Databases are being opened as presentations

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Databases are being opened as presentations

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I have a substantial investment in time in building a large Open Office database. When I try to open it, I receive a message wanting to convert it, apparently in the presentation mode. Would appreciate help with his.
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Re: Databases are being opened as presentations

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Hello

Only one database or more?
Did you have a backup?
Maybe there is a backup in your userprofile. someplace/openOffice/user/backup

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Re: Databases are being opened as presentations

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Has your database a filetype such as .odb? If not, that may be the problem.
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Re: Databases are being opened as presentations

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All databases have been corrupted, and yes they are odb extensions.
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Database corruption remedies

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[Tutorial] Recovering a damaged odb file

...if a general purpose zip archive tool can't open the .odb file, then try a more specialized zip file-repair tool: See also: And finally, consider: [Tutorial] Avoid data loss by avoiding "Embedded databases"
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Warning: Avoid embedded databases --> Solution: Adopt a portable 'split database' folder
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Re: Databases are being opened as presentations

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I'm getting the same error. I can open the files in winrar and I saved the data file, but what do I do with it now? I have tried converting it to readable text with online binary converters but i dont get anything useful
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