Hiya, thanks for the tip but where exactly is the file I have to apply your example to (marked blue below)?
St. ---- Original Message ---- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 10:57 AM Subject: [Issue 72957] User settings overridden by installation > To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: > http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=72957 > > > > > > ------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jul 16 > 00:57:21 +0000 2007 ------- I, also, have had this problem with > installing dictionaries since 2.1 or 2.0. > > Upgrading OOo (on Win 2000) uninstalls the dictionaries but leaves > their files > in the dictionary folder. After reinstalling (using the built-in > wizard) I > cannot set/save the Default Language to anything other than English > (USA). > > Deleting the global linguistic.xcu file > (share\registry\data\org\openoffice\Office) permits changes to the > default > language but uninstalls the dictionaries! > > I have got past the problem by copying the "DefaultLocale" XML record > from the user file into the global one while OOo is not running - leaving the > global dictionary records unchanged. This corrects the Default Language > setting but still does not allow me to modify it from the UI. > > For example... > <node oor:name="General"> > <prop oor:name="DefaultLocale" oor:type="xs:string"> > <value>en-AU</value> > </prop> > </node> > > It appears that UI changes are written to the user linguistic.xcu > file, but > this is overridden at run time by the global one if it exists. > Unfortunately > it must exist if additional dictionaries are installed for all users. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from > Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. > http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification
