Re: [dev] Extension Manager [was: Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java]

2007-02-12 Thread Stephan Bergmann
Rony G. Flatscher wrote: Hi there, sorry, was away for a week with no access to e-mail, hence my late answer: [However, the Extension manager on the tools menu does not work either in this version; it does from the commandline, though, ie. unopkg works there.] What is broken with the

Re: [dev] Extension Manager [was: Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java]

2007-02-12 Thread Rony G. Flatscher
Hi there, Hm, if the error message tells the truth, there is some problem accessing that log.txt file. I assume you are on Linux; you could try strace -f ./unopkg gui O.K. it is 1,8 MB large, so I would not like to attach it to this e-mail. I can zip-it up and send it to you via direct

Re: [dev] Extension Manager [was: Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java]

2007-02-12 Thread Rony G. Flatscher
O.K. it is 1,8 MB large, so I would not like to attach it to this e-mail. I can zip-it up and send it to you via direct e-mail, otherwise please advise. Only of interest are lines containing log.txt. Should be few enough to post inline. (Also, does an ls -l on that log.txt file show any

Re: [dev] Extension Manager [was: Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java]

2007-02-12 Thread Rony G. Flatscher
Hi Roderick, http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=54163 as mentioned in the Debian section of http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/2.x/en/SETUP_GUIDE.pdf ? thank you for the links, and indeed, it seems that this is the same bug (even 18 months later). [Will look

Re: [dev] Extension Manager [was: Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java]

2007-02-06 Thread Joachim Lingner
Stephan Bergmann wrote: Rony G. Flatscher wrote: Hi Stephan, The Ubuntu layout you described in a previous mail (libs in /usr/lib/openoffice/program, jars in /usr/share/java/openoffice) cannot work (at least not without some modifications to the OOo code base). Not sure why Ubuntu decided to

Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java

2007-02-05 Thread Stephan Bergmann
Rony G. Flatscher wrote: Hi Caio Tiago, thank you *very* much, your directions worked right out of the book! ;) First I deinstalled the Ubuntu OOo, then followed your instructions and was able to install the genuine OOo from the OOo homepage, getting the standard installation tree on the /opt

Re: [dev] Little update (Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java

2007-02-05 Thread Juergen Schmidt
Hi Rony, Rony G. Flatscher wrote: Hi there, just wanted to report that the genuine OOo 2.1 can be invoked via Java from the command line, whereas the Ubuntu version cannot. Did remove the genuine OOo 2.1 and re-installed the Ubuntu OOo 2.0.4 version (the latest they have). The Ubuntu version

Re: [dev] Little update (Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java

2007-02-05 Thread Rony G. Flatscher
Hi, these were the required jar files suggested by netbeans: (i noticed you didnt mention jut.jar in the comments of your code) juh.jar jurt.jar jut.jar officebean.jar ridl.jar unoil.jar Thank you for this list, will look into it! --- Ad your environment: it seems that you have the

Re: [dev] Little update (Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java

2007-02-05 Thread Rony G. Flatscher
Hi, these were the required jar files suggested by netbeans: (i noticed you didnt mention jut.jar in the comments of your code) juh.jar jurt.jar jut.jar officebean.jar ridl.jar unoil.jar One last remark: it is likely that your pacakge works because of officebean.jar. But I would

Re: [dev] Little update (Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java

2007-02-05 Thread ashok _
I tried executing the attached jar file on another ubuntu edgy box WITHOUT netbeans or the OO sdk...with just OO2.04 (the standard Ubuntu openoffice installation) installed, it works perfectly, if i do either : java -jar helloworld.jar or if do a launch with JVM from the Gnome file manager...

Re: [dev] Little update (Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java

2007-02-05 Thread ashok _
In fact... officebean.jar is not required for the helloworld appit was suggested by the netbeans wizard, but it will work without it On 2/5/07, Rony G. Flatscher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One last remark: it is likely that your pacakge works because of officebean.jar. But I would not

Re: [dev] Little update (Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java

2007-02-05 Thread Rony G. Flatscher
Hi, In fact... officebean.jar is not required for the helloworld appit was suggested by the netbeans wizard, but it will work without it That is very interesting! Could you please either send me the jar-file (or its included manifest file) and the settings of CLASSPATH, PATH and

Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java

2007-02-05 Thread Rony G. Flatscher
Hi Stephan, The Ubuntu layout you described in a previous mail (libs in /usr/lib/openoffice/program, jars in /usr/share/java/openoffice) cannot work (at least not without some modifications to the OOo code base). Not sure why Ubuntu decided to ship a broken OOo (maybe they are not even aware

Re: [dev] Little update (Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java

2007-02-05 Thread Rony G. Flatscher
Hi Jürgen, the problem is quite simple. The Ubuntu guys install OpenOffice or part of it in a way which is not supported in all cases. For example the Java UNO bootstrap mechanism depends on a specific layout (directory structure, Stephan has pointed out earlier). And yes i agree that they

Re: [dev] Little update (Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java

2007-02-05 Thread Juergen Schmidt
Rony G. Flatscher wrote: Hi, In fact... officebean.jar is not required for the helloworld appit was suggested by the netbeans wizard, but it will work without it That is very interesting! Could you please either send me the jar-file (or its included manifest file) and the settings of

Re: [dev] Little update (Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java

2007-02-05 Thread ashok _
i have sent you the project with the build scripts offlist... but you dont need things like ld_library_path for the jar deploymet to work... there is an installationfinder loader packaged within the jar which locates the openoffice installation and other arbitary paths automatically which i

Re: [dev] Little update (Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java

2007-02-05 Thread Jim Watson
Rony G. Flatscher wrote: See, I would like to learn what is needed for an out-of-the-box Ubuntu OOo installation to be employed to run Java apps from the command line. (Here SDK/NetBeans/Eclipse setups can come into ones way as it is then not always clear which environment is in effect under

[dev] Next .... (Re: [dev] Little update (Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java

2007-02-05 Thread Rony G. Flatscher
Hi there, thanks to everyone, I was not aware of special needs to find OOo. Ashok was kind enough to send me his jar file, and its content is: Archive: helloworld.jar testing: META-INF/OK testing: META-INF/MANIFEST.MF OK testing: org/ OK

Re: [dev] Next .... (Re: [dev] Little update (Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java

2007-02-05 Thread Jim Watson
Rony G. Flatscher wrote: However, *where* would one find the com.sun.star.lib.loader. package? Look in the SDK/classes directory... Get the SDK at api.openoffice.org jim - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

[dev] SDK-only Java libs? (Re: [dev] Next .... (Re: [dev] Little update (Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java

2007-02-05 Thread Rony G. Flatscher
Hi Jim, However, *where* would one find the com.sun.star.lib.loader. package? Look in the SDK/classes directory... Get the SDK at api.openoffice.org Oh, I see. Was not aware of that at all. But this would mean that one cannot reliably deploy Java applications from the command line without

Re: [dev] SDK-only Java libs? (Re: [dev] Next .... (Re: [dev] Little update (Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java

2007-02-05 Thread Rony G. Flatscher
Hi there, just a stupid question: why doesn't the Bootstrap helper class use the com.sun.star.lib.loader. knowing the important role of that library to find the OO executable ? Regards, ---rony However, *where* would one find the com.sun.star.lib.loader. package? Look in the

[dev] Extension Manager [was: Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java]

2007-02-05 Thread Stephan Bergmann
Rony G. Flatscher wrote: Hi Stephan, The Ubuntu layout you described in a previous mail (libs in /usr/lib/openoffice/program, jars in /usr/share/java/openoffice) cannot work (at least not without some modifications to the OOo code base). Not sure why Ubuntu decided to ship a broken OOo (maybe

Re: [dev] SDK-only Java libs? (Re: [dev] Next .... (Re: [dev] Little update (Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java

2007-02-05 Thread Stephan Bergmann
Rony G. Flatscher wrote: Hi there, just a stupid question: why doesn't the Bootstrap helper class use the com.sun.star.lib.loader. knowing the important role of that library to find the OO executable ? See http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=66050 for a planned improvement in

Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java

2007-02-04 Thread Rony G. Flatscher
Hi Caio Tiago, thank you *very* much, your directions worked right out of the book! ;) First I deinstalled the Ubuntu OOo, then followed your instructions and was able to install the genuine OOo from the OOo homepage, getting the standard installation tree on the /opt branch. Could get the Java

Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java

2007-02-04 Thread Rony G. Flatscher
Hi Jim, You should get the Software Development Kit from your distribution or from http://api.openoffice.org, there are examples in SDK/examples/DevelopersGuide/FirstSteps This assumes, that the Java program I use would not work. However, it is a simple test-program which has been working like

[dev] Little update (Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java

2007-02-04 Thread Rony G. Flatscher
Hi there, just wanted to report that the genuine OOo 2.1 can be invoked via Java from the command line, whereas the Ubuntu version cannot. Did remove the genuine OOo 2.1 and re-installed the Ubuntu OOo 2.0.4 version (the latest they have). The Ubuntu version places the binaries into

Re: [dev] Little update (Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java

2007-02-04 Thread ashok _
I am running oOo 2.1 on ubuntu... I am running the standard jdk 1.5.08 installation... everything works fine for me. I noticed that i had to explicitly enable Java in oOo after the installation, by going to tools-options-java and expicitly selecting a JVM there maybe that is the step

Re: [dev] Little update (Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java

2007-02-04 Thread ashok _
I noticed you were setting a whole lot of classpaths i would suggest you get hold of netbeans 6 milestone 5 IDE, and install the openoffice development plugin on top of that. It takes a lot of pain out of the openoffice development process.by detecting and setting up environment

Re: [dev] Little update (Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java

2007-02-04 Thread Rony G. Flatscher
Hi, ashok _ wrote: I am running oOo 2.1 on ubuntu... I am running the standard jdk 1.5.08 installation... everything works fine for me. I noticed that i had to explicitly enable Java in oOo after the installation, by going to tools-options-java and expicitly selecting a JVM there

Re: [dev] Little update (Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java

2007-02-04 Thread ashok _
Hello Rony: I used your code to successfully build and execute an openoffice UNO client application. (See the attached code). i executed the jar file from the command line using: java -jar helloworld.jar and it launched openoffice writer and wrote the hellow world text into the editor

Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java

2007-02-03 Thread Jim Watson
On 04/02/2007, at 9:45 AM, Rony G. Flatscher wrote: would allow a Java program to start to run, but getting immediately to a problem in the Bootstrap class which is not able to find the OOo binary: com.sun.star.comp.helper.BootstrapException: no office executable found! at

Re: [dev] Seeking help on Ubuntu 6.10 OOo v. 2.0.4 for starting OOo via Java

2007-02-03 Thread Caio Tiago Oliveira
Jim Watson, 03-02-2007 20:27: On 04/02/2007, at 9:45 AM, Rony G. Flatscher wrote: would allow a Java program to start to run, but getting immediately to a problem in the Bootstrap class which is not able to find the OOo binary: com.sun.star.comp.helper.BootstrapException: no office