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1.9 m122 Snapshot - Release Notes

these notes contains changes between 680_m119 and  680_m122.
this release will install as OpenOffice.org 1.9.122.
Sources can be received from cvs by tag SRC680_m122.

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/680m122/ .


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 Component
Locale data: Esperanto (eo) i35255 feature-info:
Added locale data for Esperanto (eo), which enables it to be selectable as default document language and number formats are available.
L10N
Locale data: Dzonghka_Bhutan (dz_BT) i36827 feature-info:
Added locale data for Dzongkha_Bhutan (dz_BT), which enables it to be selectable as default document language and number formats are available.
L10N
Locale data: Bengali_India (bn_IN) i47575 feature-info:
Added locale data for Bengali_India (bn_IN), which enables it to be selectable as default document language and number formats are available.
L10N
Locale data: Nepali_Nepal (ne_NP) i50036 feature-info:
Added locale data for Nepali_Nepal (ne_NP), which enables it to be selectable as default document language and number formats are available.
L10N
Locale data: Bengali_Bangladesh (bn_BD) i50434 feature-info:
Added locale data for Bengali_Bangladesh (bn_BD), which enables it to be selectable as default document language and number formats are available.
L10N
Locale data: Zulu_SouthAfrica (zu_ZA) i51062 feature-info:
Added locale data for Zulu_SouthAfrica (zu_ZA), which enables it to be selectable as default document language and number formats are available.
L10N
Locale data: NorthernSotho_SouthAfrica (nso_ZA) i51064 feature-info:
Added locale data for NorthernSotho_SouthAfrica (nso_ZA), which enables it to be selectable as default document language and number formats are available.
L10N




List of Feature/Enhancement Tasks

ID Comp Summary
42950 framewor scrolling using the scroll-keys or the touchpad of notebooks
50434 l10n Add Bengali Locale data (bn_BD)
35255 l10n Add Esperanto locale entry to i18npool/source/localedata/dat
36827 l10n dz_BT (Dzongkha_Bhutan) locale data
47575 l10n Add Bengali Locale data (bn_IN)
50036 l10n Locale file for language Nepali (ne)
51062 l10n Add Zulu locale zu_ZA
51064 l10n Add Northern Sotho locale nso_ZA
51566 wp Additional debug code for SwNumRule


Integrated Child Workspaces

List of integrated child workspaces:

Name

Description

Milestone (integrated)

Owner

QA Rep.
dba20v3 m122 Frank.Schoenheit@Sun.COM Marc.Neumann@Sun.COM
vclshowstop05 fix issue 52326 m122 Philipp.Lohmann@Sun.COM Olaf.Felka@Sun.COM
soreadmeupdate so8 readme system requirements update m122 Ivo.Hinkelmann@Sun.COM Olaf.Felka@Sun.COM
gvfs01 m122 Andreas.Schluens@Sun.COM Thorsten.Martens@Sun.COM
localedata5 Locale data for OOo2.0 m121 Eike.Rathke@Sun.COM Oliver.Craemer@Sun.COM
swqbf38 fix for issue i52126 m121 Oliver-Rainer.Duesterhoeft@Sun.COM Eric.Savary@Sun.COM
dba20v2 fixing issue 52166 m121 Frank.Schoenheit@Sun.COM Marc.Neumann@Sun.COM
impress65 Bug fixes m121 Andre.W.Fischer@Sun.COM Christian.Guenther@Sun.COM
pleasereadme cws contains last minute readme updates m121 Ivo.Hinkelmann@Sun.COM Derek.Dreger@Sun.COM
swqbf39 fixes for issue i51733 and i52225 m121 Oliver-Rainer.Duesterhoeft@Sun.COM Christian.Guenther@Sun.COM
fwk18 m120 Mikhail.Voitenko@Sun.COM Thorsten.Martens@Sun.COM
mhu09 change all mozilla components m120 Matthias.Huetsch@Sun.COM Marc.Neumann@Sun.COM
leansofficesh fixing issue 51935, by removing (part of) unnecessary content from the soffice start script (*NIX only) m120 Frank.Schoenheit@Sun.COM Thorsten.Martens@Sun.COM
dummywebwizard Don't let you be fooled by the title. In this CWS we need to reinstall the old FormWizard, because there is a dependency on the first Beta version of OOo 2.0 and the future 'final' version. m120 Tom.Verbeek@Sun.COM Marc.Neumann@Sun.COM
mtl10n03 localisation cws m120 Ivo.Hinkelmann@Sun.COM Ivo.Hinkelmann@Sun.COM
nativefixer16 Changes in installation for SO 8 / OOo 2.0 m120 Ingo.Schmidt@Sun.COM Olaf.Felka@Sun.COM
hsqldb6 m120 Ocke.Janssen@Sun.COM Ocke.Janssen@Sun.COM
mhu08 #i50415# m119 Matthias.Huetsch@Sun.COM Martin.Hollmichel@Sun.COM
swnum03 writer core bugs (numbering) m119 Henning.Brinkmann@Sun.COM Michael.Ruess@Sun.COM
l10ntoolingfixer this are last minute l10n / tooling fixes m119 Ivo.Hinkelmann@Sun.COM Ivo.Hinkelmann@Sun.COM
sysui09 More desktop integration fixes for OOo 2.0 m119 Oliver.Braun@Sun.COM Olaf.Felka@Sun.COM
tl13 SO8/OOo2.0 fixes for sw. ->AK: The resource changes are not translation relevant since the one was just make the box where the string gest displayed a bit larger and the other was a change in a German resource. m119 Thomas.Lange@Sun.COM Michael.Ruess@Sun.COM
cmcfixes10 execshield and x86 noexecstack not playing well together. i.e. external pyuno bridging fails. m119 cmc@openoffice.org hjs@openoffice.org
impress64 OOo 2.0 fixes for impress/draw m119 Christian.Lippka@Sun.COM Christian.Guenther@Sun.COM
jl23 Fixes a bug with Java Applets that can cause the office to freeze. m119 Joachim.Lingner@Sun.COM Frank.Stecher@Sun.COM
cmcfixes11 minor build times fixes m119 cmc@openoffice.org Hans-Joachim.Lankenau@Sun.COM
doubleprop there are some properties duplicate to handle special cases. They have to be removed, because it makes problems. m119 Sascha.Ballach@Sun.COM Frank.Stecher@Sun.COM



Fixed Issues

ID Comp Summary
49709 api OOoBean: Resizing problem
49791 api OOoBean: loadFromURL fails
50285 api OfficeBean: loadFromURL fails after clearDocument
51088 Database Unhandled exception when trying to load file of unknown form
51837 Database remove define definition from resource
52166 Database crash when switching off preview in query design
52305 Database tables created by the wizard initially open without any colu
52123 document TCR: 'Broken' RUNPATH in shared library libdb_cxx-4.2.so and
50899 Drawing File contains deleted graphics
51733 Drawing I can move an object on the masterslide behind the mastersli
51192 framewor Update document from a template doesn't work properly
38475 framewor Patch to import plural documen templates at once
48923 framewor HID_EXPLORERDLG_FILE lost in HID.LST
50979 framewor broken PackageManager/Add FilePicker filter list
51299 framewor XModel::getURL() gives wrong values
51550 framewor Writer OLE in Draw/Impress can not be saved
51687 framewor Document converter looses all stored versions in files
51935 framewor soffice script should not for mozilla libraries
51943 framewor error messages about missing basic files when saving a docum
52326 framewor Office doesn't start with qt3-common-3.1.2
52333 framewor Error: Pen Transparent -> when open any menu
52435 framewor Crash on applying certificate to a macro
49368 gsl Gnome Integration - File Type Registration
49899 gsl OOoBean: Office freezes, because of problem with reparenting
50945 gsl Missing link "/usr/bin/soffice" in mandriva-menus rpm
51121 gsl desktop/share: creation of shared-mime package duplication o
51414 gsl TCR: 'Broken' RUNPATH in shared library fps_gnome.uno.so
51415 Installa TCR: 'Broken' RUNPATH in mozilla shared libraries
20801 l10n Patch for truncated string in Hungarian (Dialog tab page " w
47962 l10n warning: control reaches end of non-void function
49577 l10n Change in font defaults for Khmer in VCL.xcu
49998 l10n Adding support for using Nepali native numbers
50041 l10n Include collation data for Nepali
50311 l10n Wrong 100 sec separator in Hindu locale
50684 l10n Eras swapped in locale data
50988 l10n British English in Lesotho and Namibia
51070 l10n String not translated, "New address block"
51161 l10n Languages vanished from language listbox
51305 l10n Patch for VCL.xcu to use Nepali fonts
51528 l10n spanish translation refers to "Open Office" instead of OpenD
51529 l10n french translation refers to "Open Office" instead of OpenDo
51530 l10n chinese translation refers to "Open Office" instead of OpenD
51919 l10n break in transex3 ( using gcc-3.3 ) because inline XMLUtil::
52061 Presenta break in slideshow caused by changes in animations
52176 Presenta Slides in slidesorter 'jumps' when I select a slide.
46996 Spreadsh [Assertion] UNKNOWN_PROPERTY on loading *.sxc file
48682 Spreadsh Recording macros in OOo 2.0 beta.
50415 tools Can't compile module sfx2 with debug
51409 tools Build breaks in hsqldb
49225 udk $ character in user dir gets lost
49560 udk Office freezes when closing html doc. with java applett
51385 udk -Wa,--noexecstack breaks pyuno ? (execshield)
51974 utilitie add some stuff to systemstl
51978 utilitie allow sw to be built with standard boost
50173 utilitie testtool: there are images missing in images_tt.zip
47340 Word pro Outline numbering not updated after copy and paste
49037 Word pro Outline Numbering Lost After Exporting/Importing WW Format
50905 Word pro mail merge not releasing database document
49570 Word pro Outline counts wrongly when unnumbered Level 3 preceeding nu
51029 Word pro After changing outline via Format menu, TOC empty after upda
51815 Word pro Textfields: getByName doesn't work if field name contains ".
51827 Word pro CWS swnum03: moving Chapter via toolbar or Navigator does no
52126 Word pro Form controls are not visible in HTML
52225 Word pro wrong arrangement of objects

64 issues found

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 Summary
49313 api Basic Programmer's Guide contains mistake
50518 api "Extended Tips" should show "Tips".
51046 api non-deterministic crash
51420 api EndIf declaration not consistent in help file
51802 api XSheetPastable not implemented
49870 Chart Copy/paste in MS-Word leads to uncomplete title
44072 Chart Show regression line function
51757 Chart Cross chould be available as a data point marker.
52550 Chart Calc extremely slow when editing chart
49871 Chart Copy/paste of a chart to MS-Word does not keep transparency.
44768 Chart Unable to edit chart regression
46704 Chart dynamic magnification of a chart
48012 Chart Calc: chattype 'interpolated' is missing
49145 Chart Chart axis X settings. incorrect view of 'main interval' val
49971 Chart Histogram as a chart type/option
50241 Chart Printing only a chart
50393 Chart Logarithmic scale enchancement
50765 Chart Option to Automatically Put Units on a Scale
51146 Chart Autoformat of chart only displays 10 items
44544 Database Calc Data source not supported
46159 Database Reports from a native query.
48651 Database Outlook2000 Contact List
48960 Database Printing function in Base
50175 Database Error in Query Design with Aliases and Sorting
44845 Database Import MS Access applications
45673 Database WindowsAdressBook (OE Contacts) - Query
46962 Database OOBase Microsoft Access import
47975 Database HSQLDB "identity" type not in list of column types
49824 Database Hyperlinks imported as plain text in Base
50846 Database OOo and Mozilla Thunderbird
50910 Database Query-design incorrectly translates BETWEEN statements with
50912 Database Linking tables with {LEFT | RIGHT | FULL} OUTER JOIN does n
41316 Database Copy and Paste data base row
44719 Database Form Wizard has unusable record focus functionality
45032 Database Importing data from Microsoft Access
45462 Database Cann't read EUC-JP code! MySQL JDBC driver
45465 Database MyODBC crash MySQL bmef table access
45471 Database AutoIncrement Unsigned Invalid Cursor State
45669 Database Stored views and passthru queries are not updatable
45823 Database Database Form Entry Issue
46264 Database Accessing Large ODBC Databases
47762 Database Problems with decimals when attaching data to my data source
47850 Database Wizard field does not accept drag-n-drop file
48446 Database Table Design/Field properties GUI messed up.
48449 Database New db wizard not remember register option previously select
48450 Database Unneccessary options, too many steps to create new database
48452 Database New Database not remember the last file opened
48516 Database Field names of database no ound when using Forms wizard or D
48529 Database Ability to create a full-function DB from a spreadsheet/work
48838 Database Unable to create database
49000 Database Cut and paste between fields is uneffective.
49043 Database JDBC returns DATE as TEXT[varchar] on IBM UniVerse
49181 Database Tables don't resize vertically in reports
49321 Database Report snapshots have several problems
49765 Database time out on LDAP queries
49898 Database DB access to Outlook Express AddressBook, sort order problem
49974 Database DB Access to Outlook Express AddressBook, NULL value handlin
50488 Database confusing reordering of day, month and year after entering a
50738 Database TableDesign.FieldPropertys: 'Length' using different Integer
51085 Database FormWizard empty (mysql) table
51140 Database finishing BASE form automatically closed any active openoffi
51376 Database Formated field with date in slovak
51383 Database Disallowed Implicit Conversion with Money fields in SQL Serv
51438 Database Base has trouble with different files using identical names
51448 Database Wrong charset translation when connetcing to MySQL 4.1
51457 Database Error Defining Table in Base
51631 Database drag and drop table into scalc doc: decimals convert to curr
51683 Database Base Crashes, rest of OO.o crashes and weird errors appear
51754 Database Dropdown control cannot be correctly linked to form datasour
51768 Database Access to PervasiveSQL 9.1 not possible via ODBC/ADO
51927 Database Problem creating IDENTITY auto value primary key
51929 Database Dbase crash when adding new table.
51965 Database Error inserting numeric data into PostgreSQL using JDBC
52053 Database Auto-create Form Crashes on Save
52186 Database Huge problems with mail merge
52192 Database Base relation design diagram does not preserve formatting
52334 Database Tables in OOo Base files lose if the files have been saved t
52386 Database Some document windows refuse to close
52451 Database M118 Can't open tables in Oracle 9i database
52459 Database Mutliple calls to assigned event handler for sub-form contro
52652 Database Base Form Wizard missing field
52763 Database "Edit/Exchange Database..." crashes OOO 2 BETA
44264 Database Russian encoding do not work
45617 Database Misleading title in form edit window
47889 Database Inconsistent: Base GUI allows names not usable in Basic
48700 Drawing Support MS Publisher file format
50631 Drawing Rotated images in PDF-Export
51275 Drawing Tables in drawings
51276 Drawing Blank with copied table
47853 Drawing Easier navigation of large/zoomed-in graphics
48500 Drawing Import/Export Visio
50030 Drawing Provide means for truly scaling an image (in particular, sca
52457 Drawing insert -> fields -> page count doesn't exist in the draw pro
44098 Drawing Column formatting for text
44125 Drawing fit to page not working
45583 Drawing Glue points on spreadsheet cells
45847 Drawing Fontwork upgrade
45945 Drawing Draw and Presentation split screen view
46200 Drawing Borders are not part of the elements width
46765 Drawing Ability to input text along a user defined line path in OOo
47037 Drawing Changeable accurance of freedom curve
47457 Drawing Note possible to keep edit points tool bar docked
47852 Drawing Grouped objects don't show outline when moved
48473 Drawing Groupes content should be analysed (bitmaps etc)
48863 Drawing Fontwork Gallery and Fontworks: vertical text?
48889 Drawing Add Document Outline
48890 Drawing Add printing options like print borders or cutting lines
49122 Drawing support for JPEG 2000 images
49280 Drawing more info in eps files
49316 Drawing connect rectangles on 8 points
49569 Drawing Page preview
49638 Drawing Create a Wizard in draw
50971 Drawing Connector lines should arc/hop over other perpendicular (unr
51291 Drawing Custom Arrow (arrow style)
52244 Drawing OOo crashes which I try to copy a group of drawing objects
52530 Drawing Visio File Support
44887 Drawing focus borders are painted in other application
46571 Formula More Math Characters Desired
45400 Formula Including Unicode arrows and maths symbols in Catalog
46737 Formula The punctuation mark problem.
48508 Formula sec and cosec functions
48865 Formula Refresh timer for formulas "AutoUpdate Display" is WAY too s
50110 Formula Long formula truncates after edit.
50126 Formula Symbol import-export bug with MS MathType format
50314 Formula Formulas exported to word2000 format are nearly unreadable
51670 Formula MSoffice equation objects
50234 Formula formular->caption->extend formular, frame does not resize
49213 framewor "transfer personal data" ignores other 1.9.x
51501 framewor OpenOffice can compromise people's privacy by putting UUIDs
45770 framewor Automatic font colour (color) should contrast with backgroun
46015 framewor RegEx: Allow less greedy regular expressions
47542 framewor When saving a document first time, let OOo fill the archive
49597 framewor Mouse cursor on default button
46283 framewor Access to PKCS #11 module breaks Mozilla profile detection
43795 framewor [NFS] setup wizard reappearing & crash on creating new docum
47214 framewor Len function deficiency
47215 framewor WITH statement does not work correctly
47216 framewor Length specification on declaration of String variables
44139 framewor MS Office compatibility: Save/Discard dialog cumbersome
45396 framewor "Apply" button in "Appearance" box
48669 framewor Hyperlinks positioning in OO when exported to PDF (as tagged
48777 framewor OOo and start menu
50773 framewor Create a document container ala Microsoft Binder
44676 framewor Remember Last Working Directory
43781 framewor button "up one level" does not work
44241 framewor No preview in icon import dialog
44382 framewor Double-clicking a package should open unopkg tool
44485 framewor WindowsBlinds with HyperPaint: OpenOffice does not repaint w
44841 framewor Stressed vowels stop working in greek keyboard setting
44931 framewor Dialog boxes wider than screen area
45935 framewor Highlight top menu items for better accessibility
46242 framewor [interoperability] quick keyboard configuration
46474 framewor Inconsistency in "Styles and formatting" pane across applic
46532 framewor Docked Media Player sidebar very difficult to undock
46595 framewor redo the template organizer ui
46674 framewor Appending Basic library destroys its event handlers
46804 framewor unable to open new text file after moving standard template
46810 framewor Location of pasted graphic
46977 framewor Previous versions of OO.o should be able to read 2.0 docs!
47103 framewor wizards and standard templates
47299 framewor Quicklaunch appears to break roaming profile saves
48029 framewor Slow response on save
48439 framewor Openoffice fails on file without surname.
48725 framewor OOo with Mozilla Thunderbird
48977 framewor Options do not show options
49284 framewor crashrep.exe, crash reporting tool crashes
49413 framewor Firefox like find feature
49531 framewor Create a Firefox Plugin
49532 framewor More option for "HTML Compatibility" option
49535 framewor Equivalent of "Office side" in MS Office XP or 2003
49537 framewor Suggest of enhancement of the help assistant
49631 framewor GNOME desktop settings integration
49637 framewor OOo and XML Visio Document
49651 framewor Add option to disable "Automatic filename extension"
49654 framewor Missing language information in exported pdf
49962 framewor Unappropriate text colour in crash description area
50102 framewor Basic : Private Sub not correctly handled
50597 framewor Recent Documents in QuickStart menu
50662 framewor Unpossible to get back old versions
50815 framewor Error report - no feedback if receive at OO
50972 framewor "Up one level" button behavoir is inconsistent with other bu
50983 framewor Saving document to a network drive is slow
51015 framewor Save as... should complete directory names through highlight
51267 framewor cannot copy data from custom java jtable via clipboard
51333 framewor Add "Apply" button to dialogs "Tools-Options" and "Tools-Cus
51489 framewor Export PDF False
51495 framewor Trusted folder name is case-sensitive in MS-Windows
51581 framewor unable to select text after dragndrop
51583 framewor missing one line of pixels in basic dialog boxes
52154 framewor No keyboard controls
52233 framewor Support the All Users folder
52271 framewor OO freezes when open unavaiale URL
52356 framewor Styles.xml error when contents is copied from another file
52419 framewor Hidden shares specified in AppData registry keys parsed inco
52460 framewor 'dBASE' Name Unification
52516 framewor crashrep crashes, WinXPSP2, OOo 104 thru 118
52531 framewor Cannot initially save on samba network drive
52637 framewor OOo hasn't got MDI interface
52683 framewor linking table to text does not work (m118)
Tue Aug 2 10:01:59 -0700 2005
ID Comp Summary
44176 framewor Editing of paths
44239 framewor Splash screen takes over desktop
46028 framewor Default file format preferences layout is unclear
46816 framewor cannot easily reorder paths
46974 framewor The OO.o Open/Save dlg desperately needs more functionality.