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Toools

2010-03-12T23:01:26+00:00

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.

New! The Gantt module is now in a separeted extension, IcsGantt, available here. With this extension you can program a job and create a Gantt chart connected with HSQLDB, updating 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 and David Freijeiro González);
French (partial - thak to Bernard Gallat);
Turkish (partial - thank to Turker Gulum).
Galician (partial - thank to David Freijeiro González);

Code encrypted for security reason, available open here.
Translate the extension in your language by downloading here the .txt and send by mail.

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

New issues: Fri Mar 12 16:43:00 UTC 2010

2010-03-12T16:43:51+00:00

#i110067# - Database access: connectivity: typos in resource.pot
#i110069# - Drawing: basegfx: number of elements used for a circle is platform dependent
#i110082# - Installation: Wrong GLIBC version for running OOo3.2 on SLES11(PPC)
#i110073# - Presentation: treatment of ODF author fields
#i110081# - framework: New 3.2 Wont Load
#i110072# - framework: Repeated registration
#i110071# - framework: Unhelpful warning in address book data source wizard
#i110066# - framework: svtools: typo Darusalam
#i110083# - framework: unopkg - some extension refuse to install with m74
#i110078# - gsl: Writer repagination is slow in m75
#i110068# - porting: move [pre|post]graphitestl.h and extend it for use with mysqlconnector
#i110065# - qa: [Automation][t_listfuncs.inc] Enhance hListCompare() to return delta
#i110079# - sc: Formula calculation
#i110074# - sc: treatment of ODF Author Fields
#i110080# - sw: Data loss when using master documents
#i110075# - sw: Treatment of ODF Author Fields
#i110076# - sw: problem pasting a line from an internet explorer web page ito oo writer
#i110077# - tools: soltools: clean up warnings
#i110070# - xml: [xmloff] import for RDFa on bookmarks broken

English (US) MacOSX PowerPC version of OpenOffice.org 3.2.0 has been released!

2010-03-12T09:33:30+00:00

English (US) MacOSX PowerPC version of OpenOffice.org 3.2.0 has been released!

This is the first official AQUA version of OpenOffice.org for PowerPC MacOSX.

Jean-Baptiste Faure has tested, and Marcus Lange corrdinated and uploaded.
Nakata Maho provided release candidate build, and OpenOffice.org community members have developed OpenOffice.org, indeed.

James McKenzie had left from QA after the release of 2.4.3, since then we have never see the release of English (US) MacOSX PPC version of OOo, just we don't have testers nor coordinators.
many issues and request for that, we have never see ...

I'm really appreciated as build provider.

See the thread;
http://qa.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=13195
.

New issues: Fri Mar 12 04:43:00 UTC 2010

2010-03-12T04:43:18+00:00

#i110063# - Formula editor: in subscript error
#i110062# - Presentation: Invitation!
#i110060# - framework: Update notification causes flickering of application window
#i110059# - sc: Last used function list is incorrect
#i110061# - tools: automatically configure CC=gcc-4.0 on Mac OS X 10.6
#i110064# - www: Unauthorized Unsubscribe

New issues: Thu Mar 11 16:43:00 UTC 2010

2010-03-11T16:43:56+00:00

#i110040# - *Testproduct: alignment problem
#i110052# - Chart: Wrong line colour in XY-chart after making line transparent for data series longer than 1113 items
#i110044# - Database access: empty string in list box controls not shown in entry list
#i110057# - Drawing: Objects snap to their old positions
#i110054# - Presentation: Empty impress saved as .uop file comes up read only
#i110041# - framework: --with-lang=ALL: DEV300_74 : build failure at postprocess
#i110047# - framework: Controls too big in the UI
#i110045# - framework: should report an error when a required component is not installed
#i110050# - framework: tools: make tools headers strict aliasing safe
#i110051# - sc: In Graph X axis all numbers are displayed
#i110042# - sq: Please give agroni more rights on pootle
#i110058# - sw: Bad number alignement in numbered list
#i110055# - sw: Office crashes save file as RTF
#i110046# - sw: Preview for OpenOffice.org styles and formattings
#i110043# - sw: Unable to "send as email" when filename contains Unicode character
#i110056# - sw: Writer Styles List sorts by number not style proper order
#i110048# - sw: login dialog should get new layout
#i110053# - sw: remove duplicate login dialog
#i110049# - udk: stoc: strict-aliasing fixes

Open Source Books: Android, by Massimo Carli

2010-03-11T15:10:52+00:00

Many books on Android are available today, but “Android - Guida per lo sviluppatore” (eng. developers’ guide) is the first Italian book covering the open source Java-based mobile platform developed by Google.

The author, Massimo Carli, prepares the reader to deal with this open source mobile platform in a step-by-step fashion, providing also easy to understand code examples.

The book many topics, includes:

an introduction to the Android platform, architecture, and tools
how to build applications
details creating layouts and views
Delve into security, development tools and debugging

The book is a complement to the existing Android documentation and it is a great introduction.

New look for the Education Project wiki page

2010-03-11T11:52:58+00:00

Many thanks to Matthieu Paret, student at UTBM (France) who relooked the Education Project wiki page

The work was made as a student application (credits), during the previous semester.

The reports describing the work, are available in both French and English (please report us the issues, errors and so on, you could find)

* French version of the report (.pdf format).
* English version of the report (.pdf format).

* Other reports (.odt and other)
To summarize, the work was mostly a long thought about what we do, and how we do.

""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Education Project on the wiki
EducOO.org blog (french)
OOo4Kids

Many thanks to Ben Bois , author of the EducOOo Logo

New issues: Thu Mar 11 04:43:00 UTC 2010

2010-03-11T04:43:33+00:00

#i110034# - Chart: copy-paste of chart+ranges looses data references
#i110039# - Database access: 'Base' title bar in data entry mode says 'Form design'
#i110036# - Database access: Change default for numeric controls in Forms for "Mouse wheel scroll" to "Never"
#i110028# - Drawing: Cursor-Trail when moving words in T-Textframe by drag and drop
#i110033# - framework: [unordf] adapt RDFa implementation: remove rdfs:label
#i110035# - framework: framework: unused files
#i110037# - sc: Calc: editing centered cells -> text misplaced
#i110031# - sc: Replace automaticly string to date, and cannot switch it off
#i110030# - sc: corrupted file - how to recover
#i110038# - sw: Cannot Access Writer or Files
#i110032# - sw: Term Paper
#i110029# - xml: Can not read/save OOXML files

New issues: Wed Mar 10 16:43:00 UTC 2010

2010-03-10T16:44:22+00:00

#i110004# - Drawing: New colors are not updated in standard.soc
#i110017# - Presentation: Defining custom gradients in Impress should be easier
#i110010# - Presentation: PPTImport: undo is crashing office
#i110006# - framework: configmgr: unused dtor in configmgr
#i110002# - framework: desktop: unused code in desktop
#i110023# - gsl: Attribute based font matching fails sometimes
#i110001# - gsl: shell: build breaks when configured with --enable-lockdown
#i110007# - l10n: Update English dictionaries
#i110016# - sc: Add number format presets with negatives in parentheses, for financial/accounting uses.
#i110018# - sc: Cannot copy text from one merged cell to another.
#i110020# - sc: Exporting cell in date format yyyy.mm.dd fails for pre 1900's
#i110008# - sc: Formula changes on column/cell insert
#i110022# - sc: Hyperlink funktion
#i110019# - sc: Paste Function not working
#i109999# - sw: 'Alternatives' control in Thesaurus has no ID
#i110021# - sw: Calctables as datasource for Mail-Merge fails at numbers
#i110014# - sw: Character style dropdown is unsorted in "Format - Bullets and Numbering - Options"
#i110024# - sw: I want to save to two locations at the same time each time I save my document.
#i110012# - sw: Missing space between numbering and text when exporting into TXT
#i110026# - sw: Search and Replace with regexp to purge empty paragraphs hangs OOO Writer
#i110003# - sw: Select text via Ctrl-Shift-Arrow without selecting the paragraph break
#i110015# - sw: UserField property IsFieldDisplayed gives wrong values
#i110013# - sw: When saving PDF, default save path seems suboptimal
#i110000# - sw: Writer -- Use list numbers instead of page numbers in Index
#i109998# - sw: Writer spoil tables in doc file on save
#i110005# - sw: incompatibility between 3.2 and 3.1.x
#i110009# - sw: linguistic: replace StaticWithInit_ with rtl::StaticWithInit
#i110011# - tools: solenv: "Name "main::name" used only once" in deliver.pl
#i110025# - www: Please add my key
#i110027# - www: public key for user ssa

Open Source Webinars: ActiveState, BlackDuck, EnterpriseDB

2010-03-10T13:20:52+00:00

Take Quality Products to Market Faster with Enterprise-Ready Dynamic Languages - Join Lawrence Backman, VP, Quality Assurance at CA, and Jeff Hobbs, Director of Engineering at ActiveState to learn the value of enterprise-class dynamic languages for developing quality applications faster.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 2 pm ET.

The Impact of Virtualization Technology on Open Source License Obligations - The webinar will provide an overview of pertinent virtualization technologies, how they work, the issues they raise and perspective on how to address them.
Monday, March 29, 2010, 2 pm ET.

EnterpriseDB Addresses the Keys to Open Source Database Use in its Complementary Webinars Series - EnterpriseDB continues its free webinar series with several additional sessions aimed at assisting decision-makers, database managers and administrators with the selection, performance tuning, and security of open source databases in the enterprise.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 1 p.m. ET.

New: OOo-DEV 3.x Developer Snapshot (build DEV300_m74) available

2010-03-10T10:23:41+00:00

Developer Snapshot OOo-Dev DEV300_m74 is available for download.

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

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

Download:
http://download.openoffice.org/next

Release Notes:
http://development.openoffice.org/releases/DEV300_m74_snapshot.html

MD5 checksums:
http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/DEV300_m74_md5sums.txt

DEV300_m74

2010-03-10T09:33:09+00:00

DEV300_m74 +5 overall unused, though sal becomes unused method free.

New issues: Wed Mar 10 04:43:00 UTC 2010

2010-03-10T04:43:42+00:00

#i109984# - Chart: Data table headers become misaligned when a column is resized via double-clicking
#i109986# - Formula editor: Export formula to PNG
#i109993# - Presentation: ocha
#i109994# - Presentation: ocha
#i109995# - Presentation: ocha
#i109996# - Presentation: ocha
#i109997# - Presentation: お茶
#i109991# - framework: configmgr/source/xcdparser.cxx build breaker
#i109987# - sc: Trouble with Links to External Data
#i109988# - sw: Docx conversion
#i109989# - sw: SUM function not functional for large amount of lines on Word Processor.
#i109983# - sw: [sw] SwXDocumentIndexMark::setPropertyValue calls dispose
#i109990# - sw: odt files will not open
#i109992# - sw: sw/source/filter/ww8 build breakers with GCC >= 4.3
#i109985# - www: reply to error report still comes from Sun microsystems

2010 JavaOne Call for Papers

2010-03-09T19:58:55+00:00

We used to spend a fair amount of time debunking the myth that OpenOffice.org was written in Java. It's not. But we use a lot of extensions, now--a monolithic architecture, such as ours, our Mozilla's encourages that--and extensions can be written Java. And there are hundreds of thousands (or at least thousands) of Java developers out there. News: they can make money off of clever extensions. See http://extensions.openoffice.org.

So submit a paper. It's right after OOoCon this year, which is in the spectacularly beautiful city of Budapest.... JavaOne is in San Francisco, which is okay.

2010 JavaOne Call for Papers

DEV300_m74 ready for use.

2010-03-09T18:52:36+00:00

DEV300_m74 has been built by Hamburg RE. No open build problems are known, and smoketest has been passed successfully.

Tasks and their ChildWorkspaces for Milestone DEV300m74

Child Workspaces integrated:

aus112

fix problems in cygwin build

cbosdo02

Writer fields enhancements.

chartshapes

support for shapes in chart

cmcfixes70

move jpeg CMYK extension from jpeg lib into jpeg filter

jl145

various bug fixes

native278

OOo 3.3 installation tasks. This cws replaces native276 because of technical problems.

obo45

Fix for HH MacOSX environment

qadev40

sb111

configmgr reimplementation (to improve performance etc.)

sb119

misc. OOo 3.3 issues

sdk330

dev300m74masterfix

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

2010-03-09T16:43:58+00:00

#i109970# - Chart: Transparency in grids and axes slow down chart updating
#i109977# - Chart: axis and grids should be deletable via delete key
#i109974# - Installation: Installation error 1935 - vista 32bit
#i109975# - Installation: Installation error 1935 - vista 32bit
#i109965# - Presentation: Advance slide cannot be set with empty sildes
#i109968# - api: [api] undocumented cursor properties
#i109966# - documentation: A difficult example text in Calc Address function Help?
#i109964# - framework: Crash of OO when opening files with Quick Launcher and OO-Open-Dialog
#i109981# - framework: Unable to update Office Org 3.2
#i109982# - framework: Unable to update Office Org 3.2
#i109980# - framework: Update not work
#i109971# - framework: [Automation] f_basic_template_documents.bas: UNO runtime exception when closing specification template
#i109979# - sc: Formulae enter as typed, not result of calculation.
#i109963# - sc: Selected all, but show as one only
#i109969# - sc: url in formular input line can not be travelled / edited by cursor
#i109976# - scripting: automatic tests for new 'Set password' dialog
#i109973# - sw: Resume
#i109962# - sw: Text flow in table with merged cell does not work correctly
#i109961# - sw: Unwanted page layout change with table/paragraph conflict
#i109972# - sw: embedded files missing
#i109967# - sw: macosx: treat wheel events as pixel based
#i109978# - tools: configure: remove --disable-qadevooo

playing video in firefox makes OOo file menu appear

2010-03-09T16:18:38+00:00

One of the rather odder bugs. OOo’s file menu suddenly appears for no good reason (while playing embedded video in Firefox on another workspace). Story is that OOo has the focus while the video is playing in totem-mozplugin, totem-mozplugin seems to want to inhibit the screensaver from kicking in so sends regular Left Alt strokes to the display via XTest. If OOo has the focus, it receives the Alts, and one of its quirks is that the file menu appears on press and release of Left Alt.

Twitter ; ja.openoffice.org has been launched.

2010-03-09T07:00:16+00:00

http://twitter.com/jaopenofficeorg is the official
twitter of ja project (http://ja.openoffice.org/)

you can see twitter window at http://ja.openoffice.org/
please have a look...
sorry - but I'd tweet in Japanese.

New issues: Tue Mar 9 04:43:01 UTC 2010

2010-03-09T04:43:38+00:00

#i109956# - Database access: refreshRow does not refresh text fields bound to a field whose value changed
#i109957# - Installation: Possible typo in installer
#i109960# - Presentation: format changing - Power point to Impress
#i109959# - framework: User defined Favorites button in OOo-native Open and Save dialogs
#i109953# - framework: Using already registered data source not possible in Address Data Source Wizard
#i109949# - sc: Inability to arrange windows like Excel
#i109948# - sc: Inability to import data from a named cell in another sheet
#i109958# - sw: Custom templates replaced with default templates on opening in Writer a document prepared in OOo Writer and saved in .doc format
#i109955# - sw: English Spelling
#i109952# - sw: For Unicode letters with more than one combining diacritic typed *via AltGr+key*, only first diacritic is displayed
#i109954# - sw: Links being changed when converted to PDF from OpenOffice Writer
#i109950# - sw: Some records not printed with mail merge
#i109951# - sw: blanks instead of address information inserted by mail merge to 3.1 documents

Main Page - Document Freedom Day

2010-03-08T22:52:46+00:00

Document Freedom Day is more than a celebration of the OpenDocument Format (ODF). It's a recognition that unencumbered document formats enable the sort of communication we take for granted--and have, since medieval times, prior to the European discovery of the printing press.

Main Page - Document Freedom Day

New issues: Mon Mar 8 16:43:00 UTC 2010

2010-03-08T16:44:53+00:00

#i109937# - Installation: openofficeorg32 abends w/o installing
#i109943# - Installation: wizards: FindBugs Warning
#i109914# - Presentation: Graphics wrong positioned when starting slideshow
#i109909# - Presentation: Navigation button images missing when exporting to HTML presentation
#i109918# - Presentation: Quirks in zoom in impress
#i109938# - Presentation: unable (to find how) to change an image's source / link / filename
#i109908# - documentation: Short cuts description missing in the online help
#i109910# - framework: AOT-Compilation
#i109915# - framework: Theme Extension
#i109925# - framework: [CWS findbar] Crash when closing Draw/Impress after using new find bar
#i109942# - framework: scripting: FindBugs Warning
#i109922# - framework: tools: mismatch new[]/delete
#i109944# - gsl: accessibility: FindBugs Warning
#i109916# - gsl: frm::OInterfaceContainer::fakeVbaEventsHack deadlock
#i109912# - gsl: rsc: MakeUTF8FromL returns a char *, but one code patch returns "FALSE". The whole thing is unused in OOo anyway
#i109939# - gsl: toolkit: inconsistent UnoControl locking schemes
#i109924# - gsl: vcl: ImplHandleSizeMsg in os2 could return uninit val
#i109913# - gsl: vcl: NoToggleToOff flag is not set on export of Radio Button to PDF
#i109923# - nl: export slides to JPG / JPEG
#i109931# - qa: [Automation][w_contextmenu.bas]tPickGraphics fails with 2 warnings
#i109932# - qa: [Automation][w_loadsave.bas]test interrupts on loading error
#i109917# - qa: fragile unoapi test using OnUnfocus event
#i109935# - sc: Adjust algorithm in ScTable::ExtendPrintArea for optimum performance
#i109911# - sc: Copy&Paste of a Calc Object is broken when filename contains Umlaut
#i109929# - sc: Cut and Paste Special (pasting text only)
#i109940# - sc: Data Pilot DEFECT
#i109934# - sc: Remove performance bottleneck in ods import filter
#i109936# - sc: [CWS printerpullpages] Print range ignored in preview
#i109927# - sw: Custom embedded objects are not editable by OOo after export to doc
#i109933# - sw: General input/output error loading sw-dos file
#i109926# - sw: Kerning: Words in text box become crowded!
#i109945# - sw: New document for Issue 109941
#i109947# - sw: OO 3.2 Writer loses / resizes images after saves
#i109941# - sw: OO 3.2 Writer loses bulleted list formats on save
#i109928# - sw: Visual representation of embedded object is not antialiased
#i109920# - sw: Writer freezes when tooltip occurs when closing document.
#i109919# - sw: entering character Alt 0145 also enters an additional space
#i109921# - sw: sw: meaningless tests against NULL
#i109930# - tools: consistent header file location: cppuhelper/extract.hxx
#i109946# - xml: xmerge: FindBugs Warning

Data type issues in spreadsheet-based mail merges in OpenOffice, or why your mail merge doesn't work with 3.2

2010-03-08T13:52:00+00:00

Let's say you're putting together a mail merge listing the fees people in the county have to pay for getting their new cat license. You'd put together the spreadsheet data kind of like this, then create a database based on that spreadsheet.

Name Fee

Bob $12

Jean $13

Your mail merge document, with the various prompts and the field names, would look kind of like this:

Name: <Name>

Fee for license: <Fee>

So far so good. But let's say that sometimes there's no fee, perhaps organizations don't need to pay for cat licenses. So your data might look like this:

Name Fee

Bob $12

Jean $13

Library N/A

BUT that will not work because mail merges as of 3.2 (possibly earlier) don't like you to mix your types of data in a column. You can have all text, like N/A, or all numbers like 12, but not both.

Here's an example of some test and screen shots I took.

Here's the spreadsheet.

Here's what is in the database, and therefore what a mail merge would have access to.

So: in the scenario I outlined you could:

just put in 0, or just blank, instead of N/A

OR do this, which is workable but a bit more complicated.

Name Fee Applicable or Not

Bob $12 [leave blank]

Jean $13 [leave blank]

Library [leave blank] N/A

Then for your mail merge put both the fee and the applicable or not fields next to the Fee prompt. If there's no data the field won't take up any room, and only the correct field will show.

Name: <Name>

Fee for license: <Fee><Applicable or Not>

Note: This change in 3.2 really is a proper approach to databases; having mixed types is not proper database structure. But it is probably causing a few headaches.

Oracle: Open Source’s Friend or Foe?

2010-03-08T12:17:30+00:00

Jeremy Allison of the Samba fame wrote an interesting blog post about Sun’s approach to open source participatory development, followed by Bradley Kuhn’s bad opinion of Oracle’s attitude towards open source.

Oracle’s plans for open source are probably not detailed enough to score, but looking at history is always instructive.

Mike Olson’s experience with Oracle sounds positive in regards of BerkleyDB future.

Many open source projects “made in Sun” are not competing with Oracle’s products and Oracle will evaluate if they worth the money. The ones competing with Oracle’s products (e.g. Sun Open SSO) are not even mentioned in Oracle’s list of open source projects.

Listening to Michael Bemmer - formerly Director of Engineering for OpenOffice/StarOffice and Communication team and now GM at the Oracle Office Global Business Unit - reiterating that Oracle will remain OpenOffice.org’s main contributor, doesn’t say much.

Oracle to succeed where Sun Microsystems failed - i.e. engaging with the community and turning open source investments into profits - needs to define and implement viable open source strategies for those projects. I believe they can, let’s see how Oracle will move forward in the future.

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

2010-03-08T04:43:21+00:00

#i109901# - Presentation: a pps file failed to play in Impress
#i109903# - framework: save file to webdav-folder result in 0 Byte file
#i109902# - sc: Application hangs when doing Pilot table with all cells selected
#i109905# - sc: Range name gets changed on import from Excel
#i109906# - scripting: General Input/Output Error
#i109907# - sw: Defective Paste in 3.2
#i109904# - sw: JRE is defective

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

2010-03-07T16:43:31+00:00

#i109898# - Database access: oForm.insertRow() doesn't work correct
#i109894# - Presentation: Error importing slide in Impress
#i109891# - de: Links zeigen auf alte Builds und falsch zugeordnete Sprachen
#i109900# - fr: error message
#i109890# - framework: Toolbar buttons, menu items, and other button user interface elements flicker
#i109896# - performance: shouldn't detect configuration at each invocation
#i109897# - sc: Chart data ranges not updated when copying the sheet
#i109892# - sc: Wrong example for function EDATE() in help document of Calc
#i109893# - sc: date not recognised as date: "01. Feber 2010 20:42:22"
#i109895# - sw: Tables not visable when editing
#i109899# - www: my sshkeys for localization team albania (sq)

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

2010-03-07T04:43:26+00:00

#i109881# - Chart: chart2: ChartTypeTemplateProvider has no virtual dtor, but delete is called on ChartTypeTemplateProvider* on inherited objects
#i109882# - Drawing: cui: if we're checking for invalid font name boxes, then we should return early
#i109883# - Presentation: impress: crash going to presentation view
#i109884# - framework: iWork file import
#i109889# - framework: iWork file import
#i109887# - sw: Find & Replace function giving error message
#i109888# - sw: Find & Replace function giving error message
#i109885# - sw: Spreadsheet in Writer loses last row when opened and closed on Linux (works on Win7)
#i109886# - sw: no redline feature

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

2010-03-06T16:43:49+00:00

#i109879# - Chart: Axis colors in chart changed after copying
#i109875# - Drawing: Regression in Draw 3.2: arrows disappear after update from 3.1.1
#i109871# - Presentation: Slide formatting not backwards compatible
#i109865# - Presentation: headpages pictures
#i109866# - Presentation: headpages pictures
#i109867# - Presentation: switch kde power profile to presentation mode
#i109868# - distribution: Pls. delete incomplete mirrors from distribution lists
#i109864# - distribution: We need an automatic integrity test for mirrors in the automatic mirror selection
#i109863# - documentation: correct array formula help
#i109870# - framework: OpenOffice 3.2 does not run on SPARC Solaris 9
#i109873# - sc: Copying non-continuous cell ranges to text editor
#i109880# - sw: Writer + Calc; Invoices unreadable since 3.2 update
#i109869# - sw: After windows update on Xp 64 bit , existing .odt documents will not open
#i109876# - sw: Unwanted line break if "New (text only)" autotext inserted
#i109874# - sw: Word count incorrectly includes footnotes
#i109872# - sw: objects don't show up when viewing documents on writer
#i109878# - udk: bridges: Job has no virtual dtor, and various things inherit from it
#i109877# - udk: bridges: cppcheck use of uninitialized rtti

Hundreds of Thousands Take Part in National Day of Action to Defend Public Education

2010-03-06T10:06:42+00:00

As someone who has hugely benefited from public education offered by the US--and as someone who has also witnessed its erosion since Reagan's regime--it's infinitely depressing to see the state of things today in California. That state, where I received both my undergraduate and graduate degrees (a short stint at Columbia U. for an MFA doesn't count much) used to be considered around the world as offering the best public higher education, with UC Berkeley being the crown. It was also the most democratic: In the early 70s, the expectation as that *everyone* was not just entitled but also able to pursue a post-secondary degree.

The result was, I daresay, extraordinary wealth--social, economic, cultural, you name it. Silicon Valley is just one brilliant instance of the magnetic effect California's education policies had. Nationally, policies that promoted education first and foremost and made that education effectively free (and free from binding social constraints that hobbled so many others around the world) made the US system the best the world has ever known.

Yet all that, all that wealth, potential and actual, is at risk. Public education takes money; it takes political prioritization, it takes commitment to a notion of intellectual freedom that is essential. It--the intellectual freedom, the money, the commitment--must be disinterested, that is beholden to no agenda, ideological or otherwise. And it must be free. And whether this free-ness is granted by the state via subsidies (as it was in my case: scholarships), or in some other ways, it must be always an option all who pay taxes can consider.

Perhaps not so oddly, open source plays a role here. Or should. And increasingly, if I and others succeed in our efforts, will.

Hundreds of Thousands Take Part in National Day of Action to Defend Public Education

Toyota Owners Report Problems in Japan to No Avail - NYTimes.com

2010-03-06T08:36:18+00:00

The article below, on Japan's (the gov't's, esp.) take on consumer safety, with the Toyota acceleration issue being the lens, reminds me of a conversation I had with some Germans several years ago in California. "What about food safety?," one asked. "Surely the government ensures that what we eat is safe!" "Uhm, no," I told her. "Actually, as far as I know, in the US, it's caveat emptor. If problems become evident, then the government may act. But with the exception of drugs dispensed under the procedures governing prescriptions, it's pretty much a purely voluntary effort on the part of the maker and distributor. And an obligation of the buyer to be aware." She was skeptical, and I may have been wrong in some details, like what is governed and subject to scrutiny; what is the responsibility of government. But this was during the Bush II years (dark times) and laissez faire in all things, along with the programmatic defunding and de-legitimization of government was at its peak.

The mood by those in power was that gov't. was only as good as it was not, and it's only legitimate function was defense of the people.

Toyota Owners Report Problems in Japan to No Avail - NYTimes.com

New issues: Sat Mar 6 04:43:00 UTC 2010

2010-03-06T04:43:36+00:00

#i109859# - Chart: Error Bars missing in chart when copied to draw
#i109862# - Database access: Misleading UI messages
#i109860# - framework: Failure to Launch OpenOffice.org {switer, scalc, that is all I tested.}
#i109856# - gsl: Custop page order does not work in print dialog
#i109855# - gsl: [CWS printerpullpages] Printer ListBox height should be resizeable
#i109853# - porting: enable build with gcc-4.5
#i109861# - sc: N() Function miscalculate, regression
#i109852# - sw: bookbarks: rightclick statusbar-page, bookmark behind windows taskbar
#i109850# - sw: oo crashes if I press ctrl+v to paste some text
#i109854# - sw: vista sp2 x64 cannot save or open file (no dialog window)
#i109851# - sw: wont open to full page
#i109857# - www: Duplicated accounts
#i109858# - www: Duplicated accounts

marketing: Download Statistics

2010-03-05T19:25:21+00:00

From time to time I'm asked about download stats. I used to keep a fairly constant (weekly) log at stats.openoffice.org, but technology changes and right now, the best public source is off the OOo Marketing Project page, which John McC and Florian E. maintain using data from our bouncer and MirrorBrain systems. See: http://marketing.openoffice.org/marketing_bouncer.html. All the data here presented need to be taken with some understanding of what's being shown, both to forgive duplicates and also to allow for the distribution of OOo via CDROM, DVD, USB key, etc. These modes are not trivial, if you consider that a large entity, say Île-de-France (Paris and environs), or the municipality of Bologna, may distribute in the end hundreds of thousands via USB key. And we don't track that. As well, most of these data reflect Windows downloads, as Linux distributors package a version of OOo with their plastic, and again, we don't track those distributions. Same for free-download sites such as CNET, etc.

(See also our Major Deployments page: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Major_OpenOffice.org_Deployments

So there are subtractions and additions here, but the numbers displayed give a good measure of OOo's continually rising popularity.

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

2010-03-05T16:43:42+00:00

#i109840# - framework: Ambiguous date field format previews don't allow clear format selection.
#i109848# - framework: Open Office Installation Failed
#i109844# - framework: Window not closing after sending the document through mail
#i109841# - framework: basic: RemoveFactory doesn't delete its parameter
#i109842# - framework: sfx2: delete some more resources on exit
#i109846# - l10n: Implement BCP47 RFC5646 language tags
#i109845# - l10n: Request LangID for for Vizcayan dialect of Basque.
#i109843# - sc: Check Box
#i109839# - sw: Can not display the vertical text button
#i109836# - sw: Office vertical text lost during OO.o roundtrip
#i109838# - sw: WW8: corrupt .doc export
#i109847# - sw: XPS Document Printing
#i109835# - sw: document with password is always read-only
#i109837# - sw: style problems in rtf documents
#i109849# - sw: writer program crashes when you save a document

ODFDOM 0.8 - The new Release of the OpenDocument Java Library

2010-03-05T15:34:54+00:00

The new version of ODFDOM - the OpenDocument Java library - has been released!

Most people might know about ODFDOM, for the others: ODFDOM is an Apache 2 licensed Java library to easily create, access and manipulate the ODF documents.

In biggest feature aside of a more than a dozen patches for ODFDOM 0.8 is the complete revised new ODF table API.
The table is the first feature introducing our new layered design to ease ODF usage. Some quick overview:

The ODF Package Layer:

Provides access to all resources stored within the ODF package, such as XML streams, images or embedded objects. This layer covers all features from the third part of the ODF 1.2 specification defining the ODF Package features. The ODF 1.2 package features are build on top technologies as ZIP package handling, W3C encryption, W3C signature and W3C metadata.

The ODF Schema Layer:

Provides all the features of an office format, such as tables, images, numbering etc. All features are defined in the first part of the ODF 1.2 specification describing the ODF XML schema. This layer consists of two APIs representing two different views on the features:
- The DOM API:
  Gives access to the XML, the elemental parts of the ODF schema features. With this API it is easy to manipulate all specified XML nodes extending the platform and language independent DOM API DOM API standardized by the W3C - best-known by its implementation through the browsers. It extends the DOM API using a typed DOM. For every ODF XML element and ODF XML attribute defined by the ODF grammar (the RelaxNG schema) a unique class exists, providing methods for their allowed children. The purpose is to provide the user a corset to easily write valid ODF without consulting the spec constantly. This API is very consistent as instead of laboriously writing all these classes, the sources were generated directly from the ODF schema. This generation guarantees complete coverage of the ODF specification on one side and an easy and accurate upgrade to future ODF specifications on the other.
- The Convenient API:
  Provides a different much more high level view on the ODF schema features. This API is concerned about usability, hiding all ODF XML implementation details from the user, covering frequent user scenarios. For example, changing the content of a certain spreadsheet cell (e.g. Add 'Hello World' to a spreadsheet cell positioned at 'B2'). While in the ODF DOM API in general each class represents an ODF XML node, here a class covers multiple underlying ODF XML elements (& their attributes). Think of puzzle piece consisting of multiple smaller pieces. Therefore the typed DOM tree is being mapped to feature tree.

The design is stable now, but as often the devil is in the details. One of our greatest challenges is to find an agreement on an API. There are already some ODF libraries following different API approaches. Our idea is to find agreement with the others providing ODF users a unified ODF API, which is much more worth than the sum of all libraries. (Note: When I say unified API then I mean identical aside of the still desirable language specific differences (e.g. Java vs. Python), which follow a generic pattern and could be still bridged by automation).

To archive a common API we had the idea to break down the complexity by splitting the API finding process in two steps:

Instead of instantly coming up with an API suggestion for a single feature (of the Package or Convenient API ) the API should be derived from its test description. This sounds strange at the beginning, but the idea behind it is that a test scenario describes all required manipulation of an ODF feature's XML, e.g. for a table the removal of an row. In the ODF specification only the model is specified, not any ODF behavior like the possibility of adding this row to the table.
The second step would be to map this pseudo method of the test description of a feature to a method signature following a consistent library naming convention.

Seems even API design is a test driven development.

The creation of ODF test documents and test description might be addressed by the OASIS Open Document Format Interoperability and Conformance (OIC) TC and was already described on the TC list in more detail [1, 2, 3].

If there are any further question on ODFDOM, I would happy to answer them on one of our ODFDOM mailing lists.

Svante

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

2010-03-05T04:43:38+00:00

#i109824# - Presentation: Insert Slide Name as Field
#i109828# - framework: Add settings for customizing grid control appearance
#i109825# - framework: Allow different data types as input in XGridDataModel
#i109827# - framework: Allow resizing of grid columns in grid control
#i109830# - framework: Corrupt data
#i109823# - framework: svl: Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value zformat.cxx
#i109833# - porting: MacOSX: DEV300_m72 build failed at instsetoo_native with-lang=ALL
#i109834# - sc: Calc converts '%2B' in URL to '+' in .xls file
#i109832# - sc: Can't grab cell reference from another sheet
#i109826# - sc: Match, Lookup, and other functions do not work correctly
#i109822# - scripting: exporting basic dialog fails with: "Dialog1.xdl does not exist"
#i109831# - sw: File previewer in latest OO Suite does not work
#i109829# - sw: runs away (100% CPU use, no response)

Formatting OpenOffice spreadsheet cells with DD/MM/YY

2010-03-04T17:01:03+00:00

Things don't always work the way you expect. However, it's easy to make things work the right way with spreadsheet cells once you know how it works.

Let's say you want the day first, so that 12/1/10 is January 12th, not December 1st. You do this under Format > Cells. However, if you just change the format to DD/MM/YY manually, you might get some unexpected results. It's usually better to just switch the country/language for those cells.

Here's why. We'll start out "normal" with standard American English formatting, MM/DD/YY.

And now I switch the format code to DD/MM/YY manually...

But now when I type a new date into a cell I've formatted that way....

So switch the language to one that uses the date format you want. Then what you type stays in the same order.

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

2010-03-04T16:44:06+00:00

#i109803# - Drawing: color chooser
#i109814# - Formula editor: Font
#i109809# - Installation: Implement the new filename policy into the build/pack process
#i109805# - Installation: New URNs for OOo 3.2.1
#i109807# - Installation: No need to include full soffice.exe into msi database
#i109806# - Installation: Prepare admin.pl for older product and empty dirs
#i109819# - Presentation: Fail To Import PPTX File
#i109804# - Presentation: Formatting master page format modifies background incorrectly
#i109820# - Presentation: Printing defect with attached file
#i109815# - fr: hanged in database
#i109802# - framework: "save" in basic editor not disabled after saving ...
#i109817# - framework: .uno:PrintPreview does not notify OnViewCreated
#i109801# - framework: m_updt.bas::tToolsExtensionManager: com.sun.star.lang.DisposedException while extension install
#i109799# - sc: 2 days difference in dates
#i109812# - sc: Crash while loading sdc with databaserange
#i109818# - sc: bug in spreadsheet after making selection A>Z or Z>A
#i109800# - sc: hang on generated xls file (early version work correctly)
#i109816# - sw: Filenames with accents in URL shown wrong in inserted hyperlink
#i109821# - sw: Graphic with accent in filename inserted via drag&drop will be inserted as section
#i109811# - sw: Missing lines in Word 2008 document
#i109810# - sw: Paste Special default choice type should be user selectable
#i109808# - sw: open office writer corrupts the numbering format in a document prepared with ms office 2003
#i109813# - www: Registration Problems

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

2010-03-04T04:43:48+00:00

#i109783# - Drawing: sd: typo in custom animations
#i109793# - Installation: I can't get open office to install on Vista 32 bit computer
#i109798# - Installation: Windows DEP cancelling update install
#i109792# - Presentation: Cannot export slides to jpeg in impress
#i109788# - framework: Defefctive JRE during OOo startup
#i109789# - framework: Fails every time a window is closed.
#i109785# - framework: Upgrade asks to register again
#i109790# - framework: setup.exe hangs
#i109784# - sc: User Conditional Format doesn't persist
#i109782# - sc: sc: typos in formulas
#i109795# - sw: Hotkeys Can Be Difficult to Find
#i109796# - sw: Reduce and Increase Font Buttons can't handle multiple font sizes.
#i109787# - sw: [sw-rtf] unknown regression on frames in RTF import
#i109797# - sw: word files not saving with format told
#i109786# - tools: Installing sources in Debian
#i109791# - tools: [cws sb118] system-cppunit
#i109794# - www: cannot recommend taiwan mirror site

Document Freedom Day 2010 - Free your documents, save your information!

2010-03-03T22:06:27+00:00

A link worth attention.

Document Freedom Day 2010 - Free your documents, save your information!

New issues: Wed Mar 3 16:43:01 UTC 2010

2010-03-03T16:44:21+00:00

#i109765# - Chart: API documentation for ChartDocument not complete
#i109770# - Chart: ChartView::getExplicitValuesForAxis accessing destroyed VCoordinateSystem
#i109781# - Chart: charts should be bigger by default
#i109771# - Chart: no black borders around symbols
#i109767# - Chart: no black borders per default
#i109763# - Database access: Filtering form: IN Operator allows only two expressions
#i109766# - Database access: dbaccess: crash from uncaught exception thrown through OSharedConnection::getMetaData
#i109780# - Drawing: Draw/Impress clipboard and D&D: use only the graphic for single selected GraphicShape
#i109756# - Presentation: insert movie&sound and then new a slide, crashes OOo
#i109762# - documentation: add index entries 'font color' and 'character color'
#i109777# - framework: All applications take long time to display content of directory when browsing directory structure for Save or Load
#i109778# - framework: Gallery: improve thumbail generation of transparent pixel graphics
#i109753# - framework: OOo crashes very often if MIKOGO is activated.
#i109754# - framework: Regarding saving of fonts colour settings
#i109757# - sc: Absolute Reference turns to mixed absolute/relative array when moved
#i109759# - sc: Calc documents get bigger when you save them in xls format
#i109760# - sc: can't send spreadsheet as e-mail
#i109779# - sc: sc: Add password-to-modify to Excel filters
#i109758# - sw: Creating Document from Template: wrong background graphic url
#i109774# - sw: DOCX: certain files (like from issue 95933) crash Writer
#i109769# - sw: End Key and Home Key go to end or start of document not end or start of line
#i109755# - sw: Mail merge hangs the application
#i109761# - sw: Mail merge: Post code is not taking numbers when combined with other formats
#i109776# - sw: Restart numbering and continue previous numbering of headings
#i109775# - sw: Table border style not red from styles.xml
#i109764# - sw: Two words can't be printed.
#i109773# - sw: [Notes2] Cannot change default style of a comment (font, size, ...)
#i109772# - sw: cbosdo03: Crash when opening document
#i109768# - tools: HG methods not available in OOO320's CwsConfig.pm

OOO320_m13 ready for use.

2010-03-03T11:52:57+00:00

OOO320_m13 has been built by Hamburg RE. No open build problems are known, and smoketest has been passed successfully.

Tasks and their ChildWorkspaces for Milestone OOO320m13

Child Workspaces integrated:

native285

Preparing OOo 3.2.1 versioning and update process

ooo320m13masterfix

2010-03-03: Wednesday.

2010-03-03T11:01:13+00:00

Up extremely early, and to work - cleaned up the Evolution express mode state propagation to a very small change, and made it work for EPlugins.
Interested to see more speculation at least backed by a concrete offer this time (Elliot's explanation. Also interested to read Jeremy's RIP article for Sun How Sun's need to control the code cost them the company - Amen.

OpenOfficeorg: New: OOo-DEV 3.x Developer Snapshot (build DEV300_m73) available: Developer Snapshot OOo-Dev DEV300_m73... http://bit.ly/cDt9aa

2010-03-03T09:39:13+00:00

OpenOfficeorg: New: OOo-DEV 3.x Developer Snapshot (build DEV300_m73) available: Developer Snapshot OOo-Dev DEV300_m73... http://bit.ly/cDt9aa

New: OOo-DEV 3.x Developer Snapshot (build DEV300_m73) available

2010-03-03T09:11:52+00:00

Developer Snapshot OOo-Dev DEV300_m73 is available for download.

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

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

Download:
http://download.openoffice.org/next

Release Notes:
http://development.openoffice.org/releases/DEV300_m73_snapshot.html

MD5 checksums:
http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/DEV300_m73_md5sums.txt

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

2010-03-03T04:43:26+00:00

#i109744# - Chart: walls are too dark
#i109750# - Drawing: Auto-Hyphenation in draw and shapes in impress
#i109746# - Drawing: regression when exporting drawings to PDF
#i109748# - Presentation: regression when copying slides
#i109751# - framework: Insert special character in search field in Find&Replace dialog does not work
#i109752# - sc: Hyperlink problem between linux and windows
#i109747# - sc: Problem importing from a Visual Basic application
#i109749# - sw: Entering dates in table cells autoformats them with no notification
#i109745# - website: Only very hardly to report bugs to bugtracker

Cycling: Milton Keynes – Watford

2010-03-02T23:54:31+00:00

Last Saturday I took a train from Selhurst to Milton Keynes and started cycling back home. (At the moment you can get 15% off off-peak Southern tickets when you buy them at least 2 hours before travel, online.) I’d been thinking about doing that cycle since the Milton Keynes Mapping Party back in May last year.

The first part across Milton Keynes to the Grand Union Canal, and then down to Leighton Buzzard went fairly well as the towpath is paved and some of it is part of the National Cycle Route 6. South of Leighton Buzzard however, the towpath turned to grass and for some of it mud. There were patches where it was paved nicely. There was one point the mud had got so bad I had to stop to clean the bike.

Heading through Berkhamstead there were some birds that really didn’t like anyone going along their path, so had to hop off the bike and walk around them.

Past the M25, and almost into Watford and I find another pile of mud in the path, so I stop to take a look at TrackMyJourney’s map viewer to see if there is an alternative route that may be better. Via the help of the OpenCycleMap (from within TMJ), I seen that there was the National Cycle Network Route 61, that hopefully would have been less muddy. About to move off and notice I had a puncture. So instead of trying to fix in the dark, with a muddy bike to hinder things, I decided the best option was to push the bike to Watford Junction station to get the train home and deal with the puncture once the mud had dried a bit, thus the mud would flake off.

Also on the way to the station pushing the bike I manage to map a couple of missing street names, post boxes, benches, bike parking and found a street name that was mis typed into OSM.

After the first attempt, I found that I had a slow puncture. It was another puncture elsewhere in the tube rather than the repair failing. It was a total of just shy of 40 miles, which is about half of the distance I was expecting to do. Considering that I’ve been doing very little cycling at the start of this year due to the bike being serviced from the accident at the end of last year, and the not so great weather, it’s not too bad. I suppose I’ll have to just postpone my annual maddly long first long cycle of the year until March. I also got a bunch of nice photos to add to the CycleStreets Photo Map, and test a new method that makes it faster to import photos from Flickr. This will mean that there will be photos of the route, when someone plans a journey that takes part of the route that I took.

ODF Plugfest

2010-03-02T21:16:54+00:00

2010-03-02: Tuesday.

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

Another early morning, packed the babes off to school; got sucked into the Economist, Bruce & Anne arrived on the way past to see James - Sue & Clive's new baby - tinkered in the workshop with Bruce a bit; to work late.
Prodded Evolution master's address-space leakage, (via an un-joined thread I suspect). Interested to see Ross' sister planning to cycling from London to Melbourne; fun.
JP's staff call, and a very late lunch. Got LXF column written and sent, sent off minutes.

New issues: Tue Mar 2 16:43:00 UTC 2010

2010-03-02T16:44:17+00:00

#i109726# - Database access: Empty cell vs empty string in the spreadsheet driver
#i109742# - Drawing: Bad UI: Menu View->Grid->Snap to grid
#i109743# - Drawing: editengine: crash when dragging slide over an active text engine
#i109732# - Presentation: Integrate Presentation Minimizer Toolbar in Presentation Toolbar
#i109733# - Presentation: emf images not shown in presentation mode
#i109738# - Presentation: loop while open attached bugdoc
#i109735# - da: Installation error
#i109739# - sc: 3.2 can no longer recognize when a .xls file is in a different format
#i109729# - sc: Editing Chart in Calc Get Runtime Error Crash
#i109731# - sc: Request for simple line arrow
#i109737# - sc: Sample file opens very slow
#i109728# - sc: ~ScAutoFormatObj uses cleared ScGlobal
#i109730# - sw: Arrow lines in drawing group have wrong direction in OOo 3.2
#i109722# - sw: Changing font size from default gets reverted after saving
#i109736# - sw: Copy a paragraph changes the format into the existing format
#i109724# - sw: Default Sinhala Fonts Display as Squares
#i109727# - sw: OOo crash saving document with draw object to WW8 doc
#i109725# - sw: Sinhal/Tamil Font Sizes are not set.
#i109740# - sw: Using writer for a Mail Merge with data stored in an ODB-File produces a file lock on the ODB-File, which persists until *every* OpenOffice window has been closed, although the *.lck file of the ODB gets removed as supposed.
#i109741# - sw: WW8: empty header will also generate footer on export
#i109723# - sw: Writer crashes when saving a document to rtf
#i109734# - vba: vba interop add support for 'Document' modules

DEV300_m73 ready for use.

2010-03-02T13:52:49+00:00

DEV300_m73 has been built by Hamburg RE. No open build problems are known, and smoketest has been passed successfully.

Tasks and their ChildWorkspaces for Milestone DEV300m73

Child Workspaces integrated:

hr68

CWS-Tooling: misc. fixes and enhancements

hr69

Fix broken license header in module testautomation.

dev300m73masterfix

Mind the Bridge Gran Finale!

2010-03-02T12:35:35+00:00

Mind the Bridge - the initiative started by Italians living in Silicon Valley to help Italian entrepreneurs to go to Silicon Valley, raise capital and bring it home - invites everyone to join the Mind the Bridge gran finale on the 18th of March at Stanford.

Registrations are now open, take your chance to listen to the elevator pitches from last year competition.

New issues: Tue Mar 2 04:43:00 UTC 2010

2010-03-02T04:43:25+00:00

#i109716# - Database access: no print button in database
#i109719# - framework: OpenOffice Crashes on first startup
#i109721# - sc: In calc, calculations no longer treat non-numeric text as zero
#i109715# - sc: comments in calc: top line remaining after showing
#i109720# - sw: File save as RTF drops line spacing settings after 2nd paragraph
#i109714# - sw: oowriter crashing
#i109717# - sw: underline .xml ms office 2003 file deletes text on save
#i109718# - sw: wrong character colour

2010-03-01: Monday.

2010-03-01T21:00:00+00:00

Up early; prodded mail; got my Camel patch merged, booked holiday, filed Clarity, etc. One to one with JP. Chat with vuntz, hacked away at Evolution.
Out for a drink in the evening with Chris, Max (the local CofE vicar) rolled up too after a bit; a fine evening; bed late.

New issues: Mon Mar 1 16:43:00 UTC 2010

2010-03-01T16:45:39+00:00

#i109695# - Chart: Pie charts printed with wrong color
#i109708# - Drawing: PDF Fails To Import Fully
#i109713# - Drawing: sd: sd::FuSelection::MouseMove valgrind uninit warning
#i109697# - framework: ODF package ZIPs are non-conformant
#i109702# - framework: svtools: basic editor reads past end of string when line ie just '
#i109712# - gsl: RGB mismatch in mixed big/little-endian X11 environments
#i109696# - qa: [Automation] Refactoring: Remove unused functions and duplicated functionality
#i109701# - qa: [cws hr69] fix testscript for adding to quaste
#i109709# - sc: Excel fonts incorrectly imported
#i109705# - sc: Format painter goes wrong with cursor movement
#i109698# - sc: open html table in calc fails
#i109710# - sw: Footnotes not copied with select all - copy/paste
#i109711# - sw: Selecting multiple footnotes
#i109700# - tools: lucene indexer generates segments_n (n>3) files
#i109703# - tools: one more cygwin 1.7 fix
#i109707# - tools: replace cwscheckapi with subsequenttests
#i109704# - tools: xmlhelp makefile fix
#i109699# - vba: fake vba events always execute
#i109706# - vba: fake vba events always generated for Dialogs

Matt Asay’s Top Priorities and Goals

2010-03-01T14:16:43+00:00

At the beginning of February Matt Asay moved from Alfresco to Canonical, and Matt’s blog activity already reflects his career change and I asked Matt about his top priorities in the new role.

It has now been three weeks since I started with Canonical, and each day it becomes clearer to me just how massive is the opportunity before Canonical and the Ubuntu community, as well as the great care that must be taken to ensure that we realize this potential.

It’s also becoming clear what I, in particular, can do to help, coming after the successful tenure of Jane Silber, who was Canonical’s COO and is now our CEO:

Enterprise. When most people think of Canonical and Ubuntu, they think “desktop.” This isn’t surprising, given Ubuntu’s popularity on traditional desktops and industry-changing netbooks alike. I have been amazed by how deep and wide Ubuntu’s penetration is in this market. It’s much bigger than I’ve ever seen reported.

As popular as Ubuntu has been for personal computing devices, I see an even bigger opportunity in the enterprise, where Ubuntu is already far and away the leading cloud operating system. Canonical has the absolute right model for cloud computing.

My first priority is to ensure that Canonical addresses the enterprise market, predominately through cloud computing, consistently and relentlessly. We will win in the cloud, but it’s going to take sharp focus.

Marketing. Ubuntu is by far the most popular Linux distribution. Nothing else comes close. This is a testament to the energy and enthusiasm of the Ubuntu community. It’s also a result of hard work that Canonical has done over the past several years to seed that community with great technology and strong backing.

We will continue to invest in the community, but it’s also time for Canonical to invest more heavily in marketing the value of Canonical, the company, to prospective customers. People recognize that Ubuntu is the best Linux distribution, but it’s now time to start telling the world about the value that Canonical offers.

My second priority is therefore to augment our community outreach with improved marketing to our prospective customers, customers who will help fund the next wave of Canonical and Ubuntu innovation.

Manage growth. Canonical employs over 320 people spread across the globe in 29 countries. The vast majority of our employees work remotely from our London headquarters, as do I. As we continue to pursue ambitious community activity, technology and design innovation, and revenue growth, we’re going to hire more people and need to make sure we do so in a way that helps employees feel as much a part of the Canonical family as the Ubuntu community. We are constantly looking for ways to improve processes, tighten communication, and hone our focus, and this will be a major priority for me in 2010 and beyond.

I have worked for some wonderful companies, but never for one with the possibility to have such a broad and deep impact on the industry. I hope you’ll join me in getting involved.

Matt in closing I’d like to congratulate again for your new job!

New in OpenOffice 3.2: Notes in Drawings and Presentations

2010-03-01T13:37:00+00:00

You can now insert notes in Drawings and Presentations, as you can in Writer. Just choose Insert > Comment.

Netbeans plugin for editing VCLTesttool scripts

2010-03-01T12:57:48+00:00

I have written a Netbeans plugin for editing test scripts for the VCLTesttool.

Here is a screen shot showing Netbeans where the plugin is used.

As you can see there is a result file viewer and the navigator to navigate in the script.
One additional core feature is the possibility to go to a declaration of a function. f.e. if you open the context menu on the hFileOpen call in the screen shot you can go to the Declaration of this function and look what happen there.

The Spec to this plugin can be found at the openoffice.org wiki page.

The plugin can be downloaded at kenai.com.

New issues: Mon Mar 1 04:43:00 UTC 2010

2010-03-01T04:43:25+00:00

#i109692# - Drawing: Real object drop shadow
#i109689# - Presentation: Opening MSOFFICE 2010 PPTX file ends up in infinite loop
#i109690# - Presentation: Opening MSOFFICE 2010 PPTX file named as .ppt fails
#i109694# - framework: Insert Special Character Mac Crash
#i109688# - framework: framework: Correct conversion of UNO type type in Basic
#i109687# - l10n: Adding locale for Bafia (Cameroon) ksf_CM
#i109693# - sc: RFE for select option for each ODF format
#i109691# - sc: possible bug in MEDIAN() function of OOo Calc

2010-02-28: Sunday.

2010-02-28T21:00:00+00:00

Up early, off to Church. J. ran creche. Tony spoke, really encouragingly well on Jesus as the Bread of Life.
Back to ours for lunch with Christine & Hannah; good to get to know them a little. Watched 'cars' in the afternoon with the babes.
Bed early, Gordon sermon & sleep.

New issues: Sun Feb 28 16:43:00 UTC 2010

2010-02-28T16:43:29+00:00

#i109686# - Database access: Failing function in select
#i109680# - Presentation: -show command line parameter is broken under Linux
#i109678# - Presentation: Slide gets duplicated when slide contents are edited
#i109682# - framework: Launching OO 3.2 crashes on sigsegv (QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty warnings)
#i109685# - framework: Windows Search fails to find ODT files when searching for words preceded by a tab
#i109679# - sc: Calc does not close after copy & paste
#i109681# - sc: Calc is crash when "Numbers" tab select in "Format Cells" dialog.
#i109684# - sw: Bad rounding in Bullets and Numbering dialog, when the default measurement unit is typographical point instead of centimetre
#i109677# - sw: Opening specific docx crash
#i109683# - sw: missing page numbers when page number + offset > page count

Italian Free Software Conference: ConfSL 2010 Call for Papers

2010-02-28T15:48:12+00:00

The Italian Conference on Free Software, now at its fourth edition, will be held in Cagliari on the 11-12 of June.

The call for papers is now open! Associations, free software researchers, developers, open source companies, public administrations, open source advocates and creative commoners are invited to submit their proposals before 18th of April.

A logo contest is still open, if you want to participate send your before 7th of March.