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  36 <helpdocument version="1.0">
  37 <meta>
  38 <topic id="textswriter0104180400xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
  39 <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Exchange Database</title>
  40 <filename>/text/swriter/01/04180400.xhp</filename>
  41 </topic>
  42 <history>
  43 <created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
  44 <lastedited date="2006-02-24T12:09:53">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
  45 </history>
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  47 <body>
  48 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3145799"><bookmark_value>databases; exchanging</bookmark_value>
  49 <bookmark_value>address books; exchanging</bookmark_value>
  50 <bookmark_value>exchanging databases</bookmark_value>
  51 <bookmark_value>replacing;databases</bookmark_value>
  52 </bookmark>
  53 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/FN_CHANGE_DBFIELD" id="bm_id4081199" localize="false"/>
  54 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:ChangeDatabaseField" id="bm_id3153418" localize="false"/>
  55 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145799" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1">Exchange Database</paragraph>
  56 <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.
  57 </variable></paragraph>
  58 <section id="howtoget">
  59   <embed href="text/swriter/00/00000402.xhp#datenaust"/>
  60 </section>
  61 <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>
  62 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149130" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Exchanging Databases</paragraph>
  63 <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>
  64 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SW_MODALDIALOG_DLG_CHANGE_DB" id="bm_id3149048" localize="false"/>
  65 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3146965" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="5">Databases in Use</paragraph>
  66 <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>
  67 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147300" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="6">Available Databases</paragraph>
  68 <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>
  69 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sw_PushButton_DLG_CHANGE_DB_PB_ADDDB" id="bm_id9902035" localize="false"/>
  70 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN106DB" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Browse</paragraph>
  71 <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>
  72 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149349" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Define</paragraph>
  73 <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>
  74 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154506" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="12">To exchange a database:</paragraph>
  75 <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>
  76 <list type="ordered">
  77 <listitem>
  78 <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>
  79 </listitem>
  80 <listitem>
  81 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150564" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Choose <emph>Edit - Exchange Database</emph>.</paragraph>
  82 </listitem>
  83 <listitem>
  84 <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>
  85 </listitem>
  86 <listitem>
  87 <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>
  88 </listitem>
  89 <listitem>
  90 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3151273" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">Click <emph>Define</emph>.</paragraph>
  91 </listitem>
  92 </list>
  93 </body>
  94 </helpdocument>