Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: using fields in a text document

Frieder <delorfr@googlemail.com> writes:

> Am 25.06.2011 00:53, schrieb lee:
>
> Yes I also did it with the macro recorder, but I can translate it to
> better code if you want (the dispatcher is not reliable ).

Exporting to PDF has turned out to be unreliable in LO, too.

> > It strikes me odd that I shall have to learn another programming
> > language to do something this simple ...
> The Problem is how to use the Uno API no mater programming language
> you prefer.

True --- is there a good documentation about it?

> > Hm. I have created a database to use instead of a spreadsheet. When I'm
> > trying to mail the document to myself as PDF, I can specify "Properties"
> > in the mailmerge wizard. There I could apparently add a text message so
> > that the PDF is sent as an attachment to it. I could use that to mail
> > the PDF documents to myself with the reference number in the text part
> > for easy further processing, or I might even be able to send them
> > without any further processing.
> >
> > Unfortunately, LO crashes when I try to send the message:

> Have you tried it with a stable  Version????

No, I only tried the version that is in Debian testing. Libreoffice is
not in Debian stable. LO 3.3.3 is in unstable. I could try to install
it, only it probably has so many dependencies that it isn't advisable.

> > | # Problematic frame:
> > | # C  [libuno_sal.so.3+0x43751]  rtl_uString_release+0x1
> > | #
> > | # An error report file with more information is saved as:
> > | # /home/lee/hs_err_pid21389.log
> > | #
> > | # If you would like to submit a bug report, please include
> > | # instructions how to reproduce the bug and visit:
> > | #   http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla
> > | #
> > |
> > | [error occurred during error reporting , id 0xb]
> > `----
> This seems to be Java problem, and not a LO bug.

There seem to be two bugs, one with using the mailmerge tool and another
one with reporting the bug. Anyway, they shouldn't use java for LO.

It doesn't really matter what the problem is, it's just not working, and
one bug after another turns up. After having learned a little about LO,
it seems to be still in a beta stage, and I need something that does
work. It's sad that there has been only very little progress in the
reliability of WYSIWYG word processors over the last 15--20 years.

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