Re: Problems with extension development and templates

Am 11.08.2014 um 13:31 schrieb Stephan Bergmann:
> On 08/08/2014 04:12 PM, Andreas Heinlein wrote:
> > We've been using for some time now an extension to deploy some settings
> > and templates to our users, which are now using LO 4.2.5.4 and 4.3.0.4
> > under Ubuntu (from the Ubuntu LibreOffice PPA). This works just fine.
> > Now some users need this extension under Windows, and surprisingly, it
> > doesn't work, under the same versions of LO.
> >
> > The extensions includes some templates, adds the directory containing
> > them to the list of template directories and sets one of the templates
> > as the default template. Under Ubuntu, the default template is used and
> > the template directory shows up in the template selector. Under Windows,
> > the template directory does not show up and when trying to create a new
> > blank writer document, LO complains that the default template
> > "...\Standard.ott" is defective and needs to be repaired. Repairing it
> > is not successful. The very same template can be opened manually just
> > fine (from the same location where the extension installs it,
> > C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Roaming\LibreOffice\4\uno_packages\cache\uno_packages\tmp.XYZ\opendocument\Textdokumente\Standard.ott).
> >
> >
> > All other aspects of the extension work as expected, i.e. custom
> > settings and AutoText.
> >
> > I am attaching what I think are the relevant parts from the extension.
> > Maybe someone has an idea what is wrong here.
> [...]
> >    <prop oor:name="FirstStartWizardCompleted" oor:type="xs:boolean">
> >      <value>true</value>
> >    </prop>
>
> One thing to note is that the deprecated FirstStartWizardCompleted
> property got removed quite a while ago.  But that would not explain
> the problem you describe---an unknown property in an extension .xcu
> file should just silently be ignored IIRC.
>
> I would suggest you file a bug with a minimal yet complete extension
> for reproduction (and report back the bug ID here).
>
> Stephan
Hello,

thanks for the advice. I did so and filed it as bug 82506.

Bye,
Andreas