Hi Tx for your reply. The intent of this cron job is to automate the generation of reports and saving them under specified locations. The user is not expected to run openoffice nor vnc session to get his reports. The way it is right now is that I have a script that fires OpenOffice on a server and another script that runs the java app that generate the reports on the same server using OpenOffice. Currently the reports are generated on the screen and then saved automatically and then the report closes. Iam looking for a way where this process of generating the reprot and saving it is hidden from the user without the need to logon to the server. I cannot expect the user to run VNC session to get this working.
Housein linuxmaillists wrote: > > On Thursday 20 September 2007 13:56:00 houh wrote: >> Hi >> >> Iam using OpenOffice1.1.5, and I have a cron job that fires an >> application runs packs using OpenOffice API and saves them. >> Currently, the server that OpenOffice is running on needs to be >> logged on all the time so that the cron job will be able to run >> the packs and save them. Is there a way to run OpenOffice in the >> background without the need to be logged on to the server that >> OpenOffice is running on?. >> Need to mention that the way the pack is saved by running the >> pack displayed to the screen first and then a call to the API >> saveSpecificDocument will save it. >> >> Please advise ASAP >> >> Tx >> >> Hussein > > I assume you are running Linux. I think the program name that might > work for you is Screem. You might also run a VNC Server on display > 1-6. Log into the system with VNC viewer and start this process > that you want to have running. Then just close the VNC viewer > (click the X in the top right corner of the viewer rather than log > out). Whatever you have running will still run because it is > running in that display and session and all you did by closing the > VNC viewer was disconnect your self from the server but the process > is still running because you did not stop it or log out but it does > not kill the process. Because technically you are still logged into > the session just not actually connected. You can reconnect any time > you want and see things exactly how you left them from the last > time you were connected. This can't be done with Windows because > Windows only has display 0. Another big advantage of a Unix based > OS over Windows. > > -- > http://24.197.142.167/ See the OpenOffice.org FAQ > Microsoft users go to http://www.pclinuxos.com for a great user > friendly Linux experience! > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/OpenOffice-running-in-the-background-tf4489127.html#a12819814 Sent from the openoffice - users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
