Proposal to remove/modify the UI for selecting the hid.lst directory and
use default location instead
Product: OpenOffice.org VCL TestTool application
Short:
To simplify the use of the TestTool application I would like to remove
one setting from the GUI:
Extra->Settings->Tabpage: 'Profile'-> 'HID directory'
The default for this will be the path from 'Base directory' + /global/hid
The function, to select another location for the hid.lst, will still be
available, but only by editing the TestTool configuration file.
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Long:
The file hid.lst used is always provided via cvs from
qa/qatesttool/global/hid.
Therefore the location is usually bound to the 'Base directory' like
qa/qatesttool that is set on the same tabpage.
Some users migh be tempted to choose the hid.lst from the installed OOo
program directory, that leads to errors, which would be prevented by
this proposal.Removing this from the UI would also speed up using the
VCL TestTool for the first time.
There might be some circumstances where you want to use another hid.lst
file, but don't want to change your 'Base directory'.
I would expect it to be a task for the advanced user, so I would
recommend to close the TestTool application and edit the TestTool
configuration file with an text editor.
The part from the configuration file looks like:
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[_profile_Default]
BaseDir=/qa/qatesttool
HIDDir=/qa/qatesttool/global/hid
LogBaseDir=/qa/qatesttool/errorlog
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So there would be two modes:
1. Default: The entry in the configuration file 'HIDDir' starts with the
string from 'Base directory'
2. The 'HIDDir' doesn't start with the string from 'Base directory'
On openning the tabpage it needs to get decided which mode is active.
If mode 1 then change always the string for 'HID directory' in the
configuration file when 'Base directory' get's changed.
If mode 2 then stay with the current UI, but instead showing a button
'...' for path selection, show a button 'default' to reset the string of
HIDDir to the default of 'Base directory' + '/global/hid', and keep the
edit field for 'HID directory' as long as the settings dialog is open.
Attached is the current dialog.
Issue for this enhancement is
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=69238
I will update the issue with an extract of relevant comments, if there
are any.
cheers
Thorsten
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