Re: [libreoffice-users] Running two LibreOffice Processes

Hi Philipp,

I don't know, how embedding and headless work, but I can tell you, how 
to get two running processes in normal cases on Windows:

When a soffice.bin process is started it writes the ~.lock file in the 
folder which contains the 'user' folder, which contains all the personal 
LibreOffice settings. The place of the 'user' folder is given in the 
line "User Installation" in the file bootstrap.ini in the 'program' 
folder, e.g. "UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/LibreOffice/4". If 
soffice.exe is started a second time and finds the ~.lock file, it uses 
the already running process.

If I want two processes, I uses these tweaks:
A) I have two different program-folders and change their bootstrap.ini, 
so that it points to different UserInstallation paths. For all my 
testing, I set "UserInstallation=$ORIGIN/..". That generates the 'user' 
folder into the same place as the program folder. That way I test daily 
builds.
B) I have different users. You can call soffice.exe with parameter -env. 
I use e.g.
"C:\Program Files\LibreOffice 4\program\soffice.exe" 
-env:UserInstallation=file:///f:/SoftwareLO/user_DE
I use that method, if I test different UI languages for one installed 
LibreOffice.

Perhaps something similar is also possible for embedding and headless, 
but I don't know.

You might use the developer chat at 
irc://chat.freenode.net/libreoffice-dev to get competent answers.

Kind regards
Regina



Schäfer, Philipp schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> we are embedding LibreOffice into an Application using UNO. In order to do that, we start 
> LibreOffice in headless mode. However, this results in a user not being able to use LibreOffice 
> outside of our application. If he tries to open a document, nothing visible happens, because the 
> headless process is handling it. Trying to start LibreOffice directly also has no visible effect, 
> because the new process immediately exits, as it finds the already running process.
>
> Is there a way, in which we can start our headless process, so that user-started LibreOffice 
> process do not recognize it? It would be no problem, if a solution required two separate 
> installations.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Philipp


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