Re: Build Problem with Lode

On 2016/12/14 10:29 AM, Jason Marshall wrote:
> I have created a text file test script in compliance with your instructions and called 'cscript' by 
> directly defining
> the script engine using the '/e:javascript' parameter.  The call and output are as follows, but it 
> seems that despite
> using the parameter, the same error arises as with the build:
>
> Jason and Emma@JasonandEmma-PC ~
> $ cscript /e:javascript scripttest.txt
> Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.8
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>
> C:\cygwin\home\Jason and Emma\scripttest.txt(1, 1) Microsoft JScript runtime error: Automation 
> server can't create object
>
> I guess that this would imply an issue with my individual set-up, as it seems that the use of the 
> parameter that you and
> Thorsten have identified would work in the majority of cases.
>
> Would anybody know what may have prevented this from working?


Some googling around suggests that this has something to do with Internet Exploder security zones, but who knows exactly 
what. The "fixes" are not great either, suggesting turning off various protections.

Honestly, unless you really __want__ to do windows specific development on LibreOffice, I would suggest running Linux 
inside a VirtualBox VM on your Windows machine (or on another machine) and doing LibreOffice development there, where we 
are more likely to be able to help you get a working setup.

Sorry about this, Windows is just not a very robust development platform (despite having lots of 
nice tools available).
It's just waaaaay too easy to end up with a broken build environment for reasons completely outside 
our control.