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December 13, 2011

Not yet, Maria, although there have been four very kind offers of help from List members - So far no one has had the time, probably, to get to it, or perhaps the success, to open it, so if you can convert the database to a more modern software that would be a good idea…please try. Perhaps in Excel? Or, if you can print out a PDF from your old database, that would be great too… Once this is resolved I will  be happy to post your Masters Degree thesis from 2006, which used SignWriting to write classifiers in Maltese Sign Language - thank you for sharing these files with us…;-)

Val ;-)

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On Dec 13, 2011, at 6:44 AM, MARIA GALEA wrote:

> hi val,
> have you managed to convert this?
> maria
> 
>> in fact, it does.
>> I have used it more than once.
>> 
>> from the features page: http://www.libreoffice.org/features/
>> *Base* <http://www.libreoffice.org/features/base/> is the database
>> front-end of the LibreOffice suite. With Base, you can seamlessly
>> integrate
>> your existing database structures into the other components of
>> LibreOffice,
>> or create an interface to use and administer your data as a stand-alone
>> application. You can use imported and linked tables and queries from
>> MySQL, PostgreSQL or Microsoft Access and many other data sources, or
>> design your own with Base, to build powerful front-ends with sophisticated
>> forms, reports and views. Support is built-in or easily addable for a very
>> wide range of database products, notably the standardly-provided HSQL,
>> MySQL, Adabas D, Microsoft Access and PostgreSQL.
>> http://www.libreoffice.org/features/
>> 
>> 2011/12/12 Gerard Meijssen <[log in to unmask]>
>> 
>>> Hoi,
>>> Open Office does not support Access..
>>> Thanks,
>>>     Gerard
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 12 December 2011 18:52, Thor Malmjursson
>>> <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Val and All on the list :)
>>>> 
>>>> Val, If you want to open it and read it - you can try using a program
>>>> called OpenOffice - it's backwards compatible with pretty much
>>>> everything
>>>> MS made as far as stuff for Windows 95 :)
>>>> 
>>>> Failing that, if you just want it converting to something else, so
>>>> everyone can view it, please forward it onto me, and I will happily
>>>> convert
>>>> it to a different format.
>>>> 
>>>> Warmest Regards from a very chilly England,
>>>> 
>>>> Thor
>>>> 
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>>>> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:06:55 -0500
>>>> From: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: Re: can anyone open Microsoft Access 2007 files?
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Val,
>>>> I don't have MS Access 2007 but I may be able to do something with it.
>>>> Bill
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 12/12/2011 11:44 AM, Valerie Sutton wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> SignWriting List
>>>> December 12, 2011
>>>> 
>>>> Hello SignWriting List!
>>>> Maria Galea from Malta has an exciting database of classifiers in
>>>> Maltese
>>>> Sign Language, written in SignWriting, which she wants to share with
>>>> all of
>>>> us.
>>>> 
>>>> But the database is in old software…Microsoft Access 2007. I cannot
>>>> open the file. Is there anyone here on the List who has access to
>>>> Microsoft
>>>> Access 2007, and could possibly create a PDF or other kind of file from
>>>> it?
>>>> Or help me learn how to open it with other software? I am on a Mac, but
>>>> I
>>>> do also have a Windows 7 computer here...
>>>> 
>>>> Val ;-)
>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Dec 12, 2011, at 1:32 AM, MARIA GALEA wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Val,
>>>> the program is microsoft access 2007 -
>>>> thanks a lot,
>>>> maria
>>>> 
>>>> Hello Maria -
>>>> 
>>>> I was able to download it. Thank you...
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> But I cannot open it because we use different software. What is the
>>>> 
>>>> program you used to create the file? Does .mdb stand for Microsoft
>>>> 
>>>> Database?  I tried opening it with Excel 2008 for the Mac, but it did
>>>> not
>>>> 
>>>> work…. Val ;-)
>>>> 
>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>   Val ;-)
>>>> 
>>>> Valerie Sutton
>>>> SignWriting List moderator
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