[KLUG Members] Address book software?

Bruce Smith bruce at armintl.com
Sun Nov 28 21:49:41 EST 2004


> > > > I know it can be done with Postgresql/UnixODBC/OpenOffice
> > > > but that sounds like a pain for something this simple.
> > > > A text file backend would be fine since we're talking less
> > > > than 100 names & addresses.   Suggestions?
> > > OpenOffice, or OpenOffice+evolution if your integration is working.
> > Are you saying that the Evolution 2.0 address book can be a 
> > datasource for OpenOffice? (running stock SuSE 9.2 pro)  
> > What's it take to get that connection working?
> 
> It works for me, in fact it was that way by default.
> 
> The bibliography database is set to a source of "sdbc:address:evolution"
> which has a table named "Personal" which is the default local address
> book.  Just go "View\Data Sources"

That's weird, it's not there in mine.  In fact I can't even add
evolution as a data source.  The data type is not one of the options.
I wonder if there is some RPM I'm missing ...

 - BS




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