In news:[email protected], Ian Whitfield <[email protected]> typed: > Hi All > > I can REALLY use some help!! > > I'm using LO 3.40 on Linux Mint 9 KDE. > > I'm trying to re-set-up my Members Database on this > platform with a SubForm to record eMails and Photographs. I had this > working, (without the SubForm), in OO Base but it will not open in LO so > am > trying to re-create it. > > Will the SubForm be a part of the main Form or will it > come up over the top of the Main Form with a button? If the latter how do > you do this Button? > The main question however is 'How do you do SubForms?' I > have gone through all the Forums and Googled for details and the > more I dig the more confused I get!! AND nothing seems to work and > different "answers" seem to contradict each other. > > Can anyone give me straight forward step-by-step > instructions please? I have my main 'Contacts Table' and > an 'eMail Table' and a Main Form called 'Contacts'. I have set the Master > Key called "ID" > to be the link. But that's as far as I get. > > Photographic question - I have read that LO keeps all > it's records in memory when you open it so if you have > large records this slows the whole thing down (just what is happening to > me!!). Each > of my records has three graphics, a 'Status Marker' and two thumbnail > Photos. Then I came across an article to "LINK" to the photos on the > Database rather than to include them, (which is the default). > > This seems like a good direction to go in because it will > cut down the size of each record and would give me the added benefit > of automatically being able to update the photos > on-the-fly by just over-writing the photo in the folder with a new one > which the DB will > fetch next time you open it!! > > But again same situation as above. All the answers I find > on the net seem contradictery. > > Again has anyone got clear step-by-step instructions for > this. > Also are there any downsides to doing this? > > Thanks in advance > > Ian Whitfield > South Africa.////
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