On the documentation page for the Office Importer Application that Thomas linked there are two sections that explain how to configure Open/LibreOffice as an internal / external service. See http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Office+Importer+Application#HInternallymanagedOpenOfficeserverprocess28default29
Hope this helps, Marius On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 1:29 AM, novnovice <novnov...@gmail.com> wrote: > Re connecting openoffice and xwiki, Google finds > https://network.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/DocXE51En/OfficeImporter and a > similar page for 4.x; I can't find anything in the 8.x docs; probably > missed > it (google seems to have missed it too). > > The closest is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP_N5U_GIJY which is for > xwiki 7. Is the config for 7.x close enough to 8.x so that I can follow > that > guidance? > > In the video there is mention of an option to manage internally or > externally > #-# [Since 1.9M2] > #-# Type of the openoffice server instance used by officeimporter > component. > #-# 0 - Internally managed server instance. (Default) > #-# 1 - Externally managed (local) server instance. > # openoffice.serverType=0 > > Does option 0 mean that xwiki will expose openoffice configuration, as far > as it pertains to xwiki? > And would option 1 mean that the admin (probably an expert) would configure > the relevant aspects of openoffice from "outside" xwiki? > > Even more basic - as far as open office goes, I install oo, and configure > it > to run as a service? "openoffice server" isn't a separate product if I'm > not > mistaken, it's just oo configured to run in server mode? > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://xwiki.475771.n2.nabble. > com/What-does-Version-8-4-3-is-installed-as-dependency- > mean-tp7602230p7602241.html > Sent from the XWiki- Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >
