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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: MS Access
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 08:41:15 -0000 (UTC)
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On Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:33:06 -0400, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

> On 8/7/24 11:13 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Wed, 7 Aug 2024 21:53:08 -0400, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
>> 
>>> The handy default WYSIWYG form builder in Access was the superior way
>>> ...
>> 
>> LibreOffice has quite a nice WYSIWYG form builder. As well as an SQL
>> view, and table view, if you need those.
> 
> Decent FORMS are generally more foolproof for employees than the
> 'sheet' format.

Naturally, LibreOffice Base supports all that as well.

> Access let you attach a lot of code - ie
> "idiot/error-protection" - to each box on the form. Never checked if
> Libre is so flexible.

LibreOffice allows for more modern scripting languages, like Python.