Type: info
Title: The path substitution service handles path substitution
more restrictive
Posted by: carsten.dries...@oracle.com
Affected: -
Effective from: CWS fwk165
CWS: fwk165
<http://eis.services.openoffice.org/EIS2/cws.ShowCWS?Path=DEV300/fwk165>
CWS status: approved by QA
*Summary*
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The path substitution service (com.sun.star.util.PathSubstitution)
handles path substitutions for pre-defined absolute path variables more
restrictive.
*Description*
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The path substitution service (com.sun.star.util.PathSubstitution) was
designed to provide system-dependent paths via path variables. This
design makes it possible to hide system-dependent parts from
configuration settings or other clients. The service should provide
valid file system paths to clients wherever possible. It was not
designed as a generic text substitution service. The implementation now
checks incoming strings more restrictive. In detail this means a
variable which is a place holder for an absolute file system path will
only be substituted if
1. it's at the start of the string or the string contains only the variable.
E.g. "$(home)/My templates", "$(home)" are allowed
E.g. "This is my home directory: $(home)" is NOT allowed
2. it's at the beginning of a multi-path. OOo separates them with ';'
E.g. "$(home)/My templates;$(home)/My icons" is allowed
The following pre-defined variables are affected:
$(inst)
Installation path of the Office Basis layer.
$(prog)
Program path of the Office Basis layer.
$(brandbaseurl)
Installation path of the the Office Brand layer.
$(user)
The user installation directory.
$(work)
The work directory of the user. Under Windows this would be the
"MyDocuments" sub-directory. Under Unix this would be the home-directory
$(home)
The home directory of the user. Under Unix this would be the
home-directory. Under Windows this would be the "Documents and
Settings\username>" sub-directory.
$(temp)
The current temporary directory.
$(path)
The value of the PATH environment variable.
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