Bug#714417: - libreoffice-base: can't open dBASE files in base

[Stéphane Aulery <saulery@legtux.org>]

Hello Gary,

Le Fri, 28 Jun 2013 21:18:52 -0400, Gary Dale wrote :
> Package: libreoffice-base
> Version: 1:4.0.3-3
> Severity: normal
>
>     * What led up to the situation?
> I use an ancient Visual dBASE running in a Windows XP VM to manipulate run resul
> ts from several
> sources in order to create a single table that I use to drive a "form letter" ce
> rtificate to
> send to each of the participents. Now that I'm using Jessie, I find I can't get
> to the
> dBASE tables.
>
>     * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)?
> When I connect to existing databases that link to dBASE tables, I can see the ta
> bles. However,
> when I create a new table and link to a dBASE table, I can't see the tables. The
>   connection
> tests OK, but the tables aren't visible.

I have no dBASE database for testing by myself.

Are there has been progress with new versions?

In the bugtracker LO I could find about twenty bug related dBASE but 
nothing identical:

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=dBASE&list_id=596063

Regards,

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Stéphane Aulery