The problem here is that the Check for Updates option is NOT available when I open a Writer document, but it IS AVAILABLE when I open other document types such as Impress, Draw, etc. What's going on?
"Uwe Fischer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi, > > Dave Barton wrote: >> On Fri, 2006-06-30 at 09:36 +0200, Uwe Fischer wrote: >>> you can find the specification document for this new feature here: >>> http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/onlineupdate/Software_Update.odt >>> this is work in progress, so it is possible that the menu command is >>> not yet visible in your build of OOo. For "full version" I guess we >>> meant that this feature is not part of any patch or update file set, >>> but I will check that and change the help accordingly to make it more >>> precise. >>> >>> Regards >>> Uwe >> >> Hi Uwe, >> >> While the updating function itself may still be work in progress, the >> problem is that the item does not show up under help menu for some >> installations (I suspect upgrades only) of the released stable version. >> >> My suspicion is that there are 2 or more variants of 680m7 Build 9044 >> out on the mirrors. >> >> I downloaded and upgrade 2.0.3 (Linux) from http://ftp.scarlet.be and >> experience the problem (resolved by removing the second variant of my >> user directory in my home directory that the upgrade created), but the >> Windows upgrade from http://ftp/plusline.de did not exhibit any problem >> and the "Check for updates" worked perfectly. > > for this new "Check for Updates" feature, the souce code and the Online > Help are parts of the same CWS (child workspcae). This means when you see > "Check for Updates" in the Online Help, the command must be visible in the > Help menu, too. > If the command is not visible, please download an "official" > OpenOffice.org version. Some other distributors who build their own file > set may have omitted one important entry, so the command does not show up. > The file version.rc in the installation file set must contain a line with > the correct URL where OOo should connect to. > > Regards > Uwe > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Technical Writer > StarOffice - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Hamburg, Germany > http://www.sun.com/staroffice > http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
