thanks for the link, but has anyone done before what I am trying to do with 2.0, i.e. can i get a little more of a lead-in / pointer. Thank you, Patrice
On 6/10/06, G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 02:36 -0400, Patrice Seyed wrote: > Hi, > > I am currently using openoffice 1.1.x as a listener to do conversion of ppt > to pdf with the JavaConverter. We have a script that does this with the > following: > > daemon Xvfb :1 -fbdir /tmp & > daemon ooffice "-accept=socket,host=localhost,port=8100;urp" -display :1 & > > > I have discovered that I can fix conversion problems with certain slides > (that we end up converting to bitmap image files) if i do the conversion > with openoffice 2.0. I have only verified this by opening the ooffice gui > with the ppt and exporting to pdf manually. > > I tried doing the same as the above commands with 2.0, however I cannot get > the 2.0 process to listen on port 8100 with the commandlines: > > daemon Xvfb :1 -fbdir /tmp & > daemon /opt/openoffice.org2.0/program/soffice > "-accept=socket,host=localhost,port=8100;urp" -display :1 & > > the process starts, but it does not listen on port 8100, and the conversion > with JavaConverter is not successful. > > for example: > > # netstat -nap | grep office > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 2117629 > 12892/soffice.bin > /tmp/OSL_PIPE_0_SingleOfficeIPC_bfa67ba891bd9b76f67a649f29db7e59 > unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 2117625 12892/soffice.bin > > whether I use "soffice" or "soffice.bin" in the command line. Rather than: > > # netstat -nap | grep office > tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:8100 0.0.0.0:* > LISTEN 12933/soffice.bin > tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:34288 127.0.0.1:631 > CLOSE_WAIT 12933/soffice.bin > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 2118047 > 12933/soffice.bin > /tmp/OSL_PIPE_0_SingleOfficeIPC_4475afd81af40edd91795492cfa4313 > unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 2118150 12933/soffice.bin > unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 2118045 12933/soffice.bin > > for 1.1.x > > > > Am I going about this correctly? Is there a different mechanism to start > ooffice in 2.0 as a listener/server process. And also, should I be using a > different JavaConverter program? > I recall seeing that much has changed in this area between 1.1.x and 2.x. Please see http://api.openoffice.org/ as a start for info on this subject. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/
