Openoffice Error with new 2.9C nigtly build

[jlabuelo]

Hi all

I just installed the new nightly build for 2.9C from 23 April, and I got an error message with openoffice that I did not used to get before.

When I start the Alfresco Server, I get the WARNING message saying

WAR [alfresco.util.OpenOfficeConnectionTester] An initial OpenOffice Connection could not be established.‍

Also I get an openoffice pop up window with an OK button with the message:

"The application cannot be started. An internal error occurred".

I used to have the older nightly builds for 2.9C, (March) and I did not have this problem.

I have OpenOffice installed (Version OpenOffice 2.3.1).

Any ideas of what can I do to get Alfrescto to Start OpenOffice at the starttime???

Thanks a lot

[sdavis]

Run the start_oo script manually from your Alfresco install directory and isolate the error.  It sounds like OpenOffice itself is corrupted somehow.

BTW, this only affects transformation capabilities - all other aspects of the repository will run as normal even if OO is not running.

[jlabuelo]

Thanks a lot for your reply sdavis

I am using Windows XP installation (Install wizard) and I can not find the start_oo in the folder where I have installed Alfresco.

Just for clarification, before installing I have downloaded and installed OpenOffice 2.3. Then I have downloaded and installed the Alfresco 2.9C with the MySql and OpenOffice component.

My idea is that start_oo is for Linux, am I wrong? if so could you please point me how to execute the start_oo in windows.

Sorry, I am sure I am asking something really stupid  ops: …

Thanks in advance

[jlabuelo]

Hi Again

I have been waiting to see if anyone could help me with this issue. One of the processes I use to do is creating an easy approval workflow for our documents, and once approved I want to move them to an Space that will transform my doc, odt… documents in a PDF and move it to the Approved_Docs Space.

As I am not able to get this error message to desappear, even I have OpenOffice 2.4 installed in the server, and registered. When the document gets converted to a PDF, inside the PDF there is nothing.

Anyone can help me and let me know what I should do to get this issue solved, so everytime I launch the application in the server I dont get the error, nor the pop up message saying that Alfresco has been not able to launch openoffice??.

I was not getting this error in 2.9b.

Thanks a lot guys!!

My Alfresco application is installed in a Windows XP server machine with MySql 5.0 and for the rest works fine!!

Cheers

[jlabuelo]

none…..  :cry:  come on… just a hand!!

[chen_shaopeng]

Run directly the following command to start OO in the background:

soffice.exe "-accept=socket,host=localhost,port=8100;urp;StarOffice.ServiceManager" -nologo -headless -nofirststartwizard
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This will start OO and wait for connection request on a socket port.

[jlabuelo]

Thanks for the clarification.

Just a question, does this mean that I will have to run this process manually everytime I start the server or once this is done I wont need it anymore? if so I think I will log it as a bug in JIRA.

Cheers