On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Regina Henschel <rb.hensc...@t-online.de> wrote: > Hi Rob, > > Rob Weir schrieb: > >> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Regina Henschel >> <rb.hensc...@t-online.de> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Andre, >>> >>> Andre Fischer schrieb: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> after some very hard work the Impress panels are now migrated to the >>>> sidebar. These are panels for >>>> >>>> - Layouts >>>> - Master pages (all, recent, used) >>>> - Custom animation >>>> - Slide transition >>>> - Table >>>> >>>> I have created new developer builds (version 0.7), please see >>>> >>>> http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Sidebar#Developer_Builds >>>> >>>> for details. I made the Linux build with an older Ubuntu, so that more >>>> people can try it out. A special activation of the sidebar is not >>>> necessary anymore. >>> >>> >>> >>> I've unpacked the Windows version. It crashes immediately, when I use a >>> text >>> frame, that is the shape from the T icon. :( >>> >> >> That's further than I got. The built-in Windows XP did not like that >> archive. I took Andre's hint to rename the destination top-level >> directory. But then on extract it complains that some files are >> password protected. I extracted the rest but then I get an exception >> when trying to run soffice. > > > I have no longer XP, but perhaps it is the same problem as on Windows7. On > Windows7 the path to the user settings is far to deep. Try this: Unzip the > archive, than move the folder "OpenOffice.org 3" to the root of the > partition and try to start there. >
OK, that worked. Thanks. I can load the side panel in Writer and Calc. Cool! -Rob > >> >> How much more effort would it be to create a Windows installer? If we >> want coverage by QA volunteers (and we're waiting) we'll either need >> installers or detailed instructions for how to get these archived >> builds to work. But since we're changing directories and such with >> the 4.0 version it probably makes sense to get the install/configure >> side tested early as well. > > > Using an installer you would need to tell how to make an administrative > installation and how to edit the bootstrap.ini file. That is not better. > > Kind regards > Regina
