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29<topic id="textswriter0104180400xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
30<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Exchange Database</title>
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34<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
35<lastedited date="2006-02-24T12:09:53">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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39<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3145799"><bookmark_value>databases; exchanging</bookmark_value>
40<bookmark_value>address books; exchanging</bookmark_value>
41<bookmark_value>exchanging databases</bookmark_value>
42<bookmark_value>replacing;databases</bookmark_value>
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44<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:ChangeDatabaseField" id="bm_id4081199" localize="false"/>
45<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:ChangeDatabaseField" id="bm_id3153418" localize="false"/>
46<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145799" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1">Exchange Database</paragraph>
47<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156384" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2"><variable id="datenbankaustext"><ahelp hid=".uno:ChangeDatabaseField">Change the data sources for the current document.</ahelp> To correctly display the contents of inserted fields, the replacement database must contain identical field names.
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52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153818" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">For example, if you inserting address fields in a form letter from an address database, you can then exchange the database with another address database to insert different addresses.</paragraph>
53<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149130" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Exchanging Databases</paragraph>
54<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154651" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">You can only change one database at a time in this dialog.</paragraph>
55<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sw:ModalDialog:DLG_CHANGE_DB" id="bm_id3149048" localize="false"/>
56<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3146965" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="5">Databases in Use</paragraph>
57<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149053" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9"><ahelp hid="SW_MODALDIALOG_DLG_CHANGE_DB">Lists the databases that are currently in use.</ahelp> The current document contains at least one data field from each of the databases in the list.</paragraph><comment>UFI: removed double help id</comment>
58<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147300" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="6">Available Databases</paragraph>
59<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150533" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10"><ahelp hid="SW_MODALDIALOG_DLG_CHANGE_DB">Lists the databases that are registered in <item type="productname">%PRODUCTNAME</item>.</ahelp></paragraph>
60<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sw:PushButton:DLG_CHANGE_DB:PB_ADDDB" id="bm_id9902035" localize="false"/>
61<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN106DB" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Browse</paragraph>
62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106DF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid="1419596301">Opens a file open dialog to select a database file (*.odb). The selected file is added to the Available Databases list.</ahelp></paragraph>
63<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149349" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Define</paragraph>
64<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145827" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11"><ahelp hid="SW_MODALDIALOG_DLG_CHANGE_DB">Replaces the current data source with the data source that you selected in the <emph>Available Databases </emph>list.</ahelp></paragraph>
65<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154506" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="12">To exchange a database:</paragraph>
66<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149881" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Ensure that both databases contain matching field names and field types.</paragraph>
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69<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3148386" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Click in the document that you want to change the data source for.</paragraph>
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72<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150564" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Choose <emph>Edit - Exchange Database</emph>.</paragraph>
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75<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153925" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">In the <emph>Databases in Use</emph> list, select the database table that you want to replace.</paragraph>
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78<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3147169" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">In the <emph>Available Databases</emph> list, select the replacement database table.</paragraph>
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81<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3151273" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">Click <emph>Define</emph>.</paragraph>
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