On 02/18/2008 02:05 AM, Alan Lord wrote:
> Kristian Rink wrote:
>> Folks;
>> 
>> so far I have enjoyed using OO.o as a desktop-based office application
>> on my machine, now I want to move things to some other level: So far
>> we're using a document management system automatically generating
>> documents using MS Office on a Windows machine, relying upon VB macros
>> and a more or less unstable integration. I would like to replace this
>> mechanism by an OO.o integrated into a Java EE (web) application
>> remotely calling (one out of several?) OO.o server instances to do the
>> job. My question, however: Where to get started doing so? So far I once
>> have managed to start openoffice in server mode, but, looking at the
>> SDK, I mainly have seen all sorts of introductions how to deal with
>> building GUI extensions. Any tutorials on how to embed a "headless"
>> openoffice into a Java application?
>> 
>> TIA and best regards,
>> Kristian
>> 
> 
> Take a look at Alfresco. They do exactly that!
> 
> HTH
> 
> Al
> 

And here is how to install specifically for "Run headless OpenOffice
using the xvfb dummy X server":

http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Installing_Alfresco_on_Ubuntu_7.10



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