Welcome to NeoOffice developer notes and announcements
NeoOffice
Developer notes and announcements
 
 

This website is an archive and is no longer active
NeoOffice announcements have moved to the NeoOffice News website


Support
· Forums
· NeoOffice Support
· NeoWiki


Announcements
· Twitter @NeoOffice


Downloads
· Download NeoOffice


  
NeoOffice :: View topic - Whether the OpenOffice cen be Equivalent to Wind. "Acce
Whether the OpenOffice cen be Equivalent to Wind. "Acce
 
   NeoOffice Forum Index -> OpenOffice.org MacOS X X11 Support
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
MIchael M.
Guest





PostPosted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 3:06 am    Post subject: Whether the OpenOffice cen be Equivalent to Wind. "Acce

I am looking for a software that could manage customers as a buyers and sellers in a real estate business, could the OpenOffice be functional enough to provide possibilities as the part of Microsoft Office "Access"?

Many thanks

Michael M.
Back to top
jakeOSX
Ninja
Ninja


Joined: Aug 12, 2003
Posts: 1373

PostPosted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 6:52 am    Post subject:

Michael,

As of now, there is no database software in OpenOffice. StarOffice does have a database program, it is not, however, ported to the Mac yet. Depending on how you are running your database, you may be able to use Calc (the OO.o excell program).

Some of your other options would be something like MySQL, which is more stable that Access, but has no native front end. For that there are some programs floating around (i can look later when i am not at work) or even options such as PHP and/or Perl.

If you were just storing contact information, you can use your Address book and then made groups "buyer" and "seller" to distinguish between the two.

I know that is a long answer. Hope it helps,

-jacob
Back to top
OPENSTEP
The One
The One


Joined: May 25, 2003
Posts: 4752
Location: Santa Barbara, CA

PostPosted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 11:44 am    Post subject:

The database frontend component that's included with StarOffice is definitely in OpenOffice.org...but by default OOo doesn't include it's own database backend. If you can get something like MySQL set up or another database for which there are JDBC/ODBC drivers like Jake mentioned, you should be able to make basic query forms in the OOo database frontend and integrate database queries into spreadsheets and other documents.

StarOffice ships with a single-user license for the Adabase database:

http://www.softwareag.com/adabas/

which is closed source and won't ever be a part of OOo Sad But MySQL is standard on MacOS X Server and it's fairly straightforward to install on Client as well. It's a GPL licensed database.

ed
Back to top
Display posts from previous:   
   NeoOffice Forum Index -> OpenOffice.org MacOS X X11 Support All times are GMT - 7 Hours
Page 1 of 1

 
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You cannot download files in this forum

Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group

All logos and trademarks in this site are property of their respective owner. The comments are property of their posters, all the rest © Planamesa Inc.
NeoOffice is a registered trademark of Planamesa Inc. and may not be used without permission.
PHP-Nuke Copyright © 2005 by Francisco Burzi. This is free software, and you may redistribute it under the GPL. PHP-Nuke comes with absolutely no warranty, for details, see the license.