Hi,
2008/1/10, Harold Fuchs wrote:
> On 10/01/2008, Alec McAllister wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone had any experience installing OO dictionaries under Vista?
> >
> > I've tried File ... Wizards ... Install New Dictionaries and running the
> > macro. It gets as far as "Retrieve the list", but just counts to itself for
> > a long time, then reports "You don't seem to be connected to the Internet.
> > Please verify that OpenOffice.org has access to the Internet". Of course,
> > it does have access to the Internet -- two browsers and a variety of other
> > programs on that PC access it correctly -- the second sentence must be the
> > crucial one; it must be OO that needs to be told something, not the system
> > as a whole.
I've the same problem (under XP) with Ooo-dev 2.4.0m242.
There's no problem with OOo 2.3.1.
> > I've tried setting the proxy to all three possible states: no proxy,
> > system or manual, using the same settings that are used successfully by OO
> > on an XP system in the same office and using the same internet connection. I
> > can't think what else to tweak.
> >
> > Has anyone got any ideas, please?
I'm still searching for the cause ...
> Are you by any chance running antivirus and/or firewall software that blocks
> internet access to those programs it hasn't been told about? As just one
> example, the free version of ZoneAlarm does this. Of course, ZoneAlarm asks
> you if you want to allow XYZ program to have access and then remembers the
> answer. But perhaps not all such software is as well behaved [under
> Vista]???
- I've disabled all Antivirus etc.
- I've considered:
<quote>
Note to users
Installation in the Administrator mode requires write permission on
the directory-folder:
<OOo>/share/dict/ooo
and on the file:
<OOo>/share/dict/ooo/dictionary.lst
<quote>
- I've copied the whole
<...\OpenOffice.org 2.3\share\dict\ooo>
to
<...\OOo-dev 2.4\share\dict\ooo>
... and some other ...
If there's no solution, you may try:
off-line language pack installation ->
<http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Dictionaries>
Manfred
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