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hello
i m new user ( i was involved at the past in access database project )
but now im involve in a project in open office database

i try to change the grid to make 0,5 cm x 0,5 cm but i dont find
any menu to change the grid in design of form of base
please help
thanks

What kind of grid are you talking about? Do you mean you have a tablecontrol and you want to change the row height and column width? That is done through the control's properties window (right-click on the table and choose "Control").

MTP wrote:What kind of grid are you talking about? Do you mean you have a table control and you want to change the row height and column width? That is done through the control's properties window (right-click on the table and choose "Control").

Thanks for your answer when you design a form you need to change the grid and so you can move the fields or buttons or other objects
more near and you can build the form more good looking
in draw exist special menu for changing grid size also in other databases too
thanks

Works for me with Apache OpenOffice (but not with LibreOffice).

Villeroy wrote:Works for me with Apache OpenOffice (but not with LibreOffice).

This i mean also this any help ??
thanks

This is a Writer setting.
Open any (new) text document.
Tools>Options>Writer>Grid
Reload your form document.

Villeroy wrote:This is a Writer setting.
Open any (new) text document.
Tools>Options>Writer>Grid
Reload your form document.

no if you see the picture ( double click in photo its open in regular size) its Form from base in design mode
I need to change the grid in 0,5 cm x 0,5 cm
how i can do it in form of base ??
Thanks for your help

All ODF documents are zip containers. All forms and reports are Writer documents which are embedded in the Base document. You can create the exact same input forms on stand-alone Writer documents, on Calc sheets and on Draw pages.

There is no database application nor database development platform integrated in OpenOffice.

Base consists of a tiny (and underdeveloped) set of extras to configure database connections, fill office documents with data from databases and utilize form controls.
What looks like a "Base database" is just a JDBC connection to a HyperSQL database (outdated version 1.8). It is installed into a temporary directory and when you are going to close the JDBC connection to that temporary database, the database will be wrapped into the zip container which constitutes your "Base document".

Villeroy wrote:All ODF documents are zip containers. All forms and reports are Writer documents which are embedded in the Base document. You can create the exact same input forms on stand-alone Writer documents, on Calc sheets and on Draw pages.

There is no database application nor database development platform integrated in OpenOffice.

Base consists of a tiny (and underdeveloped) set of extras to configure database connections, fill office documents with data from databases and utilize form controls.
What looks like a "Base database" is just a JDBC connection to a HyperSQL database (outdated version 1.8). It is installed into a temporary directory and when you are going to close the JDBC connection to that temporary database, the database will be wrapped into the zip container which constitutes your "Base document".

Thanks very much
I create a writer page in in size 1280 x 1024 px and grid 0,5 cm x 0,5 cm
i make select all and copy and after in new base form i make paste and create the size and the grid that i want

many thanks

Ps its possible to make buttons with icons with same way ??