On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 16:55:28 -0500, G. Roderick Singleton wrote:

> On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 19:56 +0000, John King wrote:
>> On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 09:12:55 -0500, G. Roderick Singleton wrote:
>> 
>> > On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 11:41 +0000, John King wrote:
>> >> ooo2 on Suse 9.2, with KDE 3.5.0 and evolution 2.4.2
>> >> 
>> >> I have set evolution as my email application in
>> >> Tools-Options-Internet. However, when I try to File-Send a document
>> >> as email or as a pdf attachent, a new evolution message is started
>> >> but no document or pdf file is attached .
>> >> 
>> >> I have tried changing the email application to both kmail and
>> >> thunderbird, and in both cases there is no problem - a new mail
>> >> message is started with the files attached.
>> >> 
>> >> Are there any settings I can make to enable evolution to work
>> >> satisfactorily?
>> > 
>> > I suspect you will have to troubleshoot evolution as it does work
>> > _VERY_ well as demonstrated by the message I sent you off-line with an
>> > attachment directly from OOo.
>> > 
>> > I would guess you are missing a setting in evolution. Please check.
>> 
>> Are you running evolution/openoffice under gnome or kde? I ask because
>> I've had several problems with evolution under kde (e.g. not calling the
>> correct application to view attachments) which I could only solve with
>> command-line setting changes.  I'm wondering if there's a gnome setting
>> that I need to set in a similar way.  I've been right through the menus
>> in evolution itself, but haven't found anything that would enable the
>> send document feature.
>> 
>> 
> Under Gnome. I have KDE available if needed.

It looks as if it was a problem of a setting in gnome.  I ran the
gnome-integration rpm from the installation package, and now I can send
both documents and pdfs from ooo via evolution.

Curiously, the attachments do not show up in the email message compose
window, unless I manually add another attachment, when both appear.


-- 

John

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