I am warry of open office. Most of the time it is fine. I've definitely had it screw up on me, and make me lose all my data (yes, even the data I had previously saved successfully). They are working on a good thing, but I do not think they are completely there yet. Save and back up your data often. Ben Liyanage ben at smartankgroup.com 410.336.2464 -----Original Message----- From: hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net [mailto:hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net] On Behalf Of Mark Bucciarelli Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 12:12 PM To: Roger Kazakiewich Cc: hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Basic data entry and analysis recommendations? ** Be a Good Dobee and help the group ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. ** Remember you must be counted to post . On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 02:52:23PM -0400, Roger Kazakiewich wrote: > My company is developing a manual for communities who want to conduct > research to guide their after school program planning. We would like > to provide communities with information about free or low-cost > software they can use to do basic data entry and analysis. Does anyone > have any recommendations? I (finally!) downloaded OpenOffice 2.0 and it includes a database front end. A quick run through worked without issue (create table + form, enter a record), and revealed the following features: - create table wizard - create form wizard - support for a wide range of backends (MySql, JDBC, flat text, etc) - Windows, Linux, OSX support - Free Software m _______________________________________________ Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members page on the Hidden Tech Web site. http://www.hidden-tech.net/members