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 
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> 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
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