Access2Base
What is Access2Base?
Access2Base er et LibreOffice Basic bibliotek med makroer for (forretning eller personlig) applikasjonsutviklere og avanserte brukere. Det er ett av bibliotekene som er lagret i "LibreOffice makroer og dialoger".
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-en som kommer med Access2Base er mer konsise, intuitive og lettere å lære enn de vanlige UNO API-ene. (API = Application Programming Interface eller applikasjonsprogrammeringsgrensesnitt på norsk).

The library is documented online on http://www.access2base.com.
De implementerte makroene inkluderer:
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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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støtte for snarveinotasjon som 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.
Sammenlign Access2Base med MSAccess 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