To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=96632 Issue #|96632 Summary|updating a document from a template is difficult Component|Word processor Version|OOo 3.0 RC4 Platform|Unknown URL| OS/Version|All Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|ENHANCEMENT Priority|P3 Subcomponent|code Assigned to|writerneedsconfirm Reported by|brinzing
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Nov 26 18:50:58 +0000 2008 ------- if you create a writer document from a template, you will be asked to update the styles in your document whenever the template changes. this is a really nice feature e.g. if you work with multiple documents in global document project. there is only one drawback: the template must be stored in one of the oo template paths (Tools-Options- OpenOffice.org-Paths) otherwise you will never see the an update dialog while opening the document... in a shared project you may want to have the following file structure: + MyProject + Pictures (contains linked pictures) + OLE Object (contains linked resources) + Documents (contains all *.ods documents) + other stuff template.ott (template for all *.ods documents) to change the template for the *.ods documents, use the great "TemplateChange.oxt" extension from http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/templatechanger. what i found out so far is that the "meta.xml" of the documents will contain a *relative* path to the template (like linked pictures will have too) <meta:template xlink:type="simple" xlink:actuate="onRequest" xlink:href="../../template.ott" xlink:title="template" meta:date="2008-11-16T12:14:23"/> but as long as you do not add the absolute path "\MyProjects" to the oo template paths updating seems not work :-( on the other side, if you add the path to oo before changing the *.ods documents with the "TemplateChange.oxt" the "meta.xml" will contain an *absolute* path :-( imho this makes it difficult to share the project .. so is it necessary to force a user to add the project's template path, (even if a relative path is given) before start updating ? and what about to add the "TemplateChange.oxt" to the oo installation ? Oliver --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
