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Toools

2010-02-09T21:35:17+00:00

Now with Toools you can:

manage a warehouse and create document of delivery/entry and report with Sun Report Builder (c)Sun Microsystems, to be installed separately;
program a job and create a Gantt chart connected with HSQLDB, and update the chart in real-time. The chart can be copy-pasted and also manually modified.

Click here to get the free Tutorial (valid until ver. 0.2.2) (download with right click -> save destination as; view in the browser with double click)
Clicca qui per scaricare il Tutorial gratis(valido fino alla ver. 0.2.2) (download con click destro -> salva destinazione con come; apertura nel browser con doppio click)

Segui qui il blog in italiano!
Ici, suivre le blog en Français!
Here the English blog!

(Italiano) Con Toools è possibile: gestire un magazzino e creare documenti di consegna/ricevimento; programmare un lavoro e creare un diagramma di Gantt collegato con il database HSQLDB integrato in OOo, e aggiornare il grafico in tempo reale. Il grafico può essere copiato ed incollato e anche modificato manualmente.

Languages:

English,
Italiano,
Hungarian (partial - thank to Juhász Dezső);
Dutch (thank to Dick Groskamp);
Spanish (partial - thank to Jose Lopez);
French (partial - thak to Bernard Gallat);
Turkish (partial - thank to Turker Gulum).

Code encrypted for security reason, available open here.

GET IT! - Get Sun Report Builder Sun Report Builder(c)Sun Microsystems
GET IT! - Get Toools 0.4.2 for OOo 2.4.x or MacOS Toools-nPy-0.4.2

Charles Schulz: Events & Non-events

2010-02-09T16:59:51+00:00

This week started the wrong way. Some people started to create what is litterally a storm in the teacup, while some other people made announcements that in my view are extremely disappointing and quite concerning for some practitioners of FOSS licensing management and consultancy. Let me explain this point first.

Black Duck was awarded a patent on Open Source licensing conflict resolution. The patent itself seems to cover the “core technology” of the software developed by Black Duck, and not the actual practice of FOSS licensing management and optimization, which is something that Ars Aperta incidently offers both through its traditional services and certification programs. I have to say that I am not really sure what the patent covers or does not cover, but it sure brings a lot of fear, uncertainty and doubt for the existing competitors or potential competitors of Black Duck Software, existing consultancies in similar field and last but not least, customers. No wonder Bradley Kuhn got upset about this. I do find these news quite unsettling myself, and I cannot wait to see Black Duck’s patent promise. At least that should remind some not to trust so called Open Source experts who use laptops with Windows, MS Office and Internet Explorer. It’s a small but telling sign they treat FOSS as some sort of disease and not as something to rationally analyze and assist their customers on. And do I need to repeat this again here? Software patents are bad, they stifle competition, customer choice, block innovation and lessen value. You may call them a reality, you don’t have to necessarily add to it.

What really strikes me as a real storm in the tea-cup is the pseudo announcement that Ubuntu will drop Openoffice.org from its upcoming Lucid Lynx release, in its netbook edition. The news came from this website and got quickly picked out by the largest french newspaper, stirring quite an uproar among the French community.

Let me offer some thoughts on why these news are nothing short of non-news, aside the mere fact that there is no official announcement by Canonical or any Ubuntu release team on this matter.

First, OpenOffice.org is a large application that usually runs well even on netbooks, but may not be the best tailored tool for specific uses envisioned for netbook users. There is nothing surprising in this, and several Linux distributions have actually never included OpenOffice.org by default because of size constraints and simplicity.
Second, even if Ubuntu were to drop OpenOffice.org from its specific netbook edition it does not mean that the software would be unavailable from the very same Ubuntu repositories. In fact it would be readily available, but it just would not be included in the default installation. How many computers shipped with Windows only include a trial version of Microsoft Word and not a coherent MS Office stack? Almost all of them don’t ship with the full copy of MS Office.
Third, we recently got hold of the first reliable statistics, aside our own count of downloads, of the actual market share of OpenOffice.org on a worldwide scale. And guess what? With these numbers, we won’t be exactly hampered by whatever decision not to ship OpenOffice.org in the default install set of Ubuntu netbook edition.

What is now needed is some sort of acknowledgment by the broader community of analysts that these stats are reliable. This would cause some real problems to Microsoft, as these statistics usually only count the shipments or the default installation images of MS Windows that come preloaded with one trial version of MS Word. Unless Microsoft patents some new market share analysis method, that is.

2010-02-09: Tuesday.

2010-02-09T16:20:18+00:00

Up early, prodded mail; pushed my bootchart2 slides:
Pinged by someone wrt. my comment in the slides on Canonical's drive for (C) assignment, of course other companies practise this - and I believe it is sub-optimal there too.
The openSUSE Survey is open, considered feedback much appreciated. Sad to see Oracle lay-off Willie Walker - accessibility hero, and pianist.
Played with the Microsoft Office Live beta, web apps inside Firefox on Linux. Curious indeed: while the spreadsheet zoom-in/out actually worked in the browser - beating Google Doc's feebler attempt here; trying to get a small =SQRT(STDEV($A$1:A1, 3)) type block fill-out; seemingly I wedged the server: "This workspace is too busy. Please try again later" - presumably logged in the backend somewhere. One of the nice things about web services (I suppose) is being able to watch your users, and see what problems they hit, which bits they can't make work and so on - to improve the product with.

New issues: Tue Feb 9 16:43:00 UTC 2010

2010-02-09T15:50:17+00:00

#i109081# - Database access: Drop down menus do not display values/erase on focus
#i109069# - Drawing: Resize shape to fit text re-applied upon reload
#i109079# - Presentation: No undo on styles modification
#i109065# - gsl: OOo detects xrandr clone screen as dual screen
#i109078# - l10n: [JA]inconsistent translation about "word count"
#i109066# - qa: Distribute French localized OOo 3.2 RC5 as final
#i109083# - qa: Distribute Greek (el) OOo3.2 RC5 as final
#i109064# - qa: Distribute OOo 3.2 RC5 russian as final
#i109073# - qa: EIS UI for incompatible modules is unusable
#i109080# - qa: [QA] Distribute 3.2.0RC Japanese (JA) version as final
#i109077# - sc: Changing the order of a sheet
#i109074# - sc: Sort data by using phonetic guides(ruby)
#i109075# - scripting: Property get/let should allow closing end sub
#i109076# - scripting: Support reserved words as label
#i109070# - scripting: optional param declareda as object: invalid use of an object
#i109067# - si: manual Sinhala font selection need type on OO.org
#i109082# - sw: Inability to place border around single word
#i109068# - sw: Search and replace of non- and breakable spaces at once
#i109072# - sw: Very slow printing with Writer compared to MS Word
#i109071# - udk: javaunohelper:

Virtaal supports Haitian Creole through Machine Translation plugin

2010-02-09T13:35:12+00:00

Update: Originally published on 2006-01-26 but somehow I didn't get this pushed on to the RSS feed so I've published it with a newer date.

Virtaal, a Computer Assisted Translation (CAT) tool, has been providing translators with Machine Translation suggestions through its plugin system. We've just committed a new Machine Translation plugin that allows Virtaal to use Microsoft Translator's new Haitian Creole translation engine.

The Microsoft Translator plugin has been waiting for the next major release as we didn't want to introduce any User Interface changes. But the usefulness of this tool in the current Haitian crisis means that we've released it so that people can use it and benefit from the feature.

How does this help?

Any software that needs to be localised into Haitian Creole can now be more easily translated in Virtaal with Haitian Machine Translation support.
Documents (OpenDocument Format and wiki texts) can be translated into Haitian Creole using Virtaal and the Translate Toolkit's txt2po and odf2xliff converters.

How do I use the plugin?

You have two options:

Windows: Download our special Virtaal .exe for Windows.
Linux: Copy the Microsoft Translator plugin into your plugin directory (on Linux this is /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtaal/plugins/tm/models/

How to use the plugin?

You'll need to define Haitian Creole as a language in Virtaal

Bottom Right > New Language Pair...

New Language Pair..." /> New Language Pair..." /> New Language Pair..." /> New Language Pair...">

Add Missing Language...

Name 'Haitian Creole' and language code 'ht'

Ensure that the plugin is enabled. Edit > Preferences > Plug-ins > Translation Memory > Configure... Ensure Microsoft Translator is checked.

Open your file and begin translating, I'm using the tutorial Help > Tutorial and as you can see I'm getting Machine Translation suggestions from Microsoft for Haitian Creole.

Has the Irresistible Rise of OpenOffice.org Begun?

2010-02-09T08:21:51+00:00

New issues: Tue Feb 9 04:43:00 UTC 2010

2010-02-09T04:43:32+00:00

#i109055# - Installation: Trying to install OpenOffice
#i109054# - Presentation: Impress is crashing in slideshow when pressing [FN]+[F4] on laptop
#i109063# - Presentation: selected grid font-resize problem
#i109062# - framework: extensions: Extension Manager not working if extension contains wrong description.xml (here: extension-description)
#i109059# - qa: Distribute OOo 3.2 RC5 as final (Solaris
#i109061# - qa: Please distribute 3.2.0 pt binaries
#i109060# - qa: Release for 3.2
#i109057# - sc: DataPilot field subtotal function is loaded as display name
#i109053# - sk: Update of Slovak dictionary package
#i109058# - sw: Can not remove page break
#i109056# - sw: auto capitalization after a "1. " number @ the end of a sentence.

OpenLuna – open source moon mission

2010-02-09T02:26:12+00:00

This has nothing to do with OpenOffice.org directly, but it’s one of the most exciting open source projects I’ve heard about.

The OpenLuna Foundation seeks to return mankind to the lunar surface, first through robotic missions, followed by manned exploration, culminating in an eight person permanent outpost, and to do all of this in a way that it is accessible to everyone. Our research and technology will be open-source, we are privately funded, and one of our specific goals is to reach out to the community and educational systems to spread interest, enthusiasm, and involvement.

Yes, I joined, you bet. Makes me nostalgic for my NASA days, though of course that was government funding and got cut back. I’m an enthusiast for non-government projects and have been for many years.

The Multiple Meanings of the Term “Open”

2010-02-09T00:56:27+00:00

2010-02-08: Monday.

2010-02-08T21:00:00+00:00

A day of non-stop meeting / sync. call goodness; with JP, Jared, Guy, Kendy, Thorsten, and a stream of others. Mildly amused by "Time flies like an Arrow. Fruit Flies like Bananas".

CC F2F Meeting in HH

2010-02-08T20:36:00+00:00

The heading seems to be a bit cryptic, isn't it? It is about the "Community Council Face-To-Face Meeting in Hamburg".

We, the Community Council, had the chance to meet each other in the real world. Two days to catch up with all the tiny bits and pieces which are sometimes so incredibly difficult to discuss - mainly via IRC and in parallel with the "competing" usual project work.

The folks at the Hamburg office offered a warm welcome - many thanks to Jürgen and the members of the Team OpenOffice.org e. V. who cared about our creature comforts.

This is how the participants looked like - just a snapshot since we missed any opportunity to posture ...

There were some interesting information and sometimes even strong discussions. Hardly surprising, since each of the council members has a certain viewpoint. As you may know, each of the members is elected by a special constituency, so that the person can represent the interests of a certain group in our whole community.

Besides he official discussion there were - maybe even more important - the lesser official discussions until late in the night. I can just repeat my request to everyone to use any chance to attend such a local meeting or even conference ... :-)

Here is a picture of what happened with the results ... aehm ... the media which was used to collect the results.

You may take the chance to have a look at the draft minutes John was so kind to prepare. Most probably, there will be some more information in the near future. Until then we have some more Action Items which have to be resolved ... let's go!

That's it - many thanks to all the people who were directly and indirectly involved!

Christoph

New issues: Mon Feb 8 16:43:01 UTC 2010

2010-02-08T16:44:46+00:00

#i109041# - Database access: Acessing PostgreSQL stored procedures not possible with SQL queries and parameters
#i109045# - Database access: SRB crash in REPORT editing
#i109047# - Database access: crash when opening srb report from macro
#i109050# - Presentation: Impress crashes when switching to another output device via FN+F5
#i109042# - Presentation: Native table : copying text from one cell to another brings back default formatting
#i109037# - Presentation: Office crashes when opening comment
#i109052# - framework: -headless does display windows
#i109039# - framework: ActiveX control shows only half of a template document
#i109040# - framework: OOo has crushed
#i109048# - l10n: changed \" to ' in 2 strings
#i109044# - qa: Distribute OOo 3.2 RC5 as final
#i109051# - scripting: Support exit property
#i109049# - scripting: Support visibility specifiers for type
#i109036# - sw: Bad Export to RTF or DOC
#i109043# - sw: Some Chinese characters crashed writer.
#i109038# - sw: window opens in not existing external monitor
#i109046# - tools: OOo 3.2.1 release stoppers / blockers

OpenOffice_org 3.2 rc5 available for openSUSE

2010-02-08T13:33:20+00:00

I’m happy to announce OpenOffice.org 3.2 rc5 packages for openSUSE. They are available in the Build Service OpenOffice:org:UNSTABLE project and include many upstream and Go-oo fixes. See also overview of integrated features and enhancements. Please, look for more details about the openSUSE OOo build on the wiki page.

The packages are release candidates. Though, they have not passed the full QA test and might still include even serious bugs. Therefore they are not intended for data-critical usage. A good practice is to archive any important data before an use, …

As usual, we kindly ask any interested beta testers to try the package and report bugs. See also the list of known bugs.

Other information and plans:

There were more blocker bugs in the rc4, so we needed to release rc5 in the end. The good news is that no new blocker bug has been reported last few days. If nothing bad happen with the next few days, rc5 will be final and I will put it to the OpenOffice:org:STABLE project by the end of this week. Please, keep your fingers crossed

Extension deployment

2010-02-08T13:20:20+00:00

Currently, extensions programmers have no access to the deployment process of an extension. With CWS tkr35 the new interface XDeploymentHooks was introduced. An extension programmer may uses this interface to get a notification and execute custom code during the deployment and undeployment process.

To activate the deployment hooks simple add the <deploymentHook>-Tag to your description.xml. The tag contains the service name of the XDeploymentHooks implementation.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<description xmlns="http://openoffice.org/extensions/description/2006" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
    <version value="0.0.1"/>
<deploymentHooks service="com.foo.DeploymentHooksTest"/>
    <identifier value="com.foo.DeploymentHooksTest"/>
    <display-name>
        <name lang="en">Deployment Hooks Test Extension</name>
    </display-name>
</description>

For more information see wiki.

api: Notification during install/uninstall of an extension

2010-02-08T07:20:05+00:00

An extension programmer may implements the new interface (com.sun.star.deployment.XDeploymentHooks) within a extension to get notified while install and uninstall process. ... Task: i108570 Spec: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Extensions/Extension_DeploymentHooks Mail: Tobias.Krause@Sun.COM

New issues: Mon Feb 8 04:43:01 UTC 2010

2010-02-08T04:43:16+00:00

#i109032# - Database access: CreateUnoDialog returns Null when Dialog/s running from other odb file at the same time
#i109034# - Database access: Second Listbox in table control shows ID instead of text
#i109031# - l10n: [JA]wrong translation about "Drawing scale"
#i109035# - sw: There could be a "Go to" button in the "Insert bookmark" window
#i109033# - sw: Writer hangs loading particular file with linked text frames

2010-02-07: Sunday.

2010-02-07T21:00:00+00:00

Up too early; to the conference. Enjoyed the Tor talk, although the ethics of standing nearby a lot of people doing a very diverse set of things (in order to help hide them) are unclear to me.
Amused by Tanenbaum's talk on reliable software, if not completely convinced. It is highly unclear to me that re-starting apparently AWOL individual components will lead to a more reliable system overall, on the other hand - isolation of low-quality third party drivers seems obviously good.
Travelled home via some horrendous interrupted rail journey / bus special. Longer to get from London to Newmarket than from Brussels to London.

WriterRotationTool

2010-02-07T17:19:08+00:00

The extension WriterRotationTool allows to rotate an image
in a text document using the mouse, like others graphical objects.
The image is transformed into a drawing shape to allow its rotation.

This extension works both in :
* Writer documents,
* master documents,
* XML forms,
* HTML documents,
* database reports,
* database forms.

New issues: Sun Feb 7 16:43:00 UTC 2010

2010-02-07T16:43:30+00:00

#i109020# - Formula editor: Possibility to remove extra white space from expressions
#i109023# - de: Wrong file name while exporting to a pdf file
#i109030# - extensions: Obba extensionwill not install on OO3.1.
#i109028# - framework: Palooca crashes Open Office 3.1-3.1.1 Calc & disables Extension Manager...
#i109021# - framework: [printerpullpages] Crash when open the dialog with selected text in writer
#i109022# - framework: [printerpullpages] shortcut can not see at default
#i109024# - framework: python uno broken
#i109027# - porting: Mingw build stopper: WeakReference assigment failure
#i109025# - qa: Please distribute danish built 3.2
#i109026# - sw: OO shutdown after saving *.odt an starting spell checking
#i109029# - sw: printer won't print borders of tables

New issues: Sun Feb 7 04:43:00 UTC 2010

2010-02-07T04:43:20+00:00

#i109016# - Chart: should allow to disable the resfresh while editing
#i109015# - Presentation: linked image url is saved with invalid path
#i109014# - framework: OpenOffice Crashes when saving a file to a network drive
#i109018# - framework: installation - sofficeapp.dll not found
#i109019# - sw: Simple table no borders not saving in Writer .doc format
#i109013# - sw: error with tool writer, table with edgecolor Sun2, Sun3 or Sun4
#i109017# - sw: uninformative merge error message

2010-02-06: Saturday.

2010-02-06T21:00:00+00:00

Up somewhat late for breakfast - met some Cambridge guys working on accessible speech synthesis devices. Bus to the conference. Set too manning the booth - Moblin demos, worked on a few build bugs with FunkyPenguin.
Worked on my talk somewhat; despite a deluge of interesting things and people passing by. Gave it; slides to follow. Wandered the floor, demoing things to people.
Out for dinner with some SUSE guys in the evening; and off to the Porte Noir for the GNOME party.

New issues: Sat Feb 6 16:43:00 UTC 2010

2010-02-06T16:43:22+00:00

#i109010# - Presentation: Status of View - Comments not saved
#i109007# - gsl: crash from libqt when terminating OOo
#i109008# - sc: In Excel protected sheet can not be unprotected in OOO
#i109011# - sc: [Calc] diagram generation failure
#i109009# - sc: crash when closing calc with tooltip active
#i109006# - sw: PDF export of text in vertical orientation is horizontal.
#i109012# - sw: incorrectly formatting character strings as numbers

Open Source Veteran Matt Asay Joins Canonical (Developer.com)

2010-02-06T08:44:37+00:00

What we know about Oracle Cloud Office, OpenOffice.org (Network World)

2010-02-06T08:42:54+00:00

Life without Windows

2010-02-06T08:40:24+00:00

Louis Suarez-Potts: fosdem 2010

2010-02-06T06:54:09+00:00

I missed last year's but was here two years ago, in Brussels, during winter, only without the broken hip. Fosdem is intense, exciting, great. The focus is on presentations, dsicussions that have an effect, that are not just speeches. In our case, this means the OOo developers present (and there are a lot) are going around meeting others and discussing OOo's technology and file format (the ODF) and how to contribute. (Today there is also a meeting of the ODF crew at 14:00, which I will be participating in. And that field--the ODF--is also immensely interesting.)

More later.....

Oh, cool data--so cool I wonder how much we can believe it.

See: http://www.webmasterpro.de/portal/news/2010/02/05/international-openoffice-market-shares.html

New issues: Sat Feb 6 04:43:01 UTC 2010

2010-02-06T04:43:44+00:00

#i109003# - *Testproduct: OpenOffice Calc
#i109001# - *Testproduct: OpenOffice Calc, Standard Filter
#i108997# - Drawing: Elbow connector adjustment lost when pasting drawing from Draw to Writer
#i108995# - Drawing: Can't delete comments for one Author
#i109000# - porting: [Mac OS X] crash when removing entries in toolbar
#i108991# - sc: COUNTIF gives inconsistent counts of empty arrays
#i109004# - sc: Runtime Error soffice.bin
#i108992# - sw: "CharHeight" property doesn't work
#i108996# - sw: Crash on open this .docx
#i108999# - sw: Error importing word document, pages missings.
#i108998# - sw: RTF export: List formatting partially lost when saving as RTF
#i109005# - sw: The above URL will not work as a link to the Internet
#i108994# - sw: The property "HyperLinkURL" doesn't work.
#i109002# - sw: problem with subscripts and superscripts
#i108993# - ucb: ucb: GIO causes termination on double-click on formula in calc

Costa Rica spelling, hyphenation and thesaurus dictionaries

2010-02-06T04:07:07+00:00

A Spanish Costa Rica (es_CR, CR Spanish) dictionary for OOo 3

2010-02-05: Friday.

2010-02-05T21:00:00+00:00

Up early, plugged away at mail for a bit; packed, lunch, and set off for Brussels. Hackery on slides for tomorrow. Arrived, out to the beer event - caught up with a simply staggering number of cool & interesting people, bed inordinately late.

Autokostenberechner

2010-02-05T19:58:19+00:00

Erfasst und berechnet Autokosten

Rechnungsvorlage_002gr

2010-02-05T19:48:01+00:00

Rechnungsvorlage mit Mehrwertsteuer

New issues: Fri Feb 5 16:43:00 UTC 2010

2010-02-05T16:44:33+00:00

#i108969# - Chart: Asian Layout mode in chart
#i108977# - Chart: Display legend
#i108971# - Drawing: Drawing scale does not effect to measure
#i108983# - Presentation: Page Numbering in Handout not incrementing
#i108984# - Presentation: Slide size in handout cant be changed
#i108976# - Presentation: deleting a graphic style causes crash
#i108985# - gsl: We get en error with PDF/A generated when we try to open with Adobe Reader V8.
#i108979# - l10n: [JA]Inconsistent translation about "Distribution"
#i108973# - qa: [automation] refactor and cleanup dbaccess testscripts
#i108987# - sc: "paste range is too big" could crop instead
#i108980# - sc: Cant switch between RadioButtons
#i108990# - sc: Hangs deleting big group of cells with formulas
#i108988# - sc: Non Latin characters display problem in sheet tabs
#i108986# - sc: Starting Opening Workbook macro
#i108974# - sw: Calibri font has bad rendering under OOO when reloading document
#i108972# - sw: DOCX: paragraph following table erroneously got a page break
#i108978# - sw: WW8. exported OOo Spreadsheet disappears when re-imported in writer
#i108981# - sw: docx import adds blank paragraphs
#i108982# - sw: docx import adds page break between two tables
#i108970# - sw: docx: file having odd footers with table in it crashes OOo 3.2
#i108989# - www: Linux: Recognize 64-bit OS to offer a x86-64 file instead of x86
#i108975# - www: ssh public key for mercurial

Nice popups for every toolbar

2010-02-05T15:50:28+00:00

In the Go-oo team, we wanted to refactor some toolbar popups to tend to some general look. The following screenshots give a good idea of the differences between those popups.

Then I changed the popup windows by something looking more like the third of the above screenshots. For some popups I even removed the menu to use normal dialog controls: the effect was pretty awful with the OpenSuse 11.2 default GTK theme (with black menus). Here are some screenshots to better realize what has changed, though there are other refactored popups…

The patch has been committed to ooo-build master branch, but is not yet applied as there are still some crashes to fix when reopening the toolbar.

chart: Hierarchical axis labels

2010-02-05T13:20:25+00:00

Hierarchical axis labels are now available for charts. For charts that get their data from spreadsheet cells: If the categories do span multiple rows and multiple columns, the direction of the first data series is detected. If the data for the first ... Task: i82971 Spec: http://specs.openoffice.org/chart/ChartDataDialog.odt Mail: ingrid.halama@sun.com

New: OOo-DEV 3.x Developer Snapshot (build DEV300_m71) available

2010-02-05T08:52:38+00:00

Developer Snapshot build OOo-Dev DEV300_m71 is available for download.

DEV300 is the development codeline for the upcoming OOo 3.x releases.

If you find severe issues within this build please file them to OpenOffice.org's bug tracking system IssueTracker.

Please use the following download page:
http://download.openoffice.org/next

Release Notes:
http://development.openoffice.org/releases/DEV300_m71_snapshot.html

MD5 checksums:
http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/DEV300_m71_md5sums.txt

Symbian is open!

2010-02-05T07:04:00+00:00

Four month ahead of schedule, Symbian OS is now fully open source:

http://blog.symbian.org/2010/02/04/symbian-is-open/

New issues: Fri Feb 5 04:43:00 UTC 2010

2010-02-05T04:43:25+00:00

#i108967# - Database access: JDBC connection to SQLite broken. Used to work in OOo 3.1.1
#i108966# - Installation: OOo 3.1.1 installer doesn't create association for MS Office files
#i108968# - Presentation: will not save documents
#i108965# - framework: [windows 7 filepicker] Some controls are misarranged / labels too short
#i108964# - sc: Calc destroys cell format on search-replace
#i108961# - sw: Paper size is ignored while Printing
#i108962# - sw: Tables corrupt document when running across two pages.
#i108963# - sw: random auto indent when using numbering with symbol before number

SUMTEX - Сумма прописью

2010-02-04T22:26:13+00:00

Calc function to convert numbers to words (for Russian, Ukrainian, Belarussian languages only).

Функция для преобразования чисел в числительные. Поддерживает русский, украинский, белорусский языки (т.к. они похожи), имеет немного другой нежели numbertext и moneytext алгоритм. Сделана на основе Сумма прописью (Basic) и совместима с ней. Функция в мастере функций называется SUMTEX. Ей можно дать любое название, которое нравится, например, "ЧВС" (=число в слово), "пропиши", "словами", и т.д. Если найдёте подходящее название, которое хотите закрепить - сообщите, пожалуйста. Функция имеет своё описание в мастере функций. Она имеет один обязательный параметр - число, а все остальные не обязательны.
Пример:
SUMTEX(1234;"ягоды") даёт результат "одна тысяча двести тридцать четыре ягоды" на русской сборке, " одна тисяча двісті тридцять чотири ягоды " на украинской. Тот же результат можно получить на русской сборке, введя формулу =SUMTEX(1234;"ягоды"; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;"укр").

3 weeks in Coventry

2010-02-04T21:41:38+00:00

One of the evil tricks we used to play as kids was “sending someone to Coventry” – refusing to speak to them – a juvenile form of solitary confinement. Since moving house three weeks ago, I have been without broadband, and feel as if I have been “sent to Coventry” as far as taking part in OpenOffice.org activities is concerned. The Oracle / Sun acquisition has gone through and I haven’t seen a single one of the key webcasts … various release candidates have been issued and superceded and I haven’t been able to download one of them … I’m in a vacuum!

So today I find myself in a hotel in Hamburg enjoying free wifi access, after a day in a real (not just virtual) Community Council meeting. More on that tomorrow (it’s past my bedtime now ) but I would just like to pay tribute to the large number of OpenOffice.org volunteers who do not have broadband access at all, but who pay such a vital part in the Community. How they manage to do localisations, QA new releases, man support forums etc without broadband – I just can’t imagine it. You are amazing – I salute you!

2010-02-04: Thursday.

2010-02-04T21:00:00+00:00

Up early, more mail prodding, paniced about slides for FOSDEM, and various other un-resolved issues. A day of admin, and conference calls - up very late.

New issues: Thu Feb 4 16:43:00 UTC 2010

2010-02-04T16:45:06+00:00

#i108955# - Chart: Vertically stacked does not work correctly in chart
#i108957# - Chart: Vertically stacked does not work correctly in chart
#i108943# - Database access: SRB displays wrongly localized window title
#i108954# - Database access: SRB: Bubble chart shows data on Y axis
#i108956# - Database access: SRB: Pie charts show no data in report only legend keys
#i108959# - Database access: SRB: crash when closing
#i108939# - Database access: reportdesign: final unused method in reportdesign
#i108947# - Installation: Showing a correct build id in Mac's Finder-Quicklook requires to always build 'sysui'
#i108952# - Presentation: add to custom show list ,then hiden ,finally play it ,program crash
#i108934# - documentation: when offering regular expressions, point out to turn them on
#i108931# - framework: Caching of obsolete certificates?
#i108936# - framework: Switch "-nolockcheck" affects lock-files of documents
#i108950# - framework: filter: improved userform,frame, multipage & page filter
#i108945# - framework: scripting: encode From name and address correctly
#i108946# - framework: xmlscript: needs support for spinbuttons for dialogs
#i108935# - gsl: non-pro: STL error when loading file with CTL text
#i108949# - gsl: support embedded controls in Openoffice Dialogs
#i108951# - gsl: toolkit: new controls Frame, MultiPage + Page
#i108944# - l10n: [JA]inconsistent translation about "Vertically stacked"
#i108932# - porting: Build ID in Quicklook is not the same as in About OOo
#i108933# - porting: register component './pythonloader.uno' in registry 'pyuno_services.tmp' failed!
#i108958# - pt: Verify Word completion dialog label change don't have word to be replace on Portuguese Version
#i108948# - sc: Unhandled UnknownPropertyException in DataPilot from external service
#i108953# - sw: Conflict between libldap50.so and libldap2
#i108960# - sw: Copy-Paste Edit failure in Tool-Tip for 'Font Color'
#i108937# - sw: PS Printing fails with embedded EPS-Graphic NEW INFO
#i108941# - sw: PS character encoding w PS-Fonts faulty in PDF-Export
#i108942# - sw: Postscript Garbage printing workaround
#i108929# - sw: Table align "Center" and "Right" lost when saving to DOC in 3.1 & 3.2 (since 3.0.0)
#i108930# - sw: bad frame position after reloading using style marginalia
#i108940# - tools: build.pl pollutes source_config when preparing a build
#i108938# - ucb: ucb: final unused method in ucb

New: OpenOffice.org 3.2.0 Release Candidate 5 (build OOO320_m12) available

2010-02-04T12:16:36+00:00

OpenOffice.org 3.2.0 Release Candidate 5 is now available on the download website.

If you find severe issues within this build please file them to OpenOffice.org's bug tracking system IssueTracker:

Download website:
http://download.openoffice.org/all_rc.html

Release notes:
http://development.openoffice.org/releases/3.2.0rc5.html

MD5 checksums:
http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/3.2.0rc5_md5sums.txt

I'm going to FOSDEM '10

2010-02-04T10:35:19+00:00

Come to my Show me YOUR code workshop on Saturday, 2010-02-06 16:00. Meet me at the OpenOffice.org Developer Room or the OOo stand or anywhere else. I'll also dent my location occasionally at identi.ca.

Translate Toolkit - a powerful localisation toolkit

2010-02-04T06:49:35+00:00

What did it take to allow Pootle, our web-based localisation platform to support Qt Linguist (.ts), TMX and TBX formats?

Three lines of code!

Pootle uses the Translate Toolkit which Translate.org.za has developed since 2002 to provide a powerful set of tools to manipulate localisation files. The Toolkit has evolved and grown as our needs have changed and as we began to localise other applications like Mozilla Firefox and OpenOffice.org.

The toolkit has the concept of a localisation base class from which all our localisation file implementations derive. We use the base class within Pootle to access XLIFF and PO files. We were pretty sure we'd be able to support other bilingual files (localisation files with both the source and target language in one file) in Pootle but we didn't think it would be this easy.

Of course we'd like to make some further changes so that Pootle simply supports any bilingual file store from the Translate Toolkit and we'll need to test Pootle running with this new feature, expect a beta soon.

Now you might be wondering about monolingual files (localisation files with just one language stored in the file e.g. Java properties files). Well we're busy looking at those and hopefully with the next release of Pootle we'll be able to directly translate monolingual files. Have a look at our list of currently supported localisation files and start dreaming about what will be possible.

For software and content developers the exciting new is this. You want to localise your esoteric format in Pootle? Simply write a storage class for the Translate Toolkit and you will automatically have support within Pootle for your format.

Update: Just before publishing this blog post the Translate Toolkit development list got news of a new Gettext PO diffing tool that uses... the Translate Toolkit of course.

New issues: Thu Feb 4 04:43:00 UTC 2010

2010-02-04T04:44:01+00:00

#i108927# - Presentation: Copy + Paste Slide produces new slide with wrong formating & content
#i108916# - Presentation: Inconsistent behaviour between Writer and Impress comments
#i108917# - Presentation: Pop-Up Menu in Impress-Comments has strange behaviour
#i108926# - Presentation: can add a page which has been hidden to Custom Show List, if Play it then program crash
#i108925# - framework: Problem saving files over CIFS share
#i108911# - framework: [redland,unoxml] get rid of redland-1.0.8.patch.free_null
#i108918# - framework: desktop: QuickStarter/Gnome not started on login
#i108914# - gsl: vcl: Lost mpGraphics in OutputDevice::ImplNewFont()
#i108913# - pl: spacja nierozdzielająca
#i108928# - sc: DataPilot: crash on drill-down of field member
#i108912# - sc: pageformat get lost on copy a speadsheet
#i108920# - sw: Jumping to hidden placeholder will Crash OpenOffice
#i108915# - sw: Tables in Writer - "space equally" does not work for rows
#i108922# - sw: ill positioned text frames after import from word 6
#i108924# - sw: linked fotos right shifted within the border
#i108919# - sw: sw: new && || ambiguity in m71
#i108921# - sw: unknown code inserted when file is exported from docx to txt
#i108923# - ucb: build broken in ucb/source/ucp/gio/gio_content.cxx

OpenOffice Tops 21% Market Share In Germany

2010-02-04T00:16:27+00:00

Study: > 21% of German PCs run OpenOffice

2010-02-04T00:16:16+00:00

Multisave: uno strumento, tre formati

2010-02-03T23:56:18+00:00

2010-02-03: Wednesday.

2010-02-03T21:00:00+00:00

Up early, to work - pleased to read Bradley's Not All Copyright Assignment Is Created Equal post; Amen. Prodded mail.
Slogged away at package building, obs submissions etc. Several conference calls.

DEV300_m71

2010-02-03T20:45:41+00:00

DEV300_m71, svx, soltools and accessibility all 0 unused methods now. ucb reportdesign and sal nearly unused free. sc and sw creep up again. Over all count -17

New issues: Wed Feb 3 16:43:00 UTC 2010

2010-02-03T16:47:14+00:00

#i108907# - Chart: Column labels are cut off in chart data dialog
#i108865# - Database access: How to add a lookup field in a table
#i108905# - Database access: [cws sb111] Sun Report Builder doees not create report. Error messages when execute
#i108908# - Drawing: basegfx: d="M .4,.3" legal ?
#i108903# - Installation: can not open the program
#i108869# - Presentation: Drawing toolbar click "insert" menu item crash
#i108898# - documentation: Help missing or wrong for Fontwork, Gallery, Database Beamer
#i108904# - framework: framework: Extend possible document size above 300 cm
#i108896# - porting: MacOSX: OOO320_m12 build failed at instsetoo_native with-lang=ALL
#i108897# - sc: Error in dbase file format during save
#i108899# - sc: Paste special hangs Calc on a medium sized spreadsheet
#i108864# - sc: RFE for opening ods and odp files with the implementation of the SUN ODF Plugin
#i108910# - sw: Compatibility with Macspeech Dictate
#i108901# - sw: Email Mail Merge: No possibility to adjust PDF export properties
#i108906# - sw: PDF export --> degraded quality of embedded EPS images
#i108902# - sw: module sw needs to depend on module filter
#i108900# - sw: module sw needs to depend on module oovbaapi
#i108909# - ucb: Update neon to 0.29.x
#i108890# - vba: API Mkdir can't work
#i108884# - vba: Add new API: Application.GetSaveAsFileName
#i108893# - vba: Add new API: Application.SheetsInNewWorkbook
#i108894# - vba: Add new API: Comment.Shape
#i108877# - vba: Add new API: FileSearch.FoundFiles
#i108892# - vba: Add new API: Shape.Copy
#i108871# - vba: After saved, form control lost assigned macro
#i108889# - vba: Application.GetOpenFilename can't work correctly
#i108876# - vba: Application.Range does not work well
#i108863# - vba: Application.Run could not work correctly
#i108880# - vba: Implements API Application.EnableEvents
#i108883# - vba: Implements API: Range.TextToColumn
#i108867# - vba: Implements new API: Application.CutCopyMode
#i108887# - vba: New API: Application.Undo
#i108886# - vba: New API: PageSetup.PaperSize
#i108882# - vba: New APIs: Application.Iteration Application.International Application.EnableCancelKey Application.InchesToPoints
#i108878# - vba: Range.AutoFilter does not work well
#i108866# - vba: Range.Copy() API does not support to copy range to different workbooks.
#i108891# - vba: Range.CopyFromRecordset with instant adLockReadOnly can't work
#i108873# - vba: Range.PasteSpecial() does not work well
#i108868# - vba: Range.PivotTable could not work well
#i108872# - vba: Some COM API can't work well, such as some Notes COM API.
#i108885# - vba: Support new API, WorksheetFunction.IsNumber, WorksheetFunction.IsText, WorksheetFunction.IsNoText
#i108895# - vba: Support new parameter for API: UserForm.Show(modal as boolean)
#i108879# - vba: Support return value for basic method "Shell"
#i108888# - vba: Workbook.SaveAs could not work correctly
#i108874# - vba: Worksheet.Change event works not correctly
#i108875# - vba: Worksheet.Copy does not work well
#i108881# - vba: Worksheet.Visible should return -1 when the value is True
#i108870# - vba: WorksheetFunction.Match could not work correctly

DEV300_m71 ready for use.

2010-02-03T14:53:33+00:00

DEV300_m71 has been built by Hamburg RE. No open build problems are known, and smoketest has been passed successfully.

Tasks and their ChildWorkspaces for Milestone DEV300m71

Child Workspaces integrated:

automation007

Automation related tasks for OOo 3.3

bserver50

buildtool08

This CWS contains fix for #i107041# as well as some small fixes (like new variable naming style)

calc32stopper9_DEV300

3.2 issue

chart32stopper_DEV300

3.2 stopper issues: chart and calc

cmcfixes69

misc low-hanging cppcheck fixes

dba32z_DEV300

dba33d

eraser01

Deal with all the erasing functionnalities in drawing features of OpenOffice.org

fwk136_DEV300

Showstopper

impress181

Bugfix cws for impress/draw with OOo 3.2 target

koheidatapilot03

Misc new stuff for DataPilot.

kso42

Misc. OOo 3.3 tasks,

l10n32fixrc_DEV300

enable basque help

l10ntools

some minor issues fixed in localize_sl and localize.pl , transex3 renamed to l10ntools , added missing buildtypes

native280_DEV300

Update to Java 6 Update 18

s390xport02

Fixes for the s390x uno bridge

swunolocking1

try to improve the robustness of the writer UNO API implementation in multi-threaded scenarios.
the main problems are described in issue i105557.

vcl108

3.3 issues

dev300m71masterfix

gsl: New print UI

2010-02-03T13:35:05+00:00

With the integration of CWS printerpullpages a new print UI has been integrated into OOo. Among numerous other things this now allows a print preview as well as N-Up printing for all applications.... Task: i92516 Spec: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Printerpullpages Mail: philipp.lohmann@sun.com

Second edition of Getting Started with OOo3

2010-02-03T09:43:56+00:00

The second edition of Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 3 (updated for OOo3.2) has been published. PDFs of individual chapters are here. Editable files (ODT) are coming soon to that page, along with ZIP files containing all the chapter files in either PDF or ODT form. A printed book is also coming soon, along with downloadable PDF and ODT files of the full compiled book.

New issues: Wed Feb 3 04:43:00 UTC 2010

2010-02-03T04:43:35+00:00

#i108854# - Database access: creating a form named "names" by wizard does not work anymore
#i108852# - framework: program isn't working; can't delete from computer
#i108856# - gsl: n-up printing hard to find
#i108855# - sc: spreadsheet-links are forced to lower-case during "save"
#i108862# - sw: Extra underlined blank character after wrapping and print to PDF
#i108857# - sw: Table border
#i108851# - sw: dimension arrows have wrong size and position
#i108858# - vba: Application.Dialogs().Show() does not return a boolean value.
#i108853# - vba: DEV300_m69 breaks with --disable-vba in vbahelper
#i108861# - vba: Event TextBox.KeyPress,TextBox.Exit can't work with parameters
#i108859# - vba: Event Worksheet.SelectionChange is triggered, although the selection is not changed
#i108860# - vba: Validation can't work correctly.

Migrating from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice.org or StarOffice 9 (Developer.com)

2010-02-03T00:52:35+00:00

Oracle will boost MySQL, release Cloud Office suite (CIO)

2010-02-03T00:51:41+00:00

Oracle looks to reassure free software movement (iTNews)

2010-02-03T00:51:03+00:00

Sun-Oracle Merger Looks Bright for OpenOffice, MySQL (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News)

2010-02-03T00:50:40+00:00

Should Government drop Windows and turn to open source? (ZDNet)

2010-02-03T00:49:07+00:00