Hi, Just to end this thread, I upgraded to OpenOffice 3.2.0 from 3.1.1 and after creating the missing directory (http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XAOFFICE-44), import-export works fine. Great !!!
Best Regards Simon Glet On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Simon Glet <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
