Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Writer is erasing JOOScripts on save
Hi :) Hmm, i think the 3.4.x branch is better at the moment. The 3.4.3 is ok but the 3.4.6 is better. We are still having quite a few people write in to grumble about regressions or new problems with the 3.5.x branch. For developing it might be better to push people into using the 3.5.x branch so that we get more bug-reports that can then be fixed but i think it's better if sysadmins do the testing before rolling it out to normal users. Hopefully sysadmins have 1 or 2 people that are willing to test-drive newer releases alongside the more stable version they have in case things go wrong. I wonder if these guides might help witht he main questions here https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#Corporate_Users In the Writer Guide, Chapter 10 is about Templates https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#LibreOffice_Writer_Guide but it might be Chapter 15 that gives the result. Also i was wondering if this question might really be about using LO in headless mode, ie from the command-line or through a script? Regards from Tom :) --- On Tue, 27/3/12, Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl wrote: From: Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Writer is erasing JOOScripts on save To: users@global.libreoffice.org Cc: John Valance jvala...@sprynet.com Date: Tuesday, 27 March, 2012, 9:14 Hi John, John Valance wrote (27-03-12 02:37) A: We are currently using LibreOffice 3.4.3 - OOO340m1 (Build:302). I am trying to get my sysadmin to update to a more current version. I will shoot for 3.4.6 3.5.2 is to be released soon. And the 3.5 version line is having quite some advantages over the 3.4. So IMHO best would be to do a test in your specific environment. Regards, -- - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Writer is erasing JOOScripts on save
Tom Davies wrote (27-03-12 10:47) Hi :) Hmm, i think the 3.4.x branch is better at the moment. The 3.4.3 is ok but the 3.4.6 is better. We are still having quite a few people write in to grumble about regressions or new problems with the 3.5.x branch. So then compare the current situation with the time the 3.4.0 or 3.4.1 was released. And also consider that people in the 3.4 branch have accepted certain regressions or found a work around. And of course the bugs that are in 3.4.x and not in 3.5... I did and do not write that 3.5.2 is always better. But IMO there's a good change. Business should just always check before deploying (or - depending on the situation even better - have professional support). Cheers, -- - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Writer is erasing JOOScripts on save
I am using LibreOffice Writer to format templates for use with JODReports.
These templates are used to generate work order forms for a Natural Gas
Utility, merging database content from a DB2 database. This is a great, low
cost solution for report generation. However, I'm am having a major problem
with what appears to be a bug in Writer, which is causing all of my embedded
scripts to be erased when I save my templates. This is an intermittent
problem - it doesn't happen on every save. But when it does, I lose all my
embedded fields (more than two dozen of them!), and I have to revisit each
field and re-enter the scripting code which indicates the field name to
merge from the data source. This is extremely frustrating and costly in
terms of redoing work and not being able to change formatting in the
templates. If we don't find a solution we will have to abandon LibreOffice
and hope that OpenOffice or MS Word are more stable solutions.
The method for inserting a merge field is: Insert / Fields / Other. (or
Ctrl+F2), select Functions tab, then click Input Field, then click OK. For
Reference, enter 'JOOScript', then click Insert. A dialog box appears,
where you enter the FreeMarker expression that refers to the data field to
merge, in a format like: ${field-name}. This is described here:
http://jodreports.sourceforge.net/?q=node/24
This will insert into the content.xml (within the zipped .odt file) a tag
like this:
text:text-input
text:description=jooscript${WO.WO_ENTRY_DATE}/text:text-input
The problem I'm having is, when I save my odt file, Writer is erasing all of
the FreeMarker expressions which are the content of these text-input tags.
So what you would see in content.xml after this happens, is text-input tags
with no content, like this:
text:text-input text:description=jooscript/text:text-input
Anyone else have a similar problem, or know of a solution? Any help is much
appreciated.
Many thanks,
John Valance
JValance Consulting
802-355-4024
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Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Writer is erasing JOOScripts on save
Hi :)
Do you have Auto-save on? That seems to create a problem with images
sometimes, intermittently in the way you describe, although it's quite rare so
there are probably other factors involved too.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Mon, 26/3/12, John Valance jvala...@sprynet.com wrote:
From: John Valance jvala...@sprynet.com
Subject: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Writer is erasing JOOScripts on save
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Monday, 26 March, 2012, 23:31
I am using LibreOffice Writer to format templates for use with JODReports.
These templates are used to generate work order forms for a Natural Gas
Utility, merging database content from a DB2 database. This is a great, low
cost solution for report generation. However, I'm am having a major problem
with what appears to be a bug in Writer, which is causing all of my embedded
scripts to be erased when I save my templates. This is an intermittent
problem - it doesn't happen on every save. But when it does, I lose all my
embedded fields (more than two dozen of them!), and I have to revisit each
field and re-enter the scripting code which indicates the field name to
merge from the data source. This is extremely frustrating and costly in
terms of redoing work and not being able to change formatting in the
templates. If we don't find a solution we will have to abandon LibreOffice
and hope that OpenOffice or MS Word are more stable solutions.
The method for inserting a merge field is: Insert / Fields / Other. (or
Ctrl+F2), select Functions tab, then click Input Field, then click OK. For
Reference, enter 'JOOScript', then click Insert. A dialog box appears,
where you enter the FreeMarker expression that refers to the data field to
merge, in a format like: ${field-name}. This is described here:
http://jodreports.sourceforge.net/?q=node/24
This will insert into the content.xml (within the zipped .odt file) a tag
like this:
text:text-input
text:description=jooscript${WO.WO_ENTRY_DATE}/text:text-input
The problem I'm having is, when I save my odt file, Writer is erasing all of
the FreeMarker expressions which are the content of these text-input tags.
So what you would see in content.xml after this happens, is text-input tags
with no content, like this:
text:text-input text:description=jooscript/text:text-input
Anyone else have a similar problem, or know of a solution? Any help is much
appreciated.
Many thanks,
John Valance
JValance Consulting
802-355-4024
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Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Writer is erasing JOOScripts on save
On Mon, 2012-03-26 at 18:31 -0400, John Valance wrote:
I am using LibreOffice Writer to format templates for use with JODReports.
These templates are used to generate work order forms for a Natural Gas
Utility, merging database content from a DB2 database. This is a great, low
cost solution for report generation. However, I'm am having a major problem
with what appears to be a bug in Writer, which is causing all of my embedded
scripts to be erased when I save my templates. This is an intermittent
problem - it doesn't happen on every save. But when it does, I lose all my
embedded fields (more than two dozen of them!), and I have to revisit each
field and re-enter the scripting code which indicates the field name to
merge from the data source. This is extremely frustrating and costly in
terms of redoing work and not being able to change formatting in the
templates. If we don't find a solution we will have to abandon LibreOffice
and hope that OpenOffice or MS Word are more stable solutions.
The method for inserting a merge field is: Insert / Fields / Other. (or
Ctrl+F2), select Functions tab, then click Input Field, then click OK. For
Reference, enter 'JOOScript', then click Insert. A dialog box appears,
where you enter the FreeMarker expression that refers to the data field to
merge, in a format like: ${field-name}. This is described here:
http://jodreports.sourceforge.net/?q=node/24
This will insert into the content.xml (within the zipped .odt file) a tag
like this:
text:text-input
text:description=jooscript${WO.WO_ENTRY_DATE}/text:text-input
The problem I'm having is, when I save my odt file, Writer is erasing all of
the FreeMarker expressions which are the content of these text-input tags.
So what you would see in content.xml after this happens, is text-input tags
with no content, like this:
text:text-input text:description=jooscript/text:text-input
Anyone else have a similar problem, or know of a solution? Any help is much
appreciated.
Many thanks,
John Valance
JValance Consulting
802-355-4024
Three questions to begin with:
1) What version of LO are you using? (3.4.6, perhaps 3.51) 3.4.6 is a
better version for business purposes.
2) What operating system are you using?
3) Have you tried to save a document as a template? Templates as I
understand them are not .odt files. They are .ott files when created by
Writer as text templates.
--Dan
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RE: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Writer is erasing JOOScripts on save
Tom,
I could not find an AutoSave option. I see Save Auto Recovery information
every X minutes, which was checked on. I turned this off. No difference.
Right now I cannot save at all without losing all my FreeMarker content in
JOO Scripts, even if I save without making any changes. I went a full day
last week with no problems and actually got some work done, successfully
saving dozens of times. I have no idea what triggered this problem again.
Thanks
John
-Original Message-
From: Tom Davies [mailto:tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk]
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 7:10 PM
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Writer is erasing JOOScripts on
save
Hi :)
Do you have Auto-save on? That seems to create a problem with images
sometimes, intermittently in the way you describe, although it's quite rare
so there are probably other factors involved too.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Mon, 26/3/12, John Valance jvala...@sprynet.com wrote:
From: John Valance jvala...@sprynet.com
Subject: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Writer is erasing JOOScripts on
save
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Monday, 26 March, 2012, 23:31
I am using LibreOffice Writer to format templates for use with JODReports.
These templates are used to generate work order forms for a Natural Gas
Utility, merging database content from a DB2 database. This is a great, low
cost solution for report generation. However, I'm am having a major problem
with what appears to be a bug in Writer, which is causing all of my embedded
scripts to be erased when I save my templates. This is an intermittent
problem - it doesn't happen on every save. But when it does, I lose all my
embedded fields (more than two dozen of them!), and I have to revisit each
field and re-enter the scripting code which indicates the field name to
merge from the data source. This is extremely frustrating and costly in
terms of redoing work and not being able to change formatting in the
templates. If we don't find a solution we will have to abandon LibreOffice
and hope that OpenOffice or MS Word are more stable solutions.
The method for inserting a merge field is: Insert / Fields / Other. (or
Ctrl+F2), select Functions tab, then click Input Field, then click OK.
Ctrl+For
Reference, enter 'JOOScript', then click Insert. A dialog box appears,
where you enter the FreeMarker expression that refers to the data field to
merge, in a format like: ${field-name}. This is described here:
http://jodreports.sourceforge.net/?q=node/24
This will insert into the content.xml (within the zipped .odt file) a tag
like this:
text:text-input
text:description=jooscript${WO.WO_ENTRY_DATE}/text:text-input
The problem I'm having is, when I save my odt file, Writer is erasing all of
the FreeMarker expressions which are the content of these text-input tags.
So what you would see in content.xml after this happens, is text-input tags
with no content, like this:
text:text-input text:description=jooscript/text:text-input
Anyone else have a similar problem, or know of a solution? Any help is much
appreciated.
Many thanks,
John Valance
JValance Consulting
802-355-4024
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RE: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Writer is erasing JOOScripts on save
Dan,
Thanks for your reply. My answers to your questions are below.
1) What version of LO are you using? (3.4.6, perhaps 3.51) 3.4.6 is a better
version for business purposes.
A: We are currently using LibreOffice 3.4.3 - OOO340m1 (Build:302). I am trying
to get my sysadmin to update to a more current version. I will shoot for 3.4.6
2) What operating system are you using?
A: Running on Windows Server Enterprise, SP2.
3) Have you tried to save a document as a template? Templates as I understand
them are not .odt files. They are .ott files when created by Writer as text
templates.
A: My understanding is document templates have nothing to do with JODReport
templates. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe .ott files would be used as a
base when creating a new .odt file. I used the term template in a more generic
sense, in that the layout of the page provided by Writer, together with the
FreeMarker codes, form a template for generating a final PDF file by
JODReports. JODReports uses a specific naming convention for searching for the
right file to use. You specify a prefix, like wo_print, and a suffix
indicating the output format, such as wo_print.pdf, and JOD will search for
wo_print -template.odt as the template, and it will generate a PDF named
wo_print.pdf.
Thanks for your thoughts. Any others are much appreciated.
John
-Original Message-
From: Dan Lewis [mailto:elderdanle...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 8:03 PM
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Writer is erasing JOOScripts on
save
On Mon, 2012-03-26 at 18:31 -0400, John Valance wrote:
I am using LibreOffice Writer to format templates for use with JODReports.
These templates are used to generate work order forms for a Natural
Gas Utility, merging database content from a DB2 database. This is a
great, low cost solution for report generation. However, I'm am having
a major problem with what appears to be a bug in Writer, which is
causing all of my embedded scripts to be erased when I save my
templates. This is an intermittent problem - it doesn't happen on
every save. But when it does, I lose all my embedded fields (more than
two dozen of them!), and I have to revisit each field and re-enter the
scripting code which indicates the field name to merge from the data
source. This is extremely frustrating and costly in terms of redoing
work and not being able to change formatting in the templates. If we
don't find a solution we will have to abandon LibreOffice and hope that
OpenOffice or MS Word are more stable solutions.
The method for inserting a merge field is: Insert / Fields / Other.
(or
Ctrl+F2), select Functions tab, then click Input Field, then click OK.
Ctrl+For
Reference, enter 'JOOScript', then click Insert. A dialog box
appears, where you enter the FreeMarker expression that refers to the
data field to merge, in a format like: ${field-name}. This is described here:
http://jodreports.sourceforge.net/?q=node/24
This will insert into the content.xml (within the zipped .odt file) a
tag like this:
text:text-input
text:description=jooscript${WO.WO_ENTRY_DATE}/text:text-input
The problem I'm having is, when I save my odt file, Writer is erasing
all of the FreeMarker expressions which are the content of these text-input
tags.
So what you would see in content.xml after this happens, is text-input
tags with no content, like this:
text:text-input text:description=jooscript/text:text-input
Anyone else have a similar problem, or know of a solution? Any help is
much appreciated.
Many thanks,
John Valance
JValance Consulting
802-355-4024
Three questions to begin with:
1) What version of LO are you using? (3.4.6, perhaps 3.51) 3.4.6 is a better
version for business purposes.
2) What operating system are you using?
3) Have you tried to save a document as a template? Templates as I understand
them are not .odt files. They are .ott files when created by Writer as text
templates.
--Dan
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