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I just learned from Brian Jones that Microsoft has fixed a bug with Office 2007 SP1, which hindered the Sun ODF Plugin to work with Word 2007.

If you are interested in the details, just look at my older ODF Plugin FAQ and Brian's comments.

This is really great news, and I am sure Brian took care that this would really be fixed with SP1 - thanks for this!

If you already have the Sun ODF Plugin (and Office 2007) installed, just install SP1 and that's it. If you haven't installed the ODF Plugin yet, you can find it here.

Comments:

Hey Malte, I'm glad it's working for you too. We had folks look at your translator and verify that it worked, but it's always good to have outside validation.

-Brian

Posted by Brian Jones on December 12, 2007 at 08:29 PM CET #

Why will HTML not work? What is HTML? am I doing the right thing downloading yor program not knowing what it is? As I am a rookie will I ever use your program?

Posted by David E Shupp on December 14, 2007 at 01:16 PM CET #

you have not answered me?

Posted by David E Shupp on December 14, 2007 at 02:44 PM CET #

David - not sure if I understand your questions.
First, you are not wondering for nor getting an answer withing 1,5h, are you?
Second, I don't understand you HTML question, but to answer your "will I ever use it" question: If you don't have OpenOffice.org or any other ODF supporting application installed, but you have MS Office, and some time you need to open an ODF file: Yes, you might use it.

Posted by Malte on December 18, 2007 at 06:37 AM CET #

I think David's HTML-question is refering to the bright red "HTML Syntax: NOT allowed" below the comment box :)

Posted by Chris on December 18, 2007 at 11:03 AM CET #

If I take the extracted folder and try to use it to install (foldername\setup.exe /qn) on another computer, it installs but the plugin uses 100% of the CPU and never completes a conversion. It works if I use the original installer, but doing so requires manual intervention (things like telling it where to save the installation files)

I'm trying to do a nearly unattended installation (so I can run it on multiple computers quickly).

Posted by SimpleGuy on December 20, 2007 at 06:40 PM CET #

I know that unattended installation works for other people.
Please use the feedback channel documented in the readme, with some more details about your environment, so QA can have a look at that...

Posted by Malte on December 21, 2007 at 09:28 AM CET #

Is it possible to script the odf-plugin 1.1 from an excel macro?

I couldn't get a servicemanager by CreateObject("com.sun.star.ServiceManager")

Posted by tobias mueller on March 12, 2008 at 10:41 AM CET #

buan, how can make silent installation of file ?

Posted by connard connardo on March 16, 2009 at 12:28 PM CET #

For silent installation, use the MSI directly, not the EXE, and then the appropriate msiexec switches...

Posted by Malte on March 16, 2009 at 01:03 PM CET #



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