On 12 Mar 2005 at 14:36, Mathias Bauer wrote: > Lars D. Nood�n wrote: > > > I would encourage having an "Open with Calc" and "Open with writer" > > option in the listbox. > > IMHO the listbox is still needed as it is (for filtering the file > list), so it shouldn't be mixed up with additional functionality. My > favorite currently is an extension to the "OK" button. An additional > Popup menu that can be opened like the popups in toolbars of OOo > wouldn't consume additional space and looks very clear. > > Best regards, > Mathias > It seems to me that the crux of this problem is the OO.o is a integrated product. MSO is a collection of products. Try to open a file in Excel that isn't suitable and you will either get rubbish or an error. Same with Word. OO.o, as an integrated product has to work out the best way to open a file and, as I found with my sort-of-Unicode CSV file, it may not do what you want. In this case it would only open it in Writer. It think that OO.o really needs an Open As/With option of some kind to force the user's choice.
As an experiment, I opened the sort-of-Unicode CSV file in Excel. Excel complained, but did open it. I added a new row in Excel and saved it. Now, OO.o will open it in Calc! So I think I would support Mathias here. The list box filters the file list. If the selected file does not have a defined OO.o extension, then OO.o needs to ask the user which OO.o application should open it. And maybe in Options there should be a way to associate extensions with applications to prevent tiresome questioning of the user every time they want to open a file with a well known extension, like .csv or .xls. Tony Pursell --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
