+1,sounds a good idea,it will extend the usage areas of Aoo with better performance and expectation.
On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 4:00 AM, Marcus (OOo) <marcus.m...@wtnet.de> wrote: > Am 08/21/2012 03:38 AM, schrieb Lei Wang: > > 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. >> > > Thanks for your explaination. Now it's clear. ;-) > > Marcus > > > > > 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. >>>> >>> -- Best Regards,Jianhong Cheng
