Hi, I get XENA's help page as below link, and it's using LibOffice as a plugin, not AOO. http://xena.sourceforge.net/help.php?page=setoffice.html
The external tool for converting office documents to Open Document Format (ODF) is *LibreOffice*. 2012/8/21 Graham Lauder <y...@apache.org> > > KG01 - see comments inline. > > > > On Aug 21, 2012, at 4:18 AM, "Marcus (OOo)" <marcus.m...@wtnet.de> > wrote: > > > Am 08/20/2012 04:54 PM, schrieb Jürgen Schmidt: > > >> OpenOffice is not only used as desktop application but also as hidden > > >> part of other software and often as a conversion engine in the > backend. > > >> > > >> OpenOffice has very good filters for many file formats and the usage > as > > >> a conversion engine is straight forward. And the conversion from one > > >> format into another can be improved and optimized by some special > > >> handling of parts of the document. > > >> > > >> For example external linked parts can be ignored and don't have to be > > >> loaded during conversion, embedded images can be simply copied etc. > > >> > > >> I would like to improve AOO for this kind of usage by introducing a > new > > >> parameter "-conversionmode". It's not comparable with the command line > > >> parameter "-headless" or the "hidden" property for > > >> loadComponentFromUrl(). > > >> > > >> The intention of this new global option is to have it available > > >> everywhere in the underlying code to optimize the performance of the > > >> conversion. > > > > > > Sounds reasonable. However, especially with the previous paragraph I > > > don't know if I understood right. Do you want to simply make the > > > import/export of docs faster when AOO isn't running in graphical mode? > > > > > > Would be great if you can fill this with some more details. > > > > > >> This should have no influence/impact on the normal workflow but will > > >> help to make AOO potentially more attractive for backend usage. Means > it > > >> will help to grow the broader eco-system around AOO. > > > > KG01 - Interesting. Does this mean future apps could present their own > user > > experience and still leverage our framework? > > > > The Auustralia National Archive created a piece of software for preserving > digital materials called XENA > > http://xena.sourceforge.net/ > > That uses OOo as a plugin. This would probably ease that connection. > >
