Can an OOo Form be used as a UI, invoking other services ?

[steverwyllie]

Hi,

I'd like to establish one screen that allows users to click on one of the following icons:
1. Import data (which will initiate simple external Java code to Extract, Transform and Load data from one Firebird DB to another)
2. Maintain Customer Details (which will invoke OOo Base Forms)
3. Reporting (which will take the user into another selection screen, to select from a list of a dozen parameterised reports.)

Can an OOo Form be used to present these clickable icons, or should I assume the first screen the user sees as a bespoke Java-based screen ?

Steve

[QuazzieEvil]

for the basic oopening of forms/reports, you can use the switchboard extension. as far as launching a java app, you can create your own button (may added to switchboard form) which uses the Shell(..) function to execute a shell command--which launches your external app.