16:41, Tom Cloyd wrote: Tom, I have to say that nothing makes me smile quite like a quick, de

Re: [libreoffice-users] ver. 4.2 copy/past bug

2014-02-19 Thread Tom Cloyd
lower-case makes no difference in email addresses except that CamelCase is easier to read) A new subject-line mentioning "broken links" might attract the attention of the right people. I have no idea about this topic. Regards from Tom :) On 19 February 2014 01:26, Tom Cloyd wrote

[libreoffice-users] ver. 4.2 broken link problem

2014-02-19 Thread Tom Cloyd
Many are not. Needless to say, this is a bit of a disaster, as I'm having to reconstruct a lot of links. I can't really make any sense of this, yet. t. -- ~~~~~~~ Tom Cloyd, MS MA (LMHC, WA State) Cedar City /

[libreoffice-users] Re: ver. 4.2 copy/past bug

2014-02-19 Thread Tom Cloyd
On 02/17/2014 09:33 AM, Tom Cloyd wrote: I'm reverting to ver. 4.1.4.2, after spending almost 40 min. this morning trying to isolate a problem. I could reliable crash the problem by trying to copy two cells in Calc to another location in the same sheet. I got this error message: /v

[libreoffice-users] ver. 4.2.1.1 - a major improvement in file save speed

2014-02-24 Thread Tom Cloyd
27;d ever see this. Tom -- ~~~~~~~~~~~ Tom Cloyd, MS MA (LMHC, WA State) Cedar City / St. George, UT, U.S.A: (435) 272-3332 * << t...@tomcloyd.com >> (email) << TomCloyd.com >> (website) * Sleight of Mind blog: Sleightmind.com

[libreoffice-users] ver. 4.2 copy/paste bug - update

2014-02-24 Thread Tom Cloyd
oblem, for unknown reasons. I'll continue to use ver. 4.2x, as I seem to have a workaround figured out, and hope that this gets fixed in future releases. Tom -- ~~~~~~~ Tom Cloyd, MS MA (LMHC, WA State) Cedar City /

Re: [libreoffice-users] ver. 4.2 copy/paste bug - update

2014-02-25 Thread Tom Cloyd
ODev 4.2.3 and install that to see if it has corrected behavior with your corrupted formulas. http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/libreoffice-4-2/Win-x86@42/current/ Most of the patches applied there will be in the upcoming 4.2.2 posting. Stuart ________ From:

Re: [libreoffice-users] ver. 4.2 copy/paste bug - update

2014-02-25 Thread Tom Cloyd
Stuart, On 02/25/2014 12:52 PM, V Stuart Foote wrote: Tom, From: Tom Cloyd... To recap - the dev version you refer me to below is for Windows. I run Kubuntu Linux 13.11. Sorry for the misunderstanding on my part, I did not realize you were on -- kubuntu. That's my fault. I totally

[libreoffice-users] conditional formatting broken?

2014-03-23 Thread Tom Cloyd
his version? t. -- ~~~~~~~ Tom Cloyd, MS MA (LMHC, WA State) Cedar City / St. George, UT, U.S.A: (435) 272-3332 * << t...@tomcloyd.com >> (email) << TomCloyd.com >> (website) * Sleight of Mind blog: Sleightmind.com (mental health issues) * Trauma Psych blog: http:

Re: [libreoffice-users] conditional formatting broken?

2014-03-26 Thread Tom Cloyd
e] Cell Style dialogue appears * Click on Font Effects Tab * In [Font Colour] drop down menu selected white * Push the [OK] button Returns to Conditional Formatting dialog * Push the [OK] button Returns to the sheet with selected cells formatted Alex On Sunday 23 Mar 2014

[libreoffice-users] crash - crash - crash - crash. !@#$#@!

2014-04-29 Thread Tom Cloyd
due to land? Thanks, t. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~ Tom Cloyd, MS MA (LMHC, WA State) Cedar City / St. George, UT, U.S.A: (435) 272-3332 * << t...@tomcloyd.com >> (email) << TomCloyd.com >> (website) * Sleight of Mind blog: Sleightmind.com (me

Re: [libreoffice-users] crash - crash - crash - crash. !@#$#@!

2014-05-01 Thread Tom Cloyd
On 05/01/2014 04:00 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: On 4/29/2014 6:21 PM, Tom Cloyd wrote: Everyday, I organize my life around two large LO spreadsheets. I'm running ver. 4.2.1.1. Since the last major update (ver. 4.2.1?), my day begins with a serious of crashes - only after I save both s

Re: [libreoffice-users] crash - crash - crash - crash. !@#$#@!

2014-05-01 Thread Tom Cloyd
Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Magic! :) I hope it does help! Let us know how it goes Regards from Tom :) On 1 May 2014 15:41, Tom Cloyd <mailto:tomcloydm...@gmail.com>> wrote: Tom - Thank you! Such useful info. Going into my LO notes for sure. All of it. It's very like t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: crash - crash - crash - crash. !@#$#@!

2014-05-02 Thread Tom Cloyd
s side-by-side with GNUmeric. Stuart -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/crash-crash-crash-crash-tp4106932p4107218.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ~~~ Tom Cloyd,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: crash - crash - crash - crash. !@#$#@!

2014-05-02 Thread Tom Cloyd
to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- ~~~~~~~ Tom Cloyd, MS MA (LMHC, WA State) Cedar City / St. George, UT, U.S.A: (435) 272-3332 * << t...@tomcloyd.com >> (email) << TomCloyd.com >> (website) * Sleight of Mind blog: Sleightmind.com (mental health

Re: [libreoffice-users] crash - crash - crash - crash. !@#$#@!

2014-05-02 Thread Tom Cloyd
p! Let us know how it goes Regards from Tom :) On 1 May 2014 15:41, Tom Cloyd <mailto:tomcloydm...@gmail.com>> wrote: Tom - Thank you! Such useful info. Going into my LO notes for sure. All of it. It's very like to help me in a variety of ways. I appreciate much

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: crash - crash - crash - crash. !@#$#@!

2014-05-02 Thread Tom Cloyd
from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ~~~~~~~ Tom Cloyd, MS MA (LMHC, WA State) Cedar City / St. George, UT, U.S.A: (435) 272-3332 * << t...@tomcloyd.com >> (email) << TomCloyd.com >> (website) * Sleight of Mind blog: Sleightmind.com (mental health issues) *

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: crash - crash - crash - crash. !@#$#@!

2014-05-02 Thread Tom Cloyd
Error correction: I referred to Apache below. Silly me. End of the week fatigue showing up. I meant Adobe. t. On 05/02/2014 08:34 PM, Tom Cloyd wrote: Urmas - I am "supposed" to - WHAT? You in da wrong place man. You one lost dude. I cannot recall the last time I did what I was

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: crash - crash - crash - crash. !@#$#@!

2014-05-02 Thread Tom Cloyd
uot;libre", I choose to be here. I would not choose to be anywhere else. You could not pay me to be anywhere else. Tom On 05/02/2014 05:44 PM, Urmas wrote: "Tom Cloyd": Since the last major update (ver. 4.2.1?), my day begins with a serious of crashes - only after I save

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: crash - crash - crash - crash. !@#$#@!

2014-05-03 Thread Tom Cloyd
CC list for the issue. Stuart -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/crash-crash-crash-crash-tp4106932p4107376.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ~~~~~~~ To

Request for review: (Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: crash - crash - crash - crash. !@#$#@!)

2014-05-03 Thread Tom Cloyd
to my E-mail address, you fucking idiot. -- ~~~~~~~ Tom Cloyd, MS MA (LMHC, WA State) Cedar City / St. George, UT, U.S.A: (435) 272-3332 * << t...@tomcloyd.com >> (email) << TomCloyd.com >> (website) * Sleight of Mind blog: Sleightmind.com (mental health issues) * Founder:

Re: Request for review: (Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: crash - crash - crash - crash. !@#$#@!)

2014-05-03 Thread Tom Cloyd
address and re-subscribe with this new address. But rest assured, we're trying very hard to keep this list a reasonable family-friendly place where we show respect for the other members. Sigrid -- ~~~~~~~ Tom Cloyd, M

Re: Request for review: (Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: crash - crash - crash - crash. !@#$#@!)

2014-05-03 Thread Tom Cloyd
you? Then again, STOP adding me to the To section. Am I clear enough this time, idiot? -- ~~~ Tom Cloyd, MS MA (LMHC, WA State) Cedar City / St. George, UT, U.S.A: (435) 272-3332 * << t...@tomcloyd.com >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: crash - crash - crash - crash. !@#$#@!

2014-05-03 Thread Tom Cloyd
No I didn't. It went fine. I've been using it all day. Some problems have arisen, but I'm working through them and trying to find the pattern so I can report them usefully. t. On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 5:08 PM, NoOp <mailto:gl...@sbcglobal.net>> wrote: On 05/02/

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: crash - crash - crash - crash. !@#$#@!

2014-05-04 Thread Tom Cloyd
. It's a tricky one to handle but i figure the best on-list way is to just not get riled by his on-list replies. Regards from Tom :) On 4 May 2014 13:27, Tom Cloyd <mailto:tomcloydm...@gmail.com>> wrote: Tom - On 05/04/2014 05:34 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi Tom :)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: crash - crash - crash - crash. !@#$#@!

2014-05-04 Thread Tom Cloyd
process. Is easy enough. Looks like I've found a way I can contribute, with my very limited time. That, too, is very cool. Now we just need to get right of the Urmas bullying bug and we'll be all set. I'll be watching that one especially closely. t. Regards from Tom :) On 4 M

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Request for review: (Re: Re: crash - crash - crash - crash. !@#$#@!)

2014-05-04 Thread Tom Cloyd
ist? I never did, so please remove the last message (<53653faf.8010...@gmail.com>). -- ~~~~~~~ Tom Cloyd, MS MA (LMHC, WA State) Cedar City / St. George, UT, U.S.A: (435) 272-3332 * << t...@tomcloyd.com >&g

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: crash - crash - crash - crash. !@#$#@!

2014-05-09 Thread Tom Cloyd
to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- ~~~~~~~ Tom Cloyd, MS MA (LMHC, WA State) Cedar City / St. George, UT, U.S.A: (435) 272-3332 * << t...@tomcloyd.com >> (email) << TomCloyd.com >> (website) * Sleight of Mind blog: Sleightmind.com (mental health

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: crash - crash - crash - crash. !@#$#@!

2014-05-10 Thread Tom Cloyd
llying behavior which started this thread. That rather tells us who's leading here and who's just irrelevant. If you're disinterested, go elsewhere. Tom On 05/10/2014 07:00 AM, Jim Seymour wrote: On Fri, 09 May 2014 11:05:01 -0600 Tom Cloyd wrote: Greetings. I disagree, Tom

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: crash - crash - crash - crash. !@#$#@!

2014-05-10 Thread Tom Cloyd
On 05/10/2014 09:21 AM, Jim Seymour wrote: Tom, You're tedious. Don't attempt to email me again. If you do, you'll find out how *I* deal with annoying, tedious people--whom I find more objectionable than people like Urmas. Jim -- ~~~~

Re: [libreoffice-users] Which components do you use most?

2014-05-13 Thread Tom Cloyd
Hope it's helpful. Tom -- ~~~~~~~ Tom Cloyd, MS MA (LMHC, WA State) Cedar City / St. George, UT, U.S.A: (435) 272-3332 * << t...@tomcloyd.com >> (email) << TomCloyd.com >> (website) * Sleight of Mind blog: Sl

Re: [libreoffice-users] Which components do you use most?

2014-05-13 Thread Tom Cloyd
ted a formal vote then there are various tools such as "Survey Monkey", or we could set-up something in LinuxQuestions.Org" or "Ask LO" or somewhere. Regards from Tom :) On 13 May 2014 06:06, Tom Cloyd <mailto:tomcloydm...@gmail.com>> wrote: On 05/11/20

Re: [libreoffice-users] Which components do you use most?

2014-05-13 Thread Tom Cloyd
s such as "Survey Monkey", or we could set-up something in LinuxQuestions.Org" or "Ask LO" or somewhere. Regards from Tom :) On 13 May 2014 06:06, Tom Cloyd wrote: On 05/11/2014 03:53 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: I'm curious to find out what components of LO are

Re: [libreoffice-users] Which components do you use most?

2014-05-18 Thread Tom Cloyd
my problem. There's no fix for it. Maybe if I stopped breathingbut I'm not yet ready to try that! Tom On 05/13/2014 09:05 AM, Felmon Davis wrote: On Tue, 13 May 2014, Tom Cloyd wrote: [...] I don't think Virgil is doing this "for fun". I don't think th

Re: [libreoffice-users] Which components do you use most?

2014-05-18 Thread Tom Cloyd
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Re: [libreoffice-users] non-mainstream

2014-05-21 Thread Tom Cloyd
ook at the photos used in our marketing then simply wearing a suit would make you stand out and it might be good to see that sort of thing mixed in too. Regards from Tom :) Tom, I think there is a faceless anonymity that makes e-communication work. One reason we are free to share is the safety th

Re: [libreoffice-users] non-mainstream

2014-05-21 Thread Tom Cloyd
s an emotionally intimate support system. By it's nature, it can't be, nor do I think it is intended to be. Virgil On 5/21/2014 5:49 PM, Tom Cloyd wrote: Anne, Virgil, Tom, I only just saw this thread, thanks to Anne's restarting it. I wish I could follow this list more closely, but

Re: [libreoffice-users] 4.3 Bug Hunting Weekend!

2014-05-22 Thread Tom Cloyd
the chat, say hello, and get involved :) *Warm Regards, Joel -- ~~~~~~~~~~~ Tom Cloyd, MS MA (LMHC, WA State) Cedar City / St. George, UT, U.S.A: (435) 272-3332 * << t...@tomcloyd.com >> (email) << TomCl

Re: [libreoffice-users] Spreadsheets not keeping correct formulas and showing jewish?

2014-07-06 Thread Tom Cloyd
ould be? or why i now have jewish in there as well?? cheers for any help. Phil -- ~~~ Tom Cloyd, MS MA (LMHC, WA State) Cedar City / St. George, UT, U.S.A: (435) 272-3332 * << t...@tomcloyd.com >> (email) << TomCloyd.com >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Spreadsheets not keeping correct formulas and showing jewish?

2014-07-06 Thread Tom Cloyd
details, but does anyone have any ideas as to why my cells change from what they should be? or why i now have jewish in there as well?? cheers for any help. Phil -- ~~~~~~~ Tom Cloyd, MS MA (LMHC, WA State) Cedar Ci

Re: [libreoffice-users] Spreadsheets not keeping correct formulas and showing jewish?

2014-07-06 Thread Tom Cloyd
t that was only opening the file, not > saving, so i decided not to use that one again... > > do you save locally or Dropbox or somthing else? > > cheers > Phil > > > On 6 July 2014 13:44, Tom Cloyd wrote: > > > UPDATE: So sorry. I stupidly forgot to include info

[libreoffice-users] base error - no SDBC drive

2014-07-06 Thread Tom Cloyd
URL 'sdbc:embedded:hsqldb'.// /What's the best way to respond to this? t. -- ~~~~~~~ Tom Cloyd, MS MA (LMHC, WA State) Cedar City / St. George, UT, U.S.A: (435) 272-3332 * << t...@tomcloyd.com >> (email)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: base error - no SDBC drive

2014-07-15 Thread Tom Cloyd
nse to me. I've never had this error before, and can't imagine why the download wouldn't be complete. Any ideas? I rarely use Base, but when I do it's important, so I do need to get this fixed somehow. t. On 07/08/2014 01:21 PM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 06/07/2014

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: base error - no SDBC drive

2014-07-16 Thread Tom Cloyd
sue I found. t. -- ~~~~~~~ Tom Cloyd, MS MA (LMHC, WA State) Cedar City / St. George, UT, U.S.A: (435) 272-3332 * << t...@tomcloyd.com >> (email) << TomCloyd.com >> (website) * Sleight of Mind blo

[libreoffice-users] LO base: text field problem in master-slave form

2011-06-17 Thread Tom Cloyd
may be a limitation of LO or HSQLDB. Can anyone shed some light on my problem, or perhaps suggest a solution. Thanks in advance for any help you can give! Tom Cloyd -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO base: text field problem in master-slave form

2011-06-17 Thread Tom Cloyd
Sorry to have forgotten this: I'm running LO 3.3.2 on Kubuntu Linux 11.04. On 06/17/2011 01:06 AM, Tom Cloyd wrote: I'm new to LO base (I'm using the default HSQLDB), and having a pretty good time with it so far, but have run into something I don't understand, and canno

[libreoffice-users] fields added to table do not show up in form grid

2011-06-17 Thread Tom Cloyd
might be, and how I can fix it? Thanks in advance! Tom Cloyd -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO base: text field problem in master-slave form

2011-06-17 Thread Tom Cloyd
m. Lovely! Tom On 06/17/2011 01:06 AM, Tom Cloyd wrote: I'm new to LO base (I'm using the default HSQLDB), and having a pretty good time with it so far, but have run into something I don't understand, and cannot find documentation about. I have a form with a main db displayed i

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO base: text field problem in master-slave form

2011-06-17 Thread Tom Cloyd
There are a couple of people already but help is always appreciated :) Congrats and regards from Tom :) ____ From: Tom Cloyd To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Fri, 17 June, 2011 9:22:12 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LO base: text field problem in master-sla

Re: [libreoffice-users] fields added to table do not show up in form grid

2011-06-17 Thread Tom Cloyd
struction window: You can move them around with your mouse. Slick. So...all's well for me with this db...at least for a while. T. On 06/17/2011 02:14 AM, Tom Cloyd wrote: Am deeply puzzled by this one: I have a master-slave form. The master db is shown in a grid control. I just added se

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO base: text field problem in master-slave form

2011-06-17 Thread Tom Cloyd
wrote: Tom On Fri, 2011-06-17 at 02:22 -0600, Tom Cloyd wrote: Just found the answer. I may be misleading myself at times due to [a] prior experience of several years duration with MS Access, and [b] my being very new to LO base. What doesn't work is to add text box control to a form and sp

[libreoffice-users] BASE: bug in table designer

2011-06-19 Thread Tom Cloyd
I seem to have found a glitch. I have set up a table with two fields only, and the table cannot be updated. Opened, no new records can be added. To replicate: 1. Make first field a key with autovalue-yes. 2. Make second field a text (VARCHAR) field, with entry required = No, and give it a defa

[libreoffice-users] List box not updating field with bound value

2011-06-19 Thread Tom Cloyd
I know this is complicated, but I'll try to be simple and clear. I'm building a form that displays a single record at a time from a table, as a set of text boxes. The form displays all data in the table by moving successively to each record. Every field except the primary key field can be edit

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: List box not updating field with bound value

2011-06-19 Thread Tom Cloyd
On 06/19/2011 03:46 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 19/06/11 11:07, Tom Cloyd a écrit : Hi Tom, Possibly any one of these might shed some light : http://openoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=96703 http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=55208 http://plan-b-for-openoffice.org/ooo

Re: [libreoffice-users] List box not updating field with bound value

2011-06-20 Thread Tom Cloyd
On 06/19/2011 05:53 AM, Frieder wrote: Am 19.06.2011 11:07, schrieb Tom Cloyd: I know this is complicated, but I'll try to be simple and clear. I'm building a form that displays a single record at a time from a table, as a set of text boxes. The form displays all data in the table

Re: [libreoffice-users] List box not updating field with bound value

2011-06-20 Thread Tom Cloyd
hing. Thanks and regards from Tom :) From: Frieder To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Sun, 19 June, 2011 12:53:44 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] List box not updating field with bound value Am 19.06.2011 11:07, schrieb Tom Cloyd: I know this is complicated, but I&

Re: [libreoffice-users] List box not updating field with bound value

2011-06-20 Thread Tom Cloyd
gh. Need to investigate some of the rest of your ideas first, though. Will put the file up if I get stuck Thanks! Tom Cloyd t...@tomcloyd.com (435) 272-3332 -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: List box not updating field with bound value

2011-06-20 Thread Tom Cloyd
On 06/20/2011 02:22 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 20/06/11 09:05, Tom Cloyd a écrit : Hi Tom, Um. Where in the world is this documented. I don't quite get it - and example would help, and the only one I've found looks inappropriate. It uses a list box simply to fill a field, not

[libreoffice-users] how to move text string into formula, from another cell

2011-06-20 Thread Tom Cloyd
I just thought of a way to save myself considerable time, by calculating part of the parameter list of a formula, then moving the result into the formula. But...I'm not getting it to work, and I'm wondering if I'm making some dumb error. The original cell formula I'm trying to improve is this:

Re: [libreoffice-users] how to move text string into formula, from another cell

2011-06-20 Thread Tom Cloyd
On 06/20/2011 02:47 PM, Gérard FARGEOT wrote: Hello, Message du 20/06/11 21:41 De : "Tom Cloyd" A : "LibreOffice User's Help Forum" Copie à : Objet : [libreoffice-users] how to move text string into formula, from another cell I just thought of a way to save mys

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.3.3 is ready for download

2011-06-20 Thread Tom Cloyd
May I humbly suggest that, since we live in an uncertain world (well...I do, anyway), that you would do well to set up a "software archive" directory on your hard drive, and download all software to that location. Install from there. Then, keep one copy of the previous version, just in case. I

Re: [libreoffice-users] List box not updating field with bound value

2011-06-21 Thread Tom Cloyd
ercise, and have saved a ton of time. If you got the results I got, your list box just works. (OK, close the property dialog now). So, my journey into Base continues. It seems rugged, feature rich, and just works, if you can figure things out. I really do like it, I'm very very grateful to have it

Re: [libreoffice-users] List box not updating field with bound value

2011-06-21 Thread Tom Cloyd
You are, of course, entirely correct! t. On 06/21/2011 04:57 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) So, you have managed to solve the problem and got it all working? I think the word is "triumphal" rather than "sad"? Regards and apols from Tom :) ___________

[libreoffice-users] Base: invisible subform - what to do?

2011-06-21 Thread Tom Cloyd
It's obvious that when initially creating a form you have the option of adding a subform, but what about later? Where I come from (MSAcess) a subform is a control that goes on a main form. It is linked to a table that is linked to the main table. There is a subform control icon that can be cli

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base: invisible subform - what to do?

2011-06-21 Thread Tom Cloyd
7;s sake! t. On 06/21/2011 10:44 PM, Tom Cloyd wrote: It's obvious that when initially creating a form you have the option of adding a subform, but what about later? Where I come from (MSAcess) a subform is a control that goes on a main form. It is linked to a table that is linked

[libreoffice-users] list boxes not stable

2011-06-22 Thread Tom Cloyd
My list box disaster just don't quit. To this point, I've learned that the only quick, simple way to get a list box onto a form is to use the list box wizard. Last night it worked. Tonight it worked. Then, it stopped. I now have a form with 5 list boxes. Three have spontaneously, quite with

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base: invisible subform - what to do?

2011-06-22 Thread Tom Cloyd
Andreas, On 06/22/2011 03:52 AM, Andreas Säger wrote: [...] List boxes are the key element to reflect database relations with primary and foreign keys. Forms, subforms, list boxes and sometimes tables with list boxes make your interrelated tables editable as if they were in one table while h

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base: invisible subform - what to do?

2011-06-22 Thread Tom Cloyd
On 06/22/2011 04:55 AM, Francois M wrote: Tom Cloyd tomcloyd.com> writes: I just tried out the form wizard, and got exactly what I want...so is this the only way to get a subform grid onto a main form? I sure hope not. Meanwhile, my original form has 5 list boxes on it that I painstakin

Re: [libreoffice-users][windows] list boxes not stable

2011-06-22 Thread Tom Cloyd
rd do this for me, then modify the result to suit me. Hope some of this helps. Thanks for your response. t. regards John B MS xp pro sp3 LO 3.3.3.1 - On 22/06/2011 08:59, Tom Cloyd wrote: My list box disaster just don't quit. To this poin

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: BASE: bug in table designer

2011-06-22 Thread Tom Cloyd
On 06/19/2011 03:04 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 19/06/11 10:23, Tom Cloyd a écrit : Hi Tom, 1. Make first field a key with autovalue-yes. 2. Make second field a text (VARCHAR) field, with entry required = No, and give it a default value - some text string. You do have a primary key

[libreoffice-users] success: form with detail subform; working list boxes in main form

2011-06-23 Thread Tom Cloyd
This is very early in my learning period, but I seem to have achieved a small breakthrough. It now appears that if list boxes are to work reliably, or at all, in a form with a subform, they must be created using raw tables - i.e. view or queries cannot be used. Likewise for the main form and t

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [windows] list boxes not stable

2011-06-23 Thread Tom Cloyd
use of view/queries totally). t. On 06/23/2011 02:39 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 23/06/11 02:29, Tom Cloyd a écrit : Guys, Could you separate out the individual problems into separate threads please, so that it makes it easier for everyone to follow ? It also makes it easier to try and

Re: [libreoffice-users] success: form with detail subform; working list boxes in main form

2011-06-23 Thread Tom Cloyd
Update: for those who wish to examine it, the database discussed below may be downloaded here <http://www.tomcloyd.com/misc/storage_containers2.zip>. On 06/23/2011 02:36 AM, Tom Cloyd wrote: This is very early in my learning period, but I seem to have achieved a small breakthrough.

Re: [libreoffice-users][windows] list boxes not stable

2011-06-23 Thread Tom Cloyd
In response to Alexander's request that problems be better delineated: On 06/22/2011 06:29 PM, Tom Cloyd wrote: Yes indeed. But then I started over, so I could have a subform. At that point, using the form wizard was the only way I could see to get one. Still is, dammit. #1: No way t

Re: [libreoffice-users] success: form with detail subform; working list boxes in main form

2011-06-23 Thread Tom Cloyd
p by encouraging other good people :) Good luck! Regards from Tom :) From: Tom Cloyd To: LibreOffice User's Help Forum Sent: Thu, 23 June, 2011 9:36:04 Subject: [libreoffice-users] success: form with detail subform; working list boxes in main form This is very early in my learning per

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [windows] list boxes not stable

2011-06-23 Thread Tom Cloyd
On 06/23/2011 03:01 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 23/06/11 10:48, Tom Cloyd a écrit : Hi Tom, Thanks for your involvement. Do see my recent success about success with this effort. I will post in a second with a link to the database that works, it that would be of any use. I am

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: BASE: bug in table designer

2011-06-24 Thread Tom Cloyd
On 06/23/2011 02:26 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 19/06/11 10:23, Tom Cloyd a écrit : Hi Tom, Now open it. What I keep getting is a single record, with the autovalue NOT created, and the default value in the second field. Hitting Enter, one would think, would cause the key to instantiate

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: BASE: bug in table designer

2011-06-26 Thread Tom Cloyd
OK. I'll leave it be. Have far bigger fish to fry... t. On 06/25/2011 04:17 PM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 24/06/11 21:37, Tom Cloyd a écrit : Hi Tom, Thanks for this thorough investigation of the behavior I described. I'm glad it was replicated. I don't think this pro

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: list boxes not stable

2011-06-26 Thread Tom Cloyd
On 06/23/2011 06:21 AM, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 22.06.2011 09:59, Tom Cloyd wrote: My list box disaster just don't quit. To this point, I've learned that the only quick, simple way to get a list box onto a form is to use the list box wizard. Last night it worked. Tonight it worked

[libreoffice-users] base: tab order bug, and a workaround

2011-07-01 Thread Tom Cloyd
Two bugs, actually - the second being the inability to get from initial execution of a form to design mode without first closing out the form. I'm just glad I found a way to get the tab order I must have to make the form usable. Tom Cloyd t...@tomcloyd.com (435) 272-3332 -- Unsubscribe instr

Re: [libreoffice-users] base: tab order bug, and a workaround

2011-07-01 Thread Tom Cloyd
Oh...it's worse than I thought: the changed tab order simply will NOT appear if one gets to the form from the form designer; it can only ever be seen when opening the form directly. This might be a serious impediment to form development, in some cases... ~t. On 07/01/2011 03:56 AM, Tom

Re: [libreoffice-users] base: tab order bug, and a workaround

2011-07-01 Thread Tom Cloyd
7;s not for just chatting or saying "me too" (even tho that can help). You don't need to learn anything, just register and post a new thread (like starting an email thread such as this one). Regards from Tom :) ____ From: Tom Cloyd To: LibreOffice U

[libreoffice-users] Base record access unacceptably slow

2011-07-27 Thread Tom Cloyd
This has been a problem from the beginning, and it's becoming intolerable. The principal table in my database has about 550 records, with about 20 fields each. A number are binary in type, and two are memo, with the rest being text or foreign keys. Almost all the memo fields are empty. Just

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base record access unacceptably slow

2011-07-27 Thread Tom Cloyd
On 07/27/2011 05:03 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 27/07/11 10:16, Tom Cloyd a écrit : Hi Tom, Just to move the record pointer from the first to the last record takes almost exactly 20 seconds. To do a search of the beginning of the main text field for a 6 character string that isn't

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base record access unacceptably slow

2011-07-27 Thread Tom Cloyd
27;t really help much. I was hoping it would be fixed that update, or that the LibreOffice folks would find a solution On 07/27/2011 07:03 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 27/07/11 10:16, Tom Cloyd a écrit : Hi Tom, Just to move the record pointer from the first to the last record takes almost

Re: [steering-discuss] Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base record access unacceptably slow

2011-07-27 Thread Tom Cloyd
On 07/27/2011 11:44 AM, Michael Meeks wrote: Hi Tom, On Wed, 2011-07-27 at 18:07 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: We need to attract some devs to this project. Preferably paid devs because there is a bit of a quagmire trying to work out which patches have which licences and so which cannot be incorpor

Re: [libreoffice-users] Base record access unacceptably slow

2011-07-27 Thread Tom Cloyd
On 07/27/2011 12:04 PM, Steven Shelton wrote: [,,,] It would help to know what OS you're on and whether the file is a self-contained ODB file or if it's accessing an externally-served database. OS = Kubuntu Linux 11.04 The db is a self-contained ODB file. I just fire up LO Base and use what

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base record access unacceptably slow

2011-07-27 Thread Tom Cloyd
Thanks, Andreas. To summarize what I learned from that second link: I need to install sun-java6-jre_6.22-0ubuntu1~10.04 into a directory of my choosing, then direct LO to use this special older version (which, it is reported, does not cause the awful slowdown we're experiencing). Look like a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base record access unacceptably slow

2011-07-27 Thread Tom Cloyd
An obvious alternative, as well: move data tables to a non-java db, and use LO as front end for that - sqlite might be a reasonable first choice. t. On 07/27/2011 04:19 PM, Tom Cloyd wrote: Thanks, Andreas. To summarize what I learned from that second link: I need to install sun-java6

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base record access unacceptably slow

2011-07-27 Thread Tom Cloyd
On 07/27/2011 04:18 PM, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 28.07.2011 00:00, Tom Cloyd wrote: This is do not understand. I thought HYPERSQL was the default db engine. You say you're using it to server ANOTHER db? why not access that directly through Base? Am I misunderstanding something (ent

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base record access unacceptably slow

2011-07-27 Thread Tom Cloyd
On 07/28/2011 12:44 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 27/07/11 18:14, Tom Cloyd a écrit : That command appears to have cut 5 seconds off the record pointer move test, and also off the full db search test I ran previously. Well better than nothing I suppose, but I do sympathise. Did the JDK

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base record access unacceptably slow

2011-07-28 Thread Tom Cloyd
, On 07/28/2011 12:53 AM, Tom Cloyd wrote: On 07/28/2011 12:44 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 27/07/11 18:14, Tom Cloyd a écrit : That command appears to have cut 5 seconds off the record pointer move test, and also off the full db search test I ran previously. Well better than nothing I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base record access unacceptably slow

2011-07-28 Thread Tom Cloyd
Heinz, I completely agree. LO without a function Base won't fly. Either TDF recognizes this - by DOING something - or we have our answer. Tom On 07/28/2011 05:08 AM, Heinrich Stoellinger wrote: Hallo Andreas, In my view, BASE "falling apart" would mean LO's "death sentence" in the long run

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base record access unacceptably slow

2011-07-28 Thread Tom Cloyd
ibreOffice front end with a database that doesn't require Java. I see that you had said that LibreOffice may be moving to sqlite? Is that a solution that anyone could help us with? Don On 07/28/2011 04:04 AM, Tom Cloyd wrote: , On 07/28/2011 12:53 AM, Tom Cloyd wrote: On 07/28/2011

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base record access unacceptably slow

2011-07-28 Thread Tom Cloyd
d TDF join http://montyprogram.com/commercial/ Would that help? TDF is not the type of organisation where we wait to see what "they" do. It's up to us to work out what we need and from who and go get it. Regards from Tom :) ________ From: Tom Cloyd To: users@global.libr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base record access unacceptably slow

2011-07-28 Thread Tom Cloyd
is Base and pleased to join in and fix it. Regards from Tom :) ________ From: Tom Cloyd To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 28 July, 2011 18:16:57 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base record access unacceptably slow I'm up for it! (Love that quote!

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