Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Date format in template
On Apr 30, 2011, at 13:25 , xwolf wrote: Hi James The following solution might be of interest if you want to permanently change all LibreOffice's behaviour to use the ISO date format. So I did the following (LibreOffice 3.3.2, on Windows XP): ** In a hex-editor (HxD for example), I opened C:\Program Files\LibreOffice 3\program\localedata_en.dll. (DLL version 3.03.202) ** PS: Make a backup of this file before you try this! ** At offset BB44 I found the following unicode string: MM/DD/YY - you might find this string at some other offset... ** I changed it (unicode!) to /MM/DD - which I wanted. ** (PS: make sure you stay consistent with the 00 filler bytes that unicode strings require for this to work) This worked for me :D - even files that were created before this modification now showed their dates in the /mm/dd format. 8-) Final thought: It would be nice if the developers added an option Don't use locales or a NoLanguage language option - this would make this sort of workaround unnecessary. Thanks, Xwolf. In my case the problem proved to be a corrupt configuration file. Unfortunately the config file is not what I would call user friendly, so just which bit of it was corrupt I'm not able to say. I simply renamed it and the system created a new one for me. Haven't noticed anything else that had altered. //James -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Date format in template
Well, to be sure it's not something in the original template, I just created a new one with nothing other than create date and saved it as you said using /File/Templates/Save. Same behavkiour. I'm at a loss. //James On Mar 11, 2011, at 22:19 , Tinkerer wrote: Hi James It works for me. LO 3.3.2.1 on a Mac 10.6.6 Tink -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Date-format-in-template-tp2664412p2666896.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Date format in template
Thanks Larry. On Mar 11, 2011, at 22:41 , Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2011/03/11 7:31 AM James Wilde wrote: Open a document, format it as I wanted, insert the date field, convert to iso-format, save as .ott in the templates folder. On opening it reverts always to US format. Please describe how you convert the date field to iso-format. Mark the field showing 3/11/11 (the whole field), choose Edit/Fields/ and select the iso-format. How can I fix the date format as I wish it to be? This does not appear to be a question of the regional settings, since I have a custom setting including the iso-format for the date. Did you set your custom setting in /System Preferences/Language Text/Formats/Dates ? I have a MacBook using OS X version 10.6.6 . I have no problem saving a template with the date field set the way I desired (I tried saving in different formats, all worked). I am trying to get an idea why it doesn't work for you. It's a mystery to me, too. //James -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Date format in template
On Mar 11, 2011, at 23:41 , Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2011/03/11 3:55 PM James Wilde wrote: Just sent a copy to Andy Brown who contacted me offline. He opens a document with my template and sees the date in iso-format. so it's something local. I have a Macbook and a Mac Mini, both running the same OS and the same version of LibO, and both give me the same problem. I had/have the same problem with OOo, too, and this template, and always have. Try creating a new profile. Rename your current one and LibreOffice will automatically create a new one. You will need to create a new template with date insert to test. If problem persists, go back to your old profile – delete the new one and change name on old profile back to original. If the problem is solved you can then copy personal data, extensions, templates etc. bit by bit to determine if any of them causes problems. Profile is located at: /Users/username/Library/Application Support/LibreOffice For more information on profiles see the following (it is for OOo, but the basics are the same. Just change path names to LibreOffice): http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74t=12426 Found it. Thanks Larry. The error lies somewhere in the file called registrymodifications.xcu. I now have my original profile back, with all the goodies, and I've merely moved in the .xcu file created with my new profile, and now my template gives me the date format in the iso-format. Now it would be nice to know what line in that file is causing the problem, as the new one is 106 KB, and the old one, the faulty one, is 229 KB, which means that a lot of my registry modifications are missing. I'll take a look and see if I can find out what is wrong, and test again or come back for more help. Thanks again. //James -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
