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# Access2Base

## What is Access2Base?

Access2Base ye una biblioteca de macros de LibreOffice Basic pa desendolcadores d'aplicaciones (pa empreses o personales) y usuarios avanzaos. Ye una de les biblioteques almacenaes en «Macros y diálogos de LibreOffice».

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.

La API qu'ufre Access2Base tien l'envís ser más concisa, intuitiva y fácil d'aprender que la API UNO estándar (API = Interfaz de programación d'aplicaciones, poles sigles n'inglés).

The library is documented online on http://www.access2base.com.

## Les macros desendolcaes incluyen:

1. a simplified and extensible API for forms, dialogs and controls manipulations similar with the Microsoft Access object model,

2. an API for database access with the table, query, recordset and field objects,

3. a number of actions with a syntax identical to their corresponding Microsoft Access macros/actions,

4. the DLookup, DSum, ... database functions,

5. el sofitu p'atayos d'escritura como Forms!myForm!myControl

in addition

6. a consistent errors and exceptions handler,

7. facilities for programming form, dialog and control events and

8. 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