[ Thanks to Linux User &
Developer magazine for this link. ]
“Document management systems (DMS) are not necessarily
reserved for companies with complex workflows and thousands of
documents. A no-frills personal DMS can come in handy in many
situations. You can use it to organise your research materials, or
manage article submissions. While there are a few open source DMSes
out there, most are geared towards companies who need to manage
their complicated document workflow. Also, most DMSes are
server-based applications which require some skill to deploy and
maintain.“But why not build your own little desktop document management
solution? After all, OpenOffice.org Base is a rather capable tool
for creating databases, and the OpenOffice.org Basic built-in
scripting language can help to add some nifty features to your
database applications. Like the idea but don’t know where to start?
No problem: this tutorial will guide you through the process of
creating a simple document management database and adding a couple
of useful features to it with OpenOffice.org Basic macros.”