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alfrescoOpenOffice missing (Windows)

drwho — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:54:11 GMT

This is a new installation. I used the standard windows installer and accepted the default options, including OpenOffice. The folder c:\alfresco\openoffice is presentThe documentation at http://www.alfresco.com/help/34/community/adminhelp/ states that I should see three services: * alfrescoMyS

Re: alfrescoOpenOffice missing (Windows)

drwho — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 13:55:15 GMT

Answering my own question for the benefit of others:

I took a look at various scripts in c:\alfresco:

serviceinstall.bat has a line which installs the openoffice service. This runs a script: c:/alfresco/openoffice/scripts/serviceinstall.bat

This doesn't exist, but there is a script there called openoffice_serviceinstall.bat –Bug #1

I tried running that manually, but that didn't add the service.

Edited openoffice_serviceinstall.bat and found references like this:

c:\alfresco\OPENOF~1\……

which should read:

c:\alfresco\openoffice\….. –bug #2

Corrected those lines and ran the script with the INSTALL argument from an elevated command window (ie run as administrator)

- Now the sevice is listed (although not running. Attempted a start and it immediately stopped, which isn't necessarily a problem)

- NOW the document preview works for .doc and .docx

Having fixed this, I have a concern that other service installs may also have bugs.

I would have to comment that the product is excellent, but I'm disappointed to find such bugs in a distributed (ie not beta) installation.

Is the Linux version more stable/tested?

Re: alfrescoOpenOffice missing (Windows)

mrogers — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:12:18 GMT

Please raise problems like this in JIRA (issues.alfresco.com)

The installers for Alfresco have been overhauled recently and are clearly still in need of more work.

Re: alfrescoOpenOffice missing (Windows)

drwho — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 21:00:45 GMT

Hi

I've just tried to install on Centos 5.4 and encountered two failures during the installation process before giving up:

1:

Problem running post-install step. Installation may not complete correctly
Error running /opt/alfresco-3.4.b/java/bin/java -jar /opt/ alfresco-3.4.b/bin/alfresco-mmt.jar install /opt/alfresco-3.4.b/ amps /opt/alfresco-3.4.b/tomcat/webapps/alfresco.war - directory -nobackup : child process exited abnormally

2:

an opaque problem regarding mysql which I didn't understand.

Can anyone comment on whether the 3.4.a release is more stable?

Thanks,

Re: alfrescoOpenOffice missing (Windows)

victoryan — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 04:12:30 GMT

I fixed the problem by install the service manually, don't run the bat file

C:\Alfresco\openoffice\scripts>winserv install alfrescoOpenOffice -displayname "alfrescoOpenOffice" -start auto "C:\Alfresco\openoffice\App\openoffice\program\soffice.exe" -nofirststartwizard -nologo -headless -accept=socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100;urp;

All preview work perfectly now

Re: alfrescoOpenOffice missing (Windows)

applening — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:45:00 GMT

This solved the problem that I have been struggling with. Thanks so much for sharing!

Answering my own question for the benefit of others:

I took a look at various scripts in c:\alfresco:

serviceinstall.bat has a line which installs the openoffice service. This runs a script: c:/alfresco/openoffice/scripts/serviceinstall.bat

This doesn't exist, but there is a script there called openoffice_serviceinstall.bat –Bug #1

I tried running that manually, but that didn't add the service.

Edited openoffice_serviceinstall.bat and found references like this:

c:\alfresco\OPENOF~1\……

which should read:

c:\alfresco\openoffice\….. –bug #2

Corrected those lines and ran the script with the INSTALL argument from an elevated command window (ie run as administrator)

- Now the sevice is listed (although not running. Attempted a start and it immediately stopped, which isn't necessarily a problem)

- NOW the document preview works for .doc and .docx

Having fixed this, I have a concern that other service installs may also have bugs.

I would have to comment that the product is excellent, but I'm disappointed to find such bugs in a distributed (ie not beta) installation.

Is the Linux version more stable/tested?