Hello Mikhail,
thank you for explanation. Later I also found relevant page in dev. guide 
which describes filter flags in more detail. Now I can see differences 
between saving and exporting.

Best regards
Pavel

On Monday 01 of December 2008 17:53:07 Mikhail Voitenko wrote:
> Hi Pavel,
>
> On 12/01/08 09:01, Pavel Lastovicka wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I need to add MS Office 2007 export capability to oo.o. oo.o includes
> > import only filters for these formats. I tried to add another,
> > export-only filter for e.g. type "writer_MS_Word_2007". But openoffice
> > seems to ignore it (does not list it as an available type in "save as"
> > dialog) unless it is given the import flag also. I have attached my
> > filter definition to this mail. I install it as an oo.o extension.
>
> "File/SaveAs" UI-action means that the document should be stored and let
> be based on the new location. It is possible only for filters supporting
> import, since "based" means here that the document can be reloaded from
> there.
>
> If a filter supports export only, it is a pure export filter, so it can
> be used only by "File/Export" UI-action.
>
> >   Another unpleasant thing with my filter is the following: If I open a
> > .docx file, change it and then try to save, instead of saving of the
> > document I am presented with save dialog with file type changed to .odt.
> > I have to manually choose .docx format to save the file.
>
> The OOo .docx filter ( I assume that it is used to open the document ),
> is import-only filter. Thus it can not be used for saving/exporting. In
> this case the office preselects the default filter on "File/SaveAs" action.
>
> Best regards,
> Mikhail.
>
> >   Does somebody has experience in this area?
> >
> >
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