1.9 m49 Snapshot

Release Notes

these notes contains changes between 680_m47 and 680_m49.
this release will install as OpenOffice.org 1.9.m49, it comes with ugly hacked splash screen to make clear, that this is an interims build between 1.1 and 2.0.
for snapshot builds there will be no extra source tar balls created, sources can be received from cvs by tag SRC680_m49.

This version includes several new features that need to be mentioned:

OASIS Open Office file format as default file format
(Attention: The newly integrated OASIS Open Office file format implementation within OpenOffice.org will change within the next minor versions and saving files within this format won't be reliable within this version. On the other hand it would be helpful if some users will have a look at this format)

Increased row limit to 65k rows in Calc
This feature should work and it should be tested extensively

File locking enabled by default on UNIX/Linux platforms
If problems occur with this change it would be good to know about

New toolbar concept and design
As far as I know there are several changes which haven't done it into this version. It would be very helpful to get feedback about usability problems regarding this feature

Automatic Java Configuration, Java Options Panel
OpenOffice.org should find a Java version by itself and it can be configured in /tools/options/java

Some known problems are left:

There are several known bugs which might restrict users from using the application as it should be.

issue 31854    "presentation shows multipane view in presentation mode"
issue 31402    "presentations first slide is painted black"
???             Crash when exiting the application if Draw or Impress
                have been used before.

These bugs were introduced by the implementation of the new multipane view within Impress and they will restrict the use of doing presentations.

Native Installer

OpenOffice.org 1.9.49 is now available with native installer. This includes the Windows Installer for the Windows platform, RPMs for Linux and Packages for Solaris Sparc and Solaris x86. These installation sets were built in the cvs project "instsetoo_native", which will substitute the current "instsetoo" in the near future.

Windows:

Change into the directory where you unzipped the download file. There you find the complete installation set. Please use the setup.exe in the root of the installation set to start the installation process and follow the instructions in the installation wizard. To deinstall the product again, you have to use the "Add or Remove Software" applet in the Control Panel. That's all. For 1.9.49 this version will only install on Box where the .Net Framework has been installed before, this will be fixed with 1.9.50.

Solaris:

For Solaris you download a file tar.gz. You can unpack this file with "gunzip" and "tar -xvf". After this unpacking you find a Solaris package, that can be installed using pkgadd. The normal way to install a package requires root privileges. You can use the commands:

pkgadd -a adminfile.txt -d . OOOopenoffice-core (relocatable with the optional admin file (parameter -a) in which "basedir=/opt/myBaseDir" has to be defined)

For the deinstallation the corresponding command is

pkgrm OOOopenoffice-core

Attention: The maximum length for names of Solaris packages on Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 is 9 characters. To extend this to 25 characters the Solaris system has to contain the following patches:

The longer packages names we introduce by Bug 4025718.
If your building packages on S8 you need patches: 110934-12 (sparc) & 110935-12 (x86)
If your building packages on S9 you need patches: 113713-03 (sparc) & 114568-02 (x86)

The following packages are available

OOOopenoffice-core, the base package that must be installed. This is required by all other packages
OOOopenoffice-writer, the writer application
OOOopenoffice-calc, the calc application
OOOopenoffice-draw, the draw application
OOOopenoffice-impress, the impress application
OOOopenoffice-math, the math application
OOOopenoffice-graphicfilter
OOOopenoffice-javafilter
OOOopenoffice-spellcheck
OOOopenoffice-testtool
OOOopenoffice-xsltfilter
OOOopenoffice-mailcap
OOOopenoffice-gnome, gnome system integration
OOOopenoffice-cde, cde sytem integration

Linux:

For Linux you download a rpm file, that can be directly installed using the rpm command. The normal way to install a rpm or a package requires root privileges. You can use the commands:

rpm -i openoffice-core-1.9.49-1.i586.rpm --prefix=/opt/myBaseDir (relocatable with the optional parameter --prefix)

For the deinstallation the corresponding command is

rpm -e openoffice-core-1.9.49

The following RPMs are available

openoffice-core-1.9.49-1.i586.rpm , the base package that must be installed. This is required by all other packages
openoffice-writer-1.9.49-1.i586.rpm
openoffice-calc-1.9.49-1.i586.rpm
openoffice-draw-1.9.49-1.i586.rpm
openoffice-impress-1.9.49-1.i586.rpm
openoffice-math-1.9.49-1.i586.rpm
openoffice-graphicfilter-1.9.49-1.i586.rpm
openoffice-javafilter-1.9.49-1.i586.rpm
openoffice-spellcheck-1.9.49-1.i586.rpm
openoffice-testtool-1.9.49-1.i586.rpm
openoffice-xsltfilter-1.9.49-1.i586.rpm
openoffice-mailcap-1.9.49-1.i586.rpm
openoffice-suse-menus-1.9.49-1.i586.rpm, suse system integration
openoffice-redhat-menus-1.9.49-1.i586.rpm, redhat system integration

What's new ?

- if you miss some features in the list or the list is empty, it is possible that the feature-announcement is missing.
- or the issue wasn't added to a CWS, have a look at the issue in EIS.

Feature title	TaskId	Spec. abstract	Spec. link	Component
new locale data and strings in language listbox	i18069	feature-info: TaskID field of the form can't take more than 3 IDs but needs at least one and doesn't allow a string "see description", so only an arbitrary one in there.. New locale data (and string in language listbox if not already present): #i15834# Malaysian, ms_MY #i16276# Bulgarian, bg_BG #i18069# Interlingua, ia #i18659# Serbian Latin, sh_YU #i18659# Serbian Cyrillic, sr_YU #i20613# Croatian, hr_HR #i27248# Bosnian, bs_BA #i27677# Mongolian, mn_MN #i30508# Azerbaijani, az_AZ New entries in language listbox: #i19321# Galician #i19333# Dhivehi #i19334# Northern Sotho #i26025# Gaelic #i30446# Bengali (Bangladesh) #i30448# Occitan #i30888# Khmer #i31143# North Korea: Korean (DPRK) Changed: #i31143# South Korea: Korean --> Korean (RoK) #i14764# Lithuanian (Lithuania) --> Lithuanian	speclink not set	L10N
navigation bar form control: minor name changes in the property browser	i30912	feature-info: In the course of issue 30912, the following changes happened to the way how properties of the recently introduced navigation bar form control in the property browser are displayed: - The property "Record actions" has been renamed to "Acting on record" - For all the properties "Positioning", "Navigation", "Acting on a record", and "Filtering / Sorting", the list of possible values changed from "Yes" / "No" to "Show" / "Hide". The specifcation (http://dba.openoffice.org/specifications/forms/navigation_bar.sxw) has been updated to reflect those changes.	speclink not set	dba
Basic IDE Macro Chooser and Macro Organizer	i31315	The development of the Scripting Framework allows the user to develop macros in languages other than OpenOffice.org Basic. This document describes the changes to the Tools->Macros submenus and the dialogs it launches to allow the user manage their macros.	speclink	framework
RedLining: Add comment if rejection could not restore the old state	112261	If a recorded change is rejected for an OpenOffice.org Calc document, a comment for the rejecting action is inserted if dependencies to other actions indicate that at least one of them couldn't be properly restored.	speclink	sc
Calc: New menu entry "Sheet from File" in Insert menu	i1834	feature-info: New menu entry "Sheet from file" in the "Insert" menu: If selected, a File - Open dialog is opened. After selecting a file, the existing Insert - Sheet dialog is opened with preselected "From file" radio button. The sheets of the selected file are already shown in the list box. UI changes summary 1) new menu entry in "Insert" menu: ENGLISH: "Shee~t from file..." GERMAN: "Ta~belle aus Datei..." 2) changed menu entry in "Insert" menu: ENGLISH: "E~xternal data..." -> "Link to E~xternal data..." GERMAN: "E~xterne Daten..." -> "Verknüpfung zu e~xternen Daten..." 3) changed menu entry in "Insert" menu: GERMAN: "D~iagramm" -> "~Diagramm" ('D' was unused and is better visible than lowercase 'i') 4) New slot .uno:InsertSheetFromFile, FID_INS_TABLE_EXT, 26275: ENGLISH: "Tabelle aus Datei einfügen" GERMAN: "Insert Sheet from File"	speclink	sc
Enhanced Header/Footer Dialog Feature	i20501	Users are familiar with adding headers and footers to enhance readability and use a consistent style across pages. Currently adding headers and footers is more difficult in Calc than it needs to be. We need to provide a predefined set of choices that users can choose from a list. This feature will also increase compatibility with MS Excel header and footer handling.	speclink	sc
Table Options in the DataPilot	i25111	Two new options for DataPilot tables will control the "Filter" button cell, and the interaction to show or hide details. The "show details" function will be able to add fields to a DataPilot table (drill down). i-Team Members (The specification owner is part of the i-Team)	speclink	sc
dependent types generated by cppumaker	i30949	feature-info: Since header files in cppu/inc/com/sun/star/uno (Any.hxx, Reference.hxx, Type.h) #include some generated .hdl/.hpp files, those are now always generated by cppumaker: com.sun.star.uno.RuntimeException, com.sun.star.uno.TypeClass, com.sun.star.uno.XInterface (unless those types are only found in a registry passed to cppumaker with the -X option). This implies that cppumaker always needs to find those types in some of the registries passed to it.	speclink not set	udk
UNO: Single-interface--based services with no constructors	i31194	feature-info: A single-interface--based service written in UNOIDL as service SomeService: XSomeIfc {}; used to be interpreted the same as service SomeService: XSomeIfc; that is, both the former and the latter were considered to have a default constructor. This has been changed so that the former is now considered to have no constructors at all. This is useful for services that are not intended to be instantiated by clients, like the com.sun.star.uri.UriSchemeParser_XXX services which are intended to be accessed by client code via the com.sun.star.uri.UriReferenceFactory service only.	speclink not set	udk
Collapsing table borders	i29552		speclink	word processing
OASIS Open Office File Formats	i20153	OpenOffice.org (OOo) 1.1 and StarOffice (SO) 8 are using the new OASIS Open Office XML File Format as their default file format. The OASIS Open Office XML File Format has been development and standardized by the OASIS Open Office XML Format Technical Committee (TC). Support of the OASIS Open Office XML Format has also been announced by Koffice. New extensions are used to be able to divide the new from the old format and to prevent loading file with new format in an earlier released OOo 1.1. The new file names are the same regardless of the product vendor. So OOo and SO files are called the same.	speclink	xml

Features and Enhancements

ID	Comp	Summary
31536	api	UnoControlImageControlModel should support image resource UR
30912	Database	Make text clearer for new navigation control
22705	Drawing	Implementation of the slide sorter panel.
21498	framewor	Q-PCD More complete coverage of undo-able actions: see paren
20405	framewor	Q-PCD Programmability-AB-01
25260	framewor	No error message is displayed when execution of script fails
31315	framewor	Rework Basic IDE Macro Chooser and Macro Organizer
26679	gsl	Font Management in GSL needs cleanup
30917	gsl	Cannot choose between multiple CUPS queue instances
20355	Installa	Q-PCD GnomeIntegration-5: Start Menu Integration
20356	Installa	Q-PCD GnomeIntegration-7: Mime-type registration for OpenOff
29569	Installa	Add Tooltips to launcher items on UNIX
8252	l10n	Using ISO 639 and ISO 3166 for language codes
30108	l10n	Strings for language listbox: Interlingua
30275	l10n	Strings for language listbox: Bosnian
30446	l10n	Strings for language listbox: Bengali (Bangladesh)
30448	l10n	Strings for language listbox: Occitan
30888	l10n	Strings for language listbox: Khmer
31143	l10n	Strings for language listbox: N. Korean
18069	l10n	Support for interlingua as document language
19321	l10n	Add Galician to language list box
19333	l10n	Add Dhivehi to list of locales
19334	l10n	Add Northern Sotho to list of languages
18659	l10n	Can't set default language to Serbian
15834	l10n	Missing Malaysia currency (and Malaysian locale data in gene
27248	l10n	Add Bosnian locale data
27671	l10n	Add Mongolian language
27677	l10n	Add Mongolian locale
30508	l10n	Azerbaijani localedata for i18npool
28757	porting	Sun ONE Studio 8 compiler
1834	Spreadsh	Q-PCD affiliate: Make insertion of external spreadsheets eas
20501	Spreadsh	Q-PCD EaseOfUse-30
25111	Spreadsh	Table options in the DataPilot
28518	Spreadsh	Timeformat AM /PM is written in lower case
25608	tools	Add @since to C++ autodoc
30967	tools	Autodoc @since tag: Use OOo versions
30968	tools	Implement strip-functions in csv::StreamStr
26261	tools	Enable Autodoc for multiple inheritance of IDL interfaces
20317	udk	Q-PCD Programmability-22
29740	udk	PropertySet helpers in C++ and Java
29741	udk	Retrofit existing udkapi/offapi services/singletons as (sing
29432	udk	install .NET assemblies with MSI
31194	udk	Allow for single-interface--based services that have neither
31281	udk	Make published status of UNO entities available via com.sun.
31416	utilitie	merge-on-the-fly for officecfg
19335	utilitie	Enable ISO 639-2
29551	Word pro	Collapsing borders - xml im/export / API
29552	Word pro	Collapsing borders - core implementation
20153	xml	Q-PCD MSInteroperability-MIB-13: OASIS Open Office XML File
20158	xml	Q-PCD Security-3: Sign single elements (e.g. meta data) usin
18170	xml	"in" as length unit

Fixed Issues

Fri Jul 30 04:02:19 -0700 2004
ID	Comp	Summary
29789	*Testpro	Crash after previewing a more complicated control scenario
31294	api	API: sw.SwXMailMerge::DataAccessDescriptor
30574	api	API: fwk.Frame::com::sun::star::lang::XComponent
30975	api	runner: utils.dbg could not display PopertyValue[]-Pairs
30236	api	Readonly storages autodisposing is broken.
30570	api	API: fwl.FilterFactory::com::sun::star::container::XNameRepl
30811	api	API: sc.ScTableSheetObj::com::sun::star::sheet::XFormulaQuer
31221	api	XOutputStream::flush() implementation in file UCP
31375	api	API: sc.ScAccessibleDocumentPagePreview
26812	api	API: runner::stats::SQLExecution
30525	api	runner could not handle network path on windows
26654	Chart	build fails in sch with preprocessor error (non-product buil
29153	Database	change autopilot to wizard
29128	Drawing	Unknown Token 462m was not found in pdf-exported file
29186	Drawing	Switching to different display quality has no effect
29181	Drawing	crash when removing a form control shape from Drawing docume
29973	Drawing	Insert duplicate slide - rectangle unvisible
29994	framewor	svx needs dependency for jvmfwk
29999	framewor	OOo file thumbnails must be saved in 'Thumbnails' folder
25269	framewor	Scripting Framework scripts should be deployable using pkgch
25682	framewor	Cannot invoke a script from the command line
25870	framewor	BeanShell editor do not use classpath for script execution
26299	framewor	User configuration has language dependencies
26501	framewor	when inheriting from a template using typename is generally
29782	framewor	Help-ID in BeanShell Macros / JavaScript Macros doubled
31229	framewor	[docking1] toolbox tearoff and open menu implemented differe
30017	framewor	Arrows in license box points to the wrong direction
30376	framewor	No alien-warning when saving Master-Doc in 5.2 format
30924	framewor	BeanShell/JavaScript Script Organizer doesn't conform to spe
30951	framewor	In ScriptOrganizers ( BeanShell & JavaScript ) edit/creat/de
31141	framewor	Wrong german string encoding in source\dialog\scriptdlg.src
31688	framewor	missing checkbox in tools - options -accessibility - 'Allow
29060	framewor	OOCalc's use of StaticGravity causes the titlebar to be plac
29650	gsl	DRAWMODE_GHOSTEDLINE always paints white text underline
29873	gsl	psprint: jump depends on unitialized value
30513	gsl	OO.o hangs if cupsd hangs
30571	gsl	VCL plugin: slow painting of help application if main window
30914	gsl	Cannot print to CUPS queue with multiple instances
28763	gsl	Loading document hangs if CUPS printer doesn't deliver PPD
29881	gsl	startup time increased
30972	gsl	problem with unitialised data
31148	gsl	resources for new PDF dialogue need to me commited before CW
29765	gsl	fix for freetype, version 2.1.6: includes via macros
30232	gsl	make the printed postscript resolution independent
30268	gsl	deadlock when scrolling (crashed) flash animation
30429	gsl	'Kochi Gothic' instead of 'kochigothic' in VCL.xcu
30472	gsl	Some errors in sysui/desktop/gnome/*.desktop
30551	gsl	Enable rendering of ttf font with pOS2->usWinAscent and pOS2
30919	gsl	Proper Translation for Portuguese Keys
31173	Installa	ulf files for Windows native installer
30307	Installa	Java location not toggeling
30410	Installa	Some settings are wrong at first office start
31015	Installa	Native Installer: Gnome-Intgeration package doesn't work
14764	l10n	Lithuanian locale minor corrections
31314	l10n	Error: GroupId > 255 chars / macro end detection
15863	l10n	Complete mappings of MS-LANGIDs <-> ISO code names
16276	l10n	Bulgaria (BG) local
20613	l10n	add .xml file for croatian croatian internationalization
27732	l10n	localize and timestamp format (e.g. 23:23:7 instead of 23:23
28925	l10n	UI.xcu and Error: "Unknown language code:
28110	porting	linux sparc UNO Changes for Multiple-Inheritance Interface T
27789	porting	neon format string vuln, CAN-2004-0179
27021	porting	configure cannot detect Xaw.h
27032	porting	FreeBSD porting libxml2 project
27033	porting	FreeBSD doesn't have alloca.h
27041	porting	FreeBSD porting: vcl project malloc.h is deprecated
27042	porting	FreeBSD porting add some include files for vcl/unx/source/pl
27753	porting	FreeBSD: build fails psprint, strhelper.obj : The isnan() ma
27043	porting	FreeBSD doesn't require/need/have -ldl
29352	porting	gcc34 cppuhelper problems
30051	porting	neon vulnerable by control characters
18739	Presenta	PDF Export does not use lastest imput
29641	Presenta	Display objects on Background needs refresh
28485	Presenta	white font color changes into black color
25907	Spreadsh	UNDO/REDO of deleting subtotals overwrites data
24277	Spreadsh	Format Autoformat Turquoise sets language to German
17043	Spreadsh	Undo broken for multi-sheet paste
19527	Spreadsh	Typo in German version (function Arbeitstag)
29893	tools	Build of svtools fails because of the use of SOLARSRC instea
29919	tools	W32-tcsh build produces "undeletable" nul files (680)
30071	tools	Clean up solenv/inc/startup
28192	tools	enable "with mozilla" as default
30156	tools	Change switches of rsc with filename to -xx=<filename> synta
30478	tools	libxml2 depends on zlib
32010	tools	Resources for german office are english
28717	tools	Build failed in scp2/util: par2script.pl/guw.pl issue?
28953	tools	Disable the output of guw.pl to stderr
29321	ucb	Closing i/p & o/p streams after writing to file causes error
29648	ucb	XSimpleFileAccess move for failes for url of type vnd.sun.st
29119	udk	Java-UNO component loader broken...
29389	udk	Remove jvmaccess::JavaInfo class
29433	udk	adapt cli-uno bridge to UNO changes
29473	udk	jvmfwk, after product update JRE may not be selectable
29787	udk	remove PATH dependency for cli-uno client applications.
30342	udk	refactorize jvmfwk plugin / add parameter in function from j
30949	udk	cppumaker does not generate all dependent types
31129	udk	C++ UNO cannot distinguish Optional<char> from Optional<unsi
30974	udk	document polymorpic structs in cli-uno language binding
29587	udk	loadComponentFromURL fails to load new document when loading
30599	ui	Assertion in PasswordDialog
29602	ui	java option dialog: use radio buttons instead of check boxes
29748	Word pro	crash on open document
30832	Word pro	(still) Terrible performance on kernels 2.6.x while any CPU-
30086	Word pro	wrong section columns size when selecting a two columns layo

Integrated Child Workspaces

List of integrated child workspaces:

cellborders	Implementation of collapsing table borders	m48
instfixer	Installer fixes	m48
jl9	Fixes for Cli-UNO bridge	m48
fontlists02	Get more consistency into VCL's font management:	m48
vcl23	gsl bugs on the way to OOo2.0	m49
oasis	Implementation of the OASIS XML File Format	m48
dr21	UI bugs for OOo 2.0	m48
isocodefix1	Quick fixes for the mergebuild cws	m48
watchwindow2	Q-PCD Programmability-AB-01, replaces cws watchwin	m49
impress2	Implementation of the tool panel for the new Impre	m48
vcl24	Tasks for OOo 2.0	m49
qadev18	qadev bugs	m49
scriptingf7	Scripting Framework package manager support. Sc	m49
mergebuild02	merge on the fly for "officecfg"	m49
calcundo	Calc undo enhancements	m49
launchertips	Tooltip help strings for start menus	m49
tableoptions	Table options in DataPilot	m49
tbe11	Rework Basic IDE Macro Chooser and Macro Organizer	m49
iha01	visible resource bug on tabpage tools - options -	m49
sb20	Minor UNO fixes	m49
jmarmion2	CWS for enhanced Header/Footer dilaog for Calc	m49
redlincom	Add a comment in the Accept/Reject changes dialog	m48
i18naddloc	Additional LANGIDs, string resources, locale data.	m49
jl8	Fixes around use and selection of JREs	m49
dba14	ongoing DBA bugfixing towards OOo 2.0	m49

Unconfirmed issues reported since m32

ID	Pri	Reporter	Comp	Vers	Summary
31873	P2	mlavergn	gsl	680m48	Opening a document in OOo build 680m48 causes lpd to spin on
31741	P3	donatn2net	Chart	680m47	chart legend labels incorrect
28167	P3	mjneedles	Database	680m34	Improper representation of Smallint(3) field
29525	P3	bigserpent	Formula	680m38	Big symbols (integral, sum) display shifted
31047	P3	selecter	framewor	680m45	Java runtime loop query
31554	P3	thefox97	framewor	680m47	Previous Window Position not saved.
31623	P3	aparan	framewor	680m47	provide a context menu in empty space of the menubar to show
31625	P3	aparan	framewor	680m47	Zoom - value not remembered individually for different docum
31636	P3	maollier	framewor	680m47	Document as e-mail with Opera
31927	P3	tuharsky	framewor	680m47	No activity report during long lasting operations
31991	P3	robotii	framewor	680m47	Athlon 64 slow startup
28327	P3	davidvo	gsl	680m34	PDF Generation Failure for Word document with mathematical f
31502	P3	javiersola	l10n	680m45	Patch for VCL.xcu. Khmer and Lao fonts
30541	P3	aparan	porting	680m41	The autopilot for Installing new dictionaries is broken
28996	P3	andy_dd	Presenta	680m36	memory leak in batch document conversion
29094	P3	arielt	Presenta	680m36	Page blink with motion on top of background
29562	P3	oharboe	Presenta	680m38	Scrolling up and down in the slides view flashes on secondar
32260	P3	joeclarkia	Presenta	680m47	Outline View Persistent Text Size
32262	P3	joeclarkia	Presenta	680m47	Keyboard Commands During Presentations
28771	P3	r6144	ui	680m36	Menu customization doesn't work
29758	P3	helmerj	ui	680m38	changing the UI font doesn't work
31505	P3	ralphie	ui	680m45	Send by Fax: Bad Discoverability
31449	P3	rivanvx	ui	680m47	Window state and position are not saved
31458	P3	rivanvx	ui	680m47	Checkbox for allow animated text/graphics doesn't work
31473	P3	rivanvx	ui	680m47	%TYPE_COLON% and %SIZE_COLON% are shown in file tooltips
32049	P3	thefox97	ui	680m47	Locked Toolbars do not refresh correctly on Writer load
26669	P3	aparan	Word pro	680m32	Double clicking the leftside ruler in Writer does not bring
27906	P3	tcsoftwareguy	Word pro	680m34	Opening Help from Writer, causes an error & blank dialog
31619	P3	drcowsley	Word pro	680m38	Errors importing paper size
31214	P3	hli	Word pro	680m42	Tools/Calculate doesn't work well after inserting page numbe
31690	P3	hli	Word pro	680m46	Somthing wrong in Clipboard in the TextFrame
31984	P3	tuharsky	Word pro	680m47	placing borders to table cells affects not all selected cell
31742	P4	donatn2net	Chart	680m47	Chart data labels should be vertical
31934	P4	mandreiana	framewor	680m48	default window size is not remembered anymore
32264	P4	joeclarkia	Presenta	680m47	Slide Removal Leads to Incorrect Outline View
32205	P4	eyalbens	Word pro	680m48	Impossible to select two diff. objects
31203	P5	ralphie	ui	680m45	Iconsistent UI Terminology: Printer Settings vs. Printer Set