Access2Base
What is Access2Base?
Access2Base ααΊααΆβαααααΆαααβααΌαααααΆα LibreOffice ααααβαααΆααααΌβαααααΆααβα’αααβα’αα·ααααααβαααααα·ααΈ (αααα½α α¬βααααΆαααααα½α) αα·αβα’αααααααΎβααΆααβαααααα ααΆβααΊααΆβαααααΆαααβαα½αβαααβααΆαβαα»αβαααα»α "αααα’αα αα·αβαααΆααααΌ LibreOffice"Β α
The functionalities provided by the implemented macros are all directly inspired by Microsoft Access. The macros are callable mainly from a LibreOffice Base application, but also from any LibreOffice document (Writer, Calc, ...) where access to data stored in a database makes sense.
API αααβααΆαβαααααβααα Access2Base ααααΌαβααΆαβα αΆαααα»αααΆβααααΈβααΆα α αααΆααβααΆα αα·αβααΆααααα½αβαα·ααααΆβααΆα UNO API αααααααΆα (API = Application Programming Interface)Β α
The library is documented online on http://www.access2base.com.
αααΆααααΌβαααβααΆαβα’αα»ααααββαα½αβααΆαα
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a simplified and extensible API for forms, dialogs and controls manipulations similar with the Microsoft Access object model,
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an API for database access with the table, query, recordset and field objects,
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a number of actions with a syntax identical to their corresponding Microsoft Access macros/actions,
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the DLookup, DSum, ... database functions,
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ααΆαβααΆααααβα αααΆαβααααΌαααΆααβααΌα ααΆ Forms!myForm!myControl
in addition
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a consistent errors and exceptions handler,
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facilities for programming form, dialog and control events and
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the support of both embedded forms and standalone (Writer) forms.
Compare Access2Base with Microsoft Access VBA
REM Open a form ...
OpenForm("myForm")
REM Move a form to new left-top coordinates ...
Dim ofForm As Object ' In VBA => Dim ofForm As Form
Set ofForm = Forms("myForm")
ofForm.Move(100, 200)
REM Get the value of a control ...
Dim ocControl As Object
ocControl = ofForm.Controls("myControl")
MsgBox ocControl.Value
REM Hide a control ...
ocControl.Visible = False
REM ... or alternatively ...
setValue("Forms!myForm!myControl.Visible", False) ' Shortcut notation
' In VBA => Forms!myForm!myControl.Visible = False