Hi :) Does anyone know of an Extension that can add back this support for the pre-ODF formats?
Is it worth posting a 'big-report' asking the devs if any of them could make such an Extension? Regards from Tom :) On 16 December 2013 08:09, M. Fioretti <mfiore...@nexaima.net> wrote: > > Greetings, > I need to convert some old starwriter files (.sdw, sdd, .sdc extensions) > > I understand the solution consists of temporarily installing (or > running off an usb key) the last version of LO that supported those > formats. However, the only such version I have found so far is the one > for Windows at > http://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/3.3.4.1/portable/ > > That version only works through wine, which is annoying but bearable > for a one-time task, but above all doesn't work. The document > converter finds the files, then crashes with this error: > > Basic Runtime error. > An exception occurred. > Type:com.sun.star.uno.RuntimeException > Message: [msci_uno bridge error] unexpected C++ exception occured!. > > any pointer to a linux version of lo 3.3, which hopefully may not have > that problem, and in any case would be easier to work with (editing > macros rendered with wine's idea of libreoffice fonts = terrible) is > very welcome. Ditto for tips on how to fix that macro by hand. > > thanks, > Marco > -- > > M. Fioretti http://mfioretti.com http://stop.zona-m.net > > Your own civil rights and the quality of your life heavily depend on how > software is used *around* you > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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 > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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
