Hi Simon, On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Simon Glet <simon.g...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > Just to end this thread, I upgraded to OpenOffice 3.2.0 from 3.1.1 and > after creating the missing directory > (http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XAOFFICE-44), import-export works > fine. Great !!! > Glad to see you stick with XWiki long enough to put the effort needed to make things work fine... Now you'll be rewarded for your patience ;-) Looking forward to more useful feedback about XWiki, Guillaume > Best Regards > Simon Glet > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Simon Glet <simon.g...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Wow that was fast ! > > > > Thanks to Asiri and Vincent. > > Simon Glet > > > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Vincent Massol <vinc...@massol.net> > wrote: > >> > >> On Feb 10, 2010, at 5:30 PM, Simon Glet wrote: > >> > >>> Jeremie, > >>> > >>> I see your point but I wasn't expecting that much involvement ;-) BTW, > >>> as you speak of customization, I was wondering how to hide the "Import > >>> Office Document" menu. By not offering the option, users will not get > >>> frustrated and would more easily accept the system. > >> > >> With the latest XE version (2.2RC1 or even better 2.2RC2 being released > right now, will be avail in 2-3 hours) if the office importer page > (XWiki.OfficeImporter) is not present the menu item will not be shown. So > you can rename that page or delete it (you'd then need to reimport the > officeimporter XAR later on if you want it again in this case). > >> > >> Of course you can also customize the menu vm files to define the rules > you want. > >> > >> Thanks > >> -Vincent > >> > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> Simon Glet > >>> > >>> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 4:56 AM, Jeremie BOUSQUET > >>> <jeremie.bousq...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> Hi Simon, > >>>> > >>>> Some words from a long-time user of XWiki ... > >>>> > >>>> I think the issues you encountered might be linked also to the fact > that > >>>> these features rely on external tools (oo, ms office...), and also > they are > >>>> quite "recent" in xwiki history. So for sure, all integration issues > might > >>>> not have been encountered / fixed already. > >>>> Of course if you need mainly these features, it might be a problem, > but with > >>>> some fixes there is no reason they won't work. > >>>> > >>>> For the rest, I must say that on the other side, and even with some > (known) > >>>> flaws, xwiki is not comparable to other wikis I know. No one offers > such > >>>> liberty and customization possibilities. I use it for some years now > at work > >>>> (since v0.9) and migrated regularly to last versions, and progression > is > >>>> incredible, in terms of features and usability. A good basis is now in > >>>> place, and I think not much is needed to have a nearly perfect tool :) > >>>> But, again, this tool might need some involvement in order to get its > best, > >>>> even if it's more and more "plug & play". > >>>> > >>>> I'll take an example, in my office we use a specific configuration > >>>> management tool very uncommon, and that is integrated with nothing > else. In > >>>> wiki I could very easily create some macros to help users create links > on > >>>> various sources, reports and such in this scm tool. The wysiwyg editor > works > >>>> really well now, and the new macro displays in a dialog with > parameters I > >>>> defined, though I didn't code anything for the display. This is really > >>>> helpful and really easy to put in place. I don't know much other > tools, but > >>>> I don't think you can do this kind of thing so easily... For now I did > not > >>>> install oO server for office import though, but I plan to. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Best regards, > >>>> Jeremie > >>>> > >>>> 2010/2/9 Simon Glet <simon.g...@gmail.com> > >>>> > >>>>> Hi Asiri, > >>>>> > >>>>> I am a little confused by the quality of XWiki 2.1.1. At this point I > >>>>> find that there are many features that don't work properly or at all > : > >>>>> > >>>>> - Office plugin (the office 2007 ribbon has a very buggy behavior) > >>>>> - Document import (There is no documentation about version > >>>>> compatibility between the different elements) > >>>>> - Usage with SQL Server 2005 is impossible. Works fine with > PostgreSQL > >>>>> though. > >>>>> > >>>>> I can't continue testing such a product. To bad, it looked very good. > >>>>> > >>>>> Best Regards > >>>>> Simon Glet > >>>>> > >>>>> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Asiri Rathnayake > >>>>> <asiri.rathnay...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>>> Hi, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Simon Glet <simon.g...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Hi Asiri, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I currently use the latest version of OO (3.1.1 Build 9420). What > else > >>>>>>> can I check ? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Well, you can try un-installing openoffice and reinstalling. But I > doubt > >>>>>> this will help. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Next thing you can try is use jodconverter directly and try to > convert > >>>>> your > >>>>>> document from odt to html. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Here is the link: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> http://code.google.com/p/jodconverter/ > >>>>>> > >>>>>> How to use it: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> http://code.google.com/p/jodconverter/wiki/GettingStarted > >>>>>> > >>>>>> If the command-line conversion fails for your document, then the > error > >>>>>> should probably be reported to jodconverter users list. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Thanks. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> - Asiri > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Thanks > >>>>>>> Simon Glet > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Asiri Rathnayake > >>>>>>> <asiri.rathnay...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>>>>> Hi, > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> As you have understood it seems the problem is with your OOo > >>>>>>> installation. > >>>>>>>> Can you try removing your existing OOo installation and installing > the > >>>>>>>> latest version from http://www.openoffice.org? This will most > >>>>> probably > >>>>>>> fix > >>>>>>>> the issue. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> - Asiri > >> _______________________________________________ > >> users mailing list > >> users@xwiki.org > >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > users@xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > -- Guillaume Lerouge Product Manager - XWiki SAS Skype: wikibc Twitter: glerouge http://guillaumelerouge.com/ _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
