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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
I cannot pretend to have read or understood hte whole content of this book yet, but it is a very comprehensive guide to Database Programming. I would not use OpenOffice Base without it to hand. The Author is respected in the Base community as a contributor to projects and extensions. There is on-line access to some content to save re-typing.
If you are serious about Datablase, then this is a good book for reference to programming.
If you are serious about Datablase, then this is a good book for reference to programming.
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I'm trying to move away from MS Access due to its cost. Databases never seem to fit easily within 'office' type products. I was looking for more information than the Base guide has and this seems to be the only book.
I'm left with the feeling that "I'm sure the content is good" but I find the book difficult to get into.
I'm left with the feeling that "I'm sure the content is good" but I find the book difficult to get into.
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
EXACTLY what I needed...
21 Mar 2009
You probably know how difficult it is to find a good book on OpenOffice.org Base and Basic.
I scoured the Internet for tutorials, wikis, helps, ANYTHING to get me going! (the OpenOffice doc sites are still a dark underworld to me) To make matters worse, I'm so addicted to IDE's that gently hold my hand with their inline API suggestions that OpenOffice.org's IDE stoic silence was about as easy to love as a tree! To make matters even worse, I've spent the last 8 or so years buried in Java; I could hardly remember how to speak Basic from those good 'ol years of GWBasic, QBasic, VB3.0, and VB6.0 (long, long ago!).
Suffice it to say, this book is EXACTLY what I needed.
It's not an API reference book for sure. But it takes you by the hand and leads you through the valleys and over the mountains of database development with OpenOffice.org Base and the Basic programming language. If you want to step above the simple database wizards and become more of a wizard yourself, this book is what you need. In my estimation (and I'm not a rich fellow, I have to count my dollars), this book is worth the price.
Thanks, Roberto and Cecilia for a great book! You must make a great team too! :)
I scoured the Internet for tutorials, wikis, helps, ANYTHING to get me going! (the OpenOffice doc sites are still a dark underworld to me) To make matters worse, I'm so addicted to IDE's that gently hold my hand with their inline API suggestions that OpenOffice.org's IDE stoic silence was about as easy to love as a tree! To make matters even worse, I've spent the last 8 or so years buried in Java; I could hardly remember how to speak Basic from those good 'ol years of GWBasic, QBasic, VB3.0, and VB6.0 (long, long ago!).
Suffice it to say, this book is EXACTLY what I needed.
It's not an API reference book for sure. But it takes you by the hand and leads you through the valleys and over the mountains of database development with OpenOffice.org Base and the Basic programming language. If you want to step above the simple database wizards and become more of a wizard yourself, this book is what you need. In my estimation (and I'm not a rich fellow, I have to count my dollars), this book is worth the price.
Thanks, Roberto and Cecilia for a great book! You must make a great team too! :)
22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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11 Sep 2009
I've been away from development for a few years, but have worked with Java, JavaScript, ASP, JSP, Lotus Notes/Domino, and SQL before. I was hoping for a book that would bridge the gap between being able to create forms and relational databases in Base (which I could do) and learning how all of the form elements could be accessed and manipulated. The book very briefly touches on how to access the value of a listbox's selection, but doesn't spend any time on how the various different form elements differ in properties and methods, nor does it include a reference to the full properties and methods of the handful of objects used in its examples. This is doubly exasperating because you can't find such a reference anywhere else, either.
My search for a helpful guide continues.
My search for a helpful guide continues.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
OpenOffice Base Programming
13 April 2010
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Most of the book is logical. Occasionally, he skips important steps. For example, on page 136 he has a step-by-step discussion on how to link a master and slave field. In one sentence he glosses over about seven steps, which took me a couple hours to figure out--only after re-reading the chapter about two times, did I figure out how to accomplish this.
The author assumes the reader knows more than he/she should. If you are technically savvy, you will benefit from this book. Otherwise, you may need to use other sources as well.
The author assumes the reader knows more than he/she should. If you are technically savvy, you will benefit from this book. Otherwise, you may need to use other sources as well.
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