Wow that was fast ! Thanks to Asiri and Vincent. Simon Glet
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Feb 10, 2010, at 5:30 PM, Simon Glet wrote: > >> Jeremie, >> >> I see your point but I wasn't expecting that much involvement ;-) BTW, >> as you speak of customization, I was wondering how to hide the "Import >> Office Document" menu. By not offering the option, users will not get >> frustrated and would more easily accept the system. > > With the latest XE version (2.2RC1 or even better 2.2RC2 being released right > now, will be avail in 2-3 hours) if the office importer page > (XWiki.OfficeImporter) is not present the menu item will not be shown. So you > can rename that page or delete it (you'd then need to reimport the > officeimporter XAR later on if you want it again in this case). > > Of course you can also customize the menu vm files to define the rules you > want. > > Thanks > -Vincent > >> >> Thanks >> Simon Glet >> >> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 4:56 AM, Jeremie BOUSQUET >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi Simon, >>> >>> Some words from a long-time user of XWiki ... >>> >>> I think the issues you encountered might be linked also to the fact that >>> these features rely on external tools (oo, ms office...), and also they are >>> quite "recent" in xwiki history. So for sure, all integration issues might >>> not have been encountered / fixed already. >>> Of course if you need mainly these features, it might be a problem, but with >>> some fixes there is no reason they won't work. >>> >>> For the rest, I must say that on the other side, and even with some (known) >>> flaws, xwiki is not comparable to other wikis I know. No one offers such >>> liberty and customization possibilities. I use it for some years now at work >>> (since v0.9) and migrated regularly to last versions, and progression is >>> incredible, in terms of features and usability. A good basis is now in >>> place, and I think not much is needed to have a nearly perfect tool :) >>> But, again, this tool might need some involvement in order to get its best, >>> even if it's more and more "plug & play". >>> >>> I'll take an example, in my office we use a specific configuration >>> management tool very uncommon, and that is integrated with nothing else. In >>> wiki I could very easily create some macros to help users create links on >>> various sources, reports and such in this scm tool. The wysiwyg editor works >>> really well now, and the new macro displays in a dialog with parameters I >>> defined, though I didn't code anything for the display. This is really >>> helpful and really easy to put in place. I don't know much other tools, but >>> I don't think you can do this kind of thing so easily... For now I did not >>> install oO server for office import though, but I plan to. >>> >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Jeremie >>> >>> 2010/2/9 Simon Glet <[email protected]> >>> >>>> Hi Asiri, >>>> >>>> I am a little confused by the quality of XWiki 2.1.1. At this point I >>>> find that there are many features that don't work properly or at all : >>>> >>>> - Office plugin (the office 2007 ribbon has a very buggy behavior) >>>> - Document import (There is no documentation about version >>>> compatibility between the different elements) >>>> - Usage with SQL Server 2005 is impossible. Works fine with PostgreSQL >>>> though. >>>> >>>> I can't continue testing such a product. To bad, it looked very good. >>>> >>>> Best Regards >>>> Simon Glet >>>> >>>> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Asiri Rathnayake >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Simon Glet <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Asiri, >>>>>> >>>>>> I currently use the latest version of OO (3.1.1 Build 9420). What else >>>>>> can I check ? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Well, you can try un-installing openoffice and reinstalling. But I doubt >>>>> this will help. >>>>> >>>>> Next thing you can try is use jodconverter directly and try to convert >>>> your >>>>> document from odt to html. >>>>> >>>>> Here is the link: >>>>> >>>>> http://code.google.com/p/jodconverter/ >>>>> >>>>> How to use it: >>>>> >>>>> http://code.google.com/p/jodconverter/wiki/GettingStarted >>>>> >>>>> If the command-line conversion fails for your document, then the error >>>>> should probably be reported to jodconverter users list. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> - Asiri >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks >>>>>> Simon Glet >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Asiri Rathnayake >>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> As you have understood it seems the problem is with your OOo >>>>>> installation. >>>>>>> Can you try removing your existing OOo installation and installing the >>>>>>> latest version from http://www.openoffice.org? This will most >>>> probably >>>>>> fix >>>>>>> the issue. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - Asiri > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
