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bookmanjoe Red Pill
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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 4:15 pm Post subject: how do I create a database? |
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The drop down menu using the wizard, for "tables and queries" shows nothing. I am stuck at number 1 (field selection). There is nothing else available to do other than to cancel or click help. |
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pluby The Architect
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bookmanjoe Red Pill
Joined: Jan 22, 2009 Posts: 5
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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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No. The drop down menu she says to use, doesn't drop down anything, which is the problem I have already stated.
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narf The Anomaly
Joined: Jan 21, 2007 Posts: 1075
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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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What version of NeoOffice are you running?
You can determine this by selecting the menu Help :: About NeoOffice, when NeoOffice is running.
--fran
Edited by pluby: corrected menu name |
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Lorinda Captain Mifune
Joined: Jun 20, 2006 Posts: 2051 Location: Midwest, USA
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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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There are several wizards in the database module. Can you tell us exactly what you are trying to do, or which part of the tutorial you are working with?
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bookmanjoe Red Pill
Joined: Jan 22, 2009 Posts: 5
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Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:39 am Post subject: |
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Hi Lorinda,
Thank you for your help. I am using the latest NeoOffice 2.2.5 patch 6. I am trying to create a new database. I now have gotten all the way to "work with the form." Then the form disappears! If I click on its title in recent documents, it starts the whole thing over again, having the wizard create the database from the beginning. What am I missing?
thanks,
Lorinda wrote: | There are several wizards in the database module. Can you tell us exactly what you are trying to do, or which part of the tutorial you are working with?
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Lorinda Captain Mifune
Joined: Jun 20, 2006 Posts: 2051 Location: Midwest, USA
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Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:06 am Post subject: |
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So you are using the form wizard to create a new form?
How long are you waiting? The form wizard and the form itself will disappear momentarily while the underlying wizard code "does it stuff." then it should reappear.
The wiki article did not specify that the form disappears, only that the form wizard does. I have now corrected it to explain that the form will disappear, too.
If you wait, does the form reappear? You will then need to save it.
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narf The Anomaly
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Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:11 am Post subject: |
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I do not understand how you are opening your form. Forms are objects within a database and to access them you need to open the database file that they are within. A database file is represented by a file that ends with .odb.
To ensure that we are talking about the same things, can you please do the following steps:
1. Open the .odb file you originally created. Do you see the main database document window which has a column on the left side labeled Database that contains the following icons: Tables, Queries, Forms, Reports?
2. If yes, click on Forms. Is the name of the form that you previously created listed in the Forms section of the window?
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bookmanjoe Red Pill
Joined: Jan 22, 2009 Posts: 5
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Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:02 am Post subject: |
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The form does not reappear...
Lorinda wrote: | So you are using the form wizard to create a new form?
How long are you waiting? The form wizard and the form itself will disappear momentarily while the underlying wizard code "does it stuff." then it should reappear.
The wiki article did not specify that the form disappears, only that the form wizard does. I have now corrected it to explain that the form will disappear, too.
If you wait, does the form reappear? You will then need to save it.
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bookmanjoe Red Pill
Joined: Jan 22, 2009 Posts: 5
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Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:03 am Post subject: |
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It opens with "forms" already highlighted. It does not show the database I created. It is a blank box.
narf wrote: | I do not understand how you are opening your form. Forms are objects within a database and to access them you need to open the database file that they are within. A database file is represented by a file that ends with .odb.
To ensure that we are talking about the same things, can you please do the following steps:
1. Open the .odb file you originally created. Do you see the main database document window which has a column on the left side labeled Database that contains the following icons: Tables, Queries, Forms, Reports?
2. If yes, click on Forms. Is the name of the form that you previously created listed in the Forms section of the window?
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narf The Anomaly
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Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:18 am Post subject: |
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Select Tables icon above the Forms icon. Are there any tables listed in the Tables section?
If no, then your problem is that you must create a table before you can create a form.
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martya Agent
Joined: Mar 04, 2009 Posts: 16
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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Went to web site recommended by pluby.
Dumb Dumb Dumb question. How do you create an account in neowiki? Even the window that is titled Log in/ create account doesn't seem to have the right buttons.
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sardisson Town Crier
Joined: Feb 01, 2004 Posts: 4588
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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martya wrote: | Dumb Dumb Dumb question. How do you create an account in neowiki? Even the window that is titled Log in/ create account doesn't seem to have the right buttons. |
You only need an account on the NeoWiki if you plan on helping us maintain (edit) it; if so, the instructions for obtaining an account are on this page (registration is done manually by wiki admins).
You should be able to view any and all content on the wiki without an account. If it's asking you to log in just to read the pages, something is quite wrong somewhere
Smokey _________________ "[...] whether the duck drinks hot chocolate or coffee is irrelevant." -- ovvldc and sardisson in the NeoWiki |
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