Access2Base
What is Access2Base?
Access2Base är ett LibreOffice Basic makrobibliotek för programutvecklare (kommersiellt eller privat) samt avancerade användare. Det är ett av biblioteken som lagras under "LibreOffice makron och 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.
Det API som Access2Base ger är tänkt att vara kortfattat, intuitivt och enklare att lära sig än det normala UNO API (API = Application Programming Interface).

The library is documented online on http://www.access2base.com.
De makron som är implementerade inkluderar:
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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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stöd för kortkommandon 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.
Compare Access2Base with Microsoft Access 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