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1.9 m118 Snapshot - Release Notes

these notes contains changes between 680_m114 and  680_m118.
this release will install as OpenOffice.org 1.9.118.
Sources can be received from cvs by tag SRC680_m118.

Language packs for es, fr, it, sv, de,nl, pt-BR, ja, ko, zh-CN, zh-TW are available on http://oootranslation.services.openoffice.org/pub/OpenOffice.org/680m118/ .


What's new ?

- if you miss some features in the list or the list is empty, it is possible that the feature-announcement is missing.
- or the issue wasn't added to a CWS, have a look at the issue in EIS.



Feature title TaskId Spec. abstract Spec. link Component
option to open existing databases from within the File| New| Database wizard i42477 The new database application needs an easy to use entry point to create a new database file. These database files serve as an interface between the user and the actual data source. They contain all meta information about the database. The wizard will be started by the menu sequence “File/New”. By means of this file the database can be opened similarly to an office document. speclink dba


List of Feature/Enhancement Tasks

ID Comp Summary
43146 Word pro Users should have the option to have the cursor position rembered
42477 Database "New Database" wizard should allow selection of existing database
46253 Word pro form field 3d look border almost invisible in PDF


Integrated Child Workspaces

List of integrated child workspaces:

impress51 Accessibility related bug fixes. m118
dvoqbfix4
m118
fs01 CWS for uploading a new bugfix release of libwpd (0.8.1) m118
vgbitmapcleanup Remove obsolete bitmaps from the source tree m118
mh19104 various fixes m118
linuxppc04 export JITC_PROCESSOR_TYPE=6 for the build env on Linux/powerpc, IBMs JDK needs it epm patch for Debian has to be modified m118
impress61 OOo 2.0 fixes m118
fs02 Workspace to fix some font conversion issues between WordPerfect and OOo Writer m118
pl06 fix some IIIMP problems m118
hsqldb5 Final version of hsqldb 1.8.0.0 m118
impress63 Bug fixes m118
so8w98cjk fix CJK regression on Win98 m118
thb08 VCL hotfix CWS for OOo 2.0 m118
dba20v1 fixing issue 51828 m118
nativefixer14 Windows Font issues m118
mav18 Embedding, loading and storing related fixes. m117
ause030 build fixes/enhancements/cleanup m117
fpicker4 Tweak the gnome fpicker to be more reliable and to have a seperation of filtering and force load/save type like the gimp-2.2 http://ooomisc.services.openoffice.org/pub/OpenOffice.org/cws/upload/fpicker4/ m117
fwk16 framework related bugs for OOo 2.0.1 m117
sj21 Bugfix workspace for StarOffice 8.0 m117
os65 Fixes for OOo 2.0 m117
mtl10n CWS contains localisation:  Dutch UI m117
swqbf37 fixes for issues 123196, 124117 and i50521 m117
stlportcleaner Remove unused 4.5.3 patch and tar file. m117
sb32 Broken unxlngi C++-UNO bridge with old GCC 3.3 compilers, plus a little Thai text encoding patch. m116
fwk14 Fixes for PP1 m116
jl22
m116
sb33 Minor OOo 2.0 fixes m116
dba20blocker fixing OOo Base 2.0 blockers m116
swqbf34 Final bugfixes m116
impress62 Bug fixes. m116
ab18 OOo 2.0 fixes m116
pj30 various build fixes m116
lostformating some formatings of edit cells get lost m116
nativefixer12
m116
sch11 Fix in Calc for being able to load charts correctly that do not have the chart:table-number-list attribute m116
qwizardsbfooo20 Wizards project has be implemented in a jdk1.3 compatible way. This cws is to replace all incompatible ocurrences. m115
vcl41 2.0 issues in gsl m115
sch10 fixes for chart m115
lostgrouping grouping of Data Pilot Table get lost in XML m115
mmeeks09 Trivial changes that accelerate startup by not loading unnecessary dbtools library. m115
memory01 Memory Leaks & Errors m114
expconbin

make bindings an explicit property of XForm controls (issue 49019)

UI word count: 1
help word count: 0

m114
wizopendb

implement issue 42477 ("New Database" wizard should allow selection of existing database)

UI word count: 5
help word count: about 30

m114
pl04 IM issues m114
macosx09 build fixes for Mac OSX and FreeBSD to integrate asap m114
pl05 fix issue 51178 m114
vq19 Build fix for m112 m114


Fixed Issues

ID Comp Summary
37020 framewor multiple warnings about disabled Java appear when opening Ma
47814 api XMouseClickHandler not working..
49736 Installa Language pack uncomplete ? ("failed dependencies")
50955 api OOo crashes after several API calls
41296 Installa Wizard project contains java methods > jdk 1.3.1
47502 Database Base : Form Wizard dialog does not get redraw on Windows
47751 Drawing PDF export files too large in 1.9.93
48357 gsl wrong textcolor in emf export (copy and paste of Calc Charts
45952 Word pro arcs lose position when grouped
49460 Word pro Wrong sizes of pasted object (Visio) using "Paste Special"
42 Presenta Impress 605 Does not import bullets correctly
47541 framewor OpenOffice Interaction With GNOME Chooser on NLD Fails
50905 Word pro mail merge not releasing database document
27568 porting Switch -g0 is passed to C-compiler (Solaris Sparc)
46971 tools bad gcc version checking in getcompver.awk
47954 porting Support for ARCH_FLAGS when compiling with gcc4
49797 tools SHL1LINKFLAGS not working
49800 tools ensure 4nt version is >4.0
50646 tools Are these warnings?
50647 tools Compiling /sd_dflt_version.c looks suspicious
45656 document Math plug-in does not switch help context to "smath"
47631 document Help Viewer: Find tab page doesn't find anything after link
49956 document A dot in find string of Help Viewer loops (crashes) the Offi
50797 document ja OLH: 2.0 ja OLH has some untranslated page/paragraphs
51260 scriptin Component-added symbol 'getLine' not available as 'Line' in
40043 framewor MailTo: button doesn't email unsaved document in default fil
43176 framewor After a crash, -headless is ignored, and recovery dialog is
46092 framewor toolbar shows behind parent toolbar
46497 framewor Keyboard shortcuts cannot be changed in impress after a slid
49019 Word pro XForms bindings in form fields linked for copied fields
49450 framewor "filter detection" does not work for dynamicly added filters
49586 framewor Impossible to store standard OOo toolbars into a document
50429 framewor Not possible to copy nonpersistent object.
51110 l10n merging src files with define chooses wrong string
51335 Database cannot rename HSQLDB views (error "Unexpected token: VIEW in
20965 Word pro Selecting Formulas possible only when clicking exactly on ob
27051 Word pro Word Completion including "umlauted" characters fails on spa
30931 Presenta PPT-eport: first letter of link is missing.
35563 gsl tristate confusion ...
42139 ui Incorrect descriptions of file types
43126 ui An UI string refers to "AutoMail" which appears undocumented
43497 Presenta Fullscreen/slide pane bugs with imported PPT presentation
43510 ui Input method bar ("[---]", etc.) should be moved or hideable
43612 porting 64bit: gccinstlib.pl and "dual" gcc
43666 l10n Add TIS620 encoding missing from sal/textenc/tencinfo.c
43737 Word pro Loop on autosize frame
43989 Word pro 'More Information' button on 'loss of formatting' dialog whe
44368 Word pro error with PDF export and internet links in header/footer
44627 gsl Linux/gtk+: Intermittent multi-second delay ...
44827 Presenta No transition still has icon in slide sorter
44986 ui Input method status window not hidden on iconification
45085 Word pro hang on loading .doc(ument)
45586 framewor Some Basic share libraries are editable
45768 gsl Further GTK+ vclplug IIIMF input improvements
45779 Formula Not integer size attribute not allowed anymore in formulae
45874 Spreadsh Password error from 1.4 to 2.0 Beta
45981 Presenta One of the slides of the presentation in upside down
46175 Formula OOo writer freezes with equation from MSO
46203 Presenta Graphic bullets are 'normal' bullets after PPT-Export.
46266 Database table wizard: Auto-increment statement for table column is i
46801 framewor Document signed symbol is removed if Macro signature is adde
46903 udk Cannot making "bridgetest.rdb" during build "testtools" proj
46941 Word pro hang on reformatting headers/footers
47134 Presenta The display of the slide numbers is wrong
47144 Database cannot discard database changes after deleting a form
47260 Word pro Repaint error when changing size of gallery object
47277 Word pro An MS Word document not opening properly
47337 Word pro MailMerge crash when Navigator and Stylist are docked
47448 Word pro OO1 docs with (ignored) first line indent in nums look diffe
47459 udk UNO broken ...
47489 Word pro Spacing to content in table is not working properly
47538 Presenta crash when I load a 2.0 sxi file in 1.1.x and change itno th
47653 Installa remove old basic based webwizard code
47679 Word pro copy and paste of external OLE object - copy and paste dead
47742 framewor Spreadsheet OLE in spreadsheet shrinks when loaded excel wit
47879 Presenta Slide sorter not painted
47914 Presenta Slide Transitions not imported from PowerPoint
48392 api warning: control reaches end of non-void function
48434 Word pro Graphics disappear after saving as odt
48495 Presenta Exporting to pdf presentation with png image, will crash app
48549 Word pro crash when closing document with navigation toolbar open
48550 api API: office loops in gtkdata
48568 Spreadsh Formula not rendered correctly after copying/moving cell
48629 gsl Buttons in 3D Effects dialog have no state
48686 api OfficeBean: Start of OOo process can cause blocks/deadlocks
48733 framewor Find & Replace -advanced options don't link to correct help
48832 Word pro MS Word document with footer/header drastically malformed
48949 Word pro method <SwDoc::CopyPageDesc(..)> creates invalid undo action
49004 Word pro exported PDF is bad
49017 framewor activating writer8 OLE in MS Word doc loops
49105 api deadlock in class java_remote_bridge blocks finalizer
49110 framewor Macro cannot be run if it is password protected.
49277 Word pro Last line of paragraphs that end in line break (generated in
49311 gsl fix preedit handing with some gtk immodules
49369 Spreadsh Object has wrong size on xls-import
49397 Installa Popup hints on a .msi file in the language packs appears as
49496 Presenta picture in document is not loaded when it is an ole object
49503 udk registry/inc/reader.hxx leaks rtl_uStrings
49516 udk _parse_locale leaks rtl_uStrings
49605 Word pro Crash when inserting image into sections depending on size o
49751 Word pro Too many windows open error on saving document with links
49755 Database Forms don't save after adding macro modules
49761 Presenta Copying a slide master crashes Impress
49782 Presenta Renaming second master slide renames first master
49801 Word pro "Resize shape to fit text" option causes shapes to grow when
49838 gsl VirtualDevice leaks memory for font list and font cache
49875 framewor Gnome session manager terminates OO.o on first start on slow
49904 Presenta Wrong view after changeing into the outlineview and back to
49909 gsl GraphicDescriptor leaks memory
49947 api TempFile service should implement XTypeProvider interface
49966 Presenta Opening powerpoint file crash presentation
49987 Word pro illustration index update freeze OOo 1.9.104m (language fr)
50016 porting patch to resolve bad or missing library names/links
50037 Presenta Undocked task pane and slide pane visible during slideshow
50086 Word pro Updating working document after modifying template causes im
50150 porting dylib-link-list internal error possibly leads to wrong libra
50186 api API: deadlock while try to get property "Title" from frame
50187 api svt::ToolbarController hold solar mutex and calls external c
50236 framewor Layout manager leaks memory due to wrong ref count
50322 Word pro no image transparancy info in lable document
50356 Word pro crash when trying to open a Word document
50364 gsl spadmin crashes when exited via RETURN key using close butto
50368 Word pro OpenOffice crashes trying to save complex table as html or d
50389 framewor documents provided through http protocol are opened readonly
50408 framewor Wrong "Create New Directory" icon used in OO.o File Picker
50409 framewor File Picker: Spacing between controls is too narrow
50423 framewor Using star shapes crashes draw.
50521 Word pro SXW import: "Keep table together" not imported
50549 gsl JDS3 ja input Calc: chars neither displayed nor committed in
50568 framewor Password protected libraries in application-BASIC have 0byte
50594 gsl font size in form fields in exported pdf
50651 framewor UI Save and AutoSave cant work together
50656 udk Java URP bridge: Proper stack traces of received exceptions
50704 framewor SvxStyleToolBoxControl leaks memory
50721 framewor Document image manager doesn't delete its image lists
50745 framewor Instant Crash when Hovering over Disabled (Grayed Out) Menu
50774 framewor SfxImageItem leaks memory (doesn't delete pointer member)
50833 framewor SfxStatusListener leaks memory due to wrong if/else statemen
50909 Presenta Crash after deleting slides in slide sorter and switching to
50978 Presenta Cannot save large presentations - "Write Error"
50996 Chart GPF: Editing Chart Data while Title Edit Mode is active
51001 Installa OOo with JRE needs also Base module
51091 udk add UnoVirtualMachine built against gcj contructor name to
51178 gsl GPF: SVData NULL if no instance of class Application
51181 ucb startup performance issue ... (with Gnome VFS)
51237 framewor localize -e -> Error: "Missplaced close tag: </prop>" in lin
51250 porting psdk detection
51282 porting Mozilla runtime is not delivered on MacOSX
51292 Spreadsh regression: formatting lost on re-save to .sxc
51304 Drawing svx/source/form/fmshell.cxx: performance
51307 Chart Ommitted position and size attributes in Chart XML lead to s
51343 api OOoBean: if one bean dies it kills all others
51366 Spreadsh lost grouping of data pilot table
51404 api OOoBean: storing documents can crash the office
51442 framewor OReadToolBoxDocumentHandler ctor: Off by one error in loop
51643 Chart Calc XML Files without table-number-list attribute at charts
51665 api API: fwk.Frame::XFrame::initialize()
51750 tools stlport: useless tarball and patch of 4.5.3

Unconfirmed issues reported since OOo 2.0 Beta

Join the QA Project and help to confirm issues (see http://qa.openoffice.org/helping.html)


ID Comp Votes Summary
49101 api 0 TextDocument service does not export XMultiServiceFactory
49107 api 0 Error saving Powerpoint presentations with embedded Word Doc
49176 api 0 API Exits abnormally
49313 api 0 Basic Programmer's Guide contains mistake
50518 api 0 "Extended Tips" should show "Tips".
51046 api 0 non-deterministic crash
51098 api 0 Spelling error in description for PresentationView service
51420 api 0 EndIf declaration not consistent in help file
51802 api 0 XSheetPastable not implemented
49870 Chart 2 Copy/paste in MS-Word leads to uncomplete title
44072 Chart 1 Show regression line function
51757 Chart 1 Cross chould be available as a data point marker.
51596 Chart 0 Chart in Calc changes sub-interval
49871 Chart 0 Copy/paste of a chart to MS-Word does not keep transparency.
44768 Chart 0 Unable to edit chart regression
46704 Chart 0 dynamic magnification of a chart
48012 Chart 0 Calc: chattype 'interpolated' is missing
49145 Chart 0 Chart axis X settings. incorrect view of 'main interval' val
49971 Chart 0 Histogram as a chart type/option
50241 Chart 0 Printing only a chart
50393 Chart 0 Logarithmic scale enchancement
50765 Chart 0 Option to Automatically Put Units on a Scale
51146 Chart 0 Autoformat of chart only displays 10 items
51787 Database 4 Problems with creating multiple relations between tables
44544 Database 2 Calc Data source not supported
46159 Database 2 Reports from a native query.
50175 Database 2 Error in Query Design with Aliases and Sorting
45673 Database 1 WindowsAdressBook (OE Contacts) - Query
41316 Database 0 Copy and Paste data base row
44719 Database 0 Form Wizard has unusable record focus functionality
44845 Database 0 Import MS Access applications
45032 Database 0 Importing data from Microsoft Access
45462 Database 0 Cann't read EUC-JP code! MySQL JDBC driver
45465 Database 0 MyODBC crash MySQL bmef table access
45471 Database 0 AutoIncrement Unsigned Invalid Cursor State
45669 Database 0 Stored views and passthru queries are not updatable
45823 Database 0 Database Form Entry Issue
46264 Database 0 Accessing Large ODBC Databases
46962 Database 0 OOBase Microsoft Access import
47762 Database 0 Problems with decimals when attaching data to my data source
47850 Database 0 Wizard field does not accept drag-n-drop file
47975 Database 0 HSQLDB "identity" type not in list of column types
48446 Database 0 Table Design/Field properties GUI messed up.
48449 Database 0 New db wizard not remember register option previously select
48450 Database 0 Unneccessary options, too many steps to create new database
48452 Database 0 New Database not remember the last file opened
48516 Database 0 Field names of database no ound when using Forms wizard or D
48529 Database 0 Ability to create a full-function DB from a spreadsheet/work
48651 Database 0 Outlook2000 Contact List
48838 Database 0 Unable to create database
48960 Database 0 Printing function in Base
49000 Database 0 Cut and paste between fields is uneffective.
49043 Database 0 JDBC returns DATE as TEXT[varchar] on IBM UniVerse
49181 Database 0 Tables don't resize vertically in reports
49321 Database 0 Report snapshots have several problems
49765 Database 0 time out on LDAP queries
49824 Database 0 Hyperlinks imported as plain text in Base
49898 Database 0 DB access to Outlook Express AddressBook, sort order problem
49974 Database 0 DB Access to Outlook Express AddressBook, NULL value handlin
50488 Database 0 confusing reordering of day, month and year after entering a
50738 Database 0 TableDesign.FieldPropertys: 'Length' using different Integer
50846 Database 0 OOo and Mozilla Thunderbird
50910 Database 0 Query-design incorrectly translates BETWEEN statements with
50912 Database 0 Linking tables with {LEFT | RIGHT | FULL} OUTER JOIN does n
51085 Database 0 FormWizard empty (mysql) table
51140 Database 0 finishing BASE form automatically closed any active openoffi
51376 Database 0 Formated field with date in slovak
51380 Database 0 UNION statement support
51383 Database 0 Disallowed Implicit Conversion with Money fields in SQL Serv
51438 Database 0 Base has trouble with different files using identical names
51448 Database 0 Wrong charset translation when connetcing to MySQL 4.1
51457 Database 0 Error Defining Table in Base
51631 Database 0 drag and drop table into scalc doc: decimals convert to curr
51683 Database 0 Base Crashes, rest of OO.o crashes and weird errors appear
51754 Database 0 Dropdown control cannot be correctly linked to form datasour
51768 Database 0 Access to PervasiveSQL 9.1 not possible via ODBC/ADO
51904 Database 0 Wizard to import table to database
51927 Database 0 Problem creating IDENTITY auto value primary key
51929 Database 0 Dbase crash when adding new table.
51930 Database 0 RFE: more flexible import mechanisms
51965 Database 0 Error inserting numeric data into PostgreSQL using JDBC
52053 Database 0 Auto-create Form Crashes on Save
44264 Database 0 Russian encoding do not work
48442 Database 0 Error in auto generated column for primary key feature
45617 Database 0 Misleading title in form edit window
47889 Database 0 Inconsistent: Base GUI allows names not usable in Basic
50600 document 0 GESTEP localize=false
50631 Drawing 2 Rotated images in PDF-Export
51275 Drawing 2 Tables in drawings
51276 Drawing 2 Blank with copied table
48700 Drawing 1 Support MS Publisher file format
44098 Drawing 0 Column formatting for text
44125 Drawing 0 fit to page not working
45583 Drawing 0 Glue points on spreadsheet cells
45847 Drawing 0 Fontwork upgrade
45945 Drawing 0 Draw and Presentation split screen view
46200 Drawing 0 Borders are not part of the elements width
46765 Drawing 0 Ability to input text along a user defined line path in OOo
47037 Drawing 0 Changeable accurance of freedom curve
47457 Drawing 0 Note possible to keep edit points tool bar docked
47852 Drawing 0 Grouped objects don't show outline when moved
47853 Drawing 0 Easier navigation of large/zoomed-in graphics
48473 Drawing 0 Groupes content should be analysed (bitmaps etc)
48500 Drawing 0 Import/Export Visio
48863 Drawing 0 Fontwork Gallery and Fontworks: vertical text?
48889 Drawing 0 Add Document Outline
48890 Drawing 0 Add printing options like print borders or cutting lines
49032 Drawing 0 subscripts and superscripts
49033 Drawing 0 manual subscript and superscript settings for selected chara
49122 Drawing 0 support for JPEG 2000 images
49280 Drawing 0 more info in eps files
49316 Drawing 0 connect rectangles on 8 points
49569 Drawing 0 Page preview
49638 Drawing 0 Create a Wizard in draw
50030 Drawing 0 Provide means for truly scaling an image (in particular, sca
50971 Drawing