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how to make a button open another form?

Asked by nagaraj

i am working on open office to create a database for my clinic. i have designed some forms but want to create a main keyboard. i am not able to make a button which opens another form in the database. i am not finding any macro which does that in the list of available macros. how can i do it?

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Best DrewJensen (atjensen) said : 		#1

nagaraj wrote:
> New question #63790 on openoffice.org in ubuntu:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+question/63790
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> i am working on open office to create a database for my clinic. i have designed some forms but want to create a main keyboard. i am not able to make a button which opens another form in the database. i am not finding any macro which does that in the list of available macros. how can i do it?
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>
 There is the answer regarding how to write a macro and then there is the
answer directing you the community generated Switchboard extension.
I think the second is the better first answer.

You can find the extension at -
http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/SwitchBoard

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nagaraj (hamlet32) said : 		#2

Thanks DrewJensen, that solved my question.

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nagaraj (hamlet32) said : 		#3

it took me some time to understand the instructions but finally i could manage. also came to know about many more useful extensions to open-office. thanks Drewjensen.