William Case [billlinux@xxxxxxxxxx] wrote: > Hi; > > Below is an exchange I have just had on the OpenOffice.org user mailing > list. > > William Case wrote: > "> Hi; > > > > I think I have a major problem with my OOo macros or BASIC. > > > > I tried your suggestion below. Couldn't drag and drop any controls -- > > design mode on and off. My built-in macros in the OpenOffice.org > Macros > > file crash. I tried the 'Schedule' macro and some others. > > > > I have built a couple of macros to help me construct a project. They > > have all removed themselves. Some functions don't seem to work the > way > > I expect (but that could be me). > > > > I am been saving my project as *.xls because I want to share it > > eventually with Excel users. Should work for everything but > protection. > > Tried macros on a *.ods version but no improvement. > > > > I am using Fedora Core 5, Linux 2.6, Gnome 2.14.2, OOo 2.0.2." > > I started with the following problem, but the problem grew. > > "> On Mon, 2006-14-08 at 16:25 +0200, wrote: > > > >> View>Toolbars>Form COntrols > >> 2nd button "Design Mode" = on > >> 2nd last button "More Controls" > >> Pick "Calendar Field from toolbar "More Controls" > >> Draw the control on the sheet. > >> If some wizzard pops up: Cancel (no database connection here) > >> In the control's properties: "Dropdwon" = Yes > >> Next problem is: How to put the selected data into a cell? Unlike > many > >> other controls a date field has no property "Linked Cell". But this > >> could be solved with a very simple macro. > >>" > > "> Sorry for top posting. I am getting really frustrated. I have been > > selling (loud mouthing) all things Linux for my little project. I > would > > hate to have to admit I couldn't get a M$ Office equivalent program to > > work for me." > > "This is soo sad. My impression is, that many Linux packagers do a very > bad job, spoiling OpenOffice.org with their "desktop integration" and > "optimizing"." > > Can someone tell me how to get my macros working in OOo 2.0.2? Or, can > someone tell me that it is all right to download and install 00o 2.2.13 > in FC5 without asking for additional problems? > > Regards Bill > Bill, I once uninstalled OOo that came with FC5, downloaded and installed OOo 2.0.3 from openoffice.org. It worked fine. The only problem I noticed was that yum still thought the FC5 version was still installed and wanted to update it: I got around that by excluding it from yum updates. Once Fedora upgraded its OOo distribution to 2.0.3 then I got rid of the version from openoffice.org. Note, BTW, that the FC5 updated version still shows 2.0.2 even though it is 2.03. Hope this helps. Thad
