+1 2012/8/21 Lei Wang <lei.wang.l...@gmail.com>
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 4:18 AM, Marcus (OOo) <marcus.m...@wtnet.de> > wrote: > > > Am 08/20/2012 04:54 PM, schrieb Jürgen Schmidt: > > > > OpenOffice is not only used as desktop application but also as hidden > >> part of other software and often as a conversion engine in the backend. > >> > >> OpenOffice has very good filters for many file formats and the usage as > >> a conversion engine is straight forward. And the conversion from one > >> format into another can be improved and optimized by some special > >> handling of parts of the document. > >> > >> For example external linked parts can be ignored and don't have to be > >> loaded during conversion, embedded images can be simply copied etc. > >> > >> I would like to improve AOO for this kind of usage by introducing a new > >> parameter "-conversionmode". It's not comparable with the command line > >> parameter "-headless" or the "hidden" property for > loadComponentFromUrl(). > >> > >> The intention of this new global option is to have it available > >> everywhere in the underlying code to optimize the performance of the > >> conversion. > >> > > > > Sounds reasonable. However, especially with the previous paragraph I > don't > > know if I understood right. Do you want to simply make the import/export > of > > docs faster when AOO isn't running in graphical mode? > > > > Would be great if you can fill this with some more details. > > > For some enterprise user, AOO is used as a document conversion service in > backend. For an example, convert MS 2003 binary file format to ODF file > format. This conversion service does not need GUI. And user can not > interrupt the process, which bring performance improvement opportunity > which Jurgen mentioned. > > > > > > > This should have no influence/impact on the normal workflow but will > >> help to make AOO potentially more attractive for backend usage. Means it > >> will help to grow the broader eco-system around AOO. > >> > > > > Thanks > > > > Marcus > > > -- Best regards Lei De Bin
