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2.1 m188 Snapshot - Release Notes


These notes contains changes between 680_m180 and  680_m188.
This release will install as OOo-Dev2.1.
Sources can be received from cvs by tag SRC680_m188.

What's new ?

Feature title TaskId Spec. title Spec. abstract Dev. owner Spec. link Component
Walloon_Belgium (wa_BE) locale data i64053   feature-info:
Added Walloon_Belgium (wa_BE) locale data.
 
L10N
Friulian_Italy (fur_IT) locale data i66875   feature-info:
Added Friulian_Italy (fur_IT) locale data.
 
L10N
Chuvash_Russia (cv_RU) locale data i67057   feature-info:
Added Chuvash_Russia (cv_RU) locale data and language listbox entry.
 
L10N
German_Belgium (de_BE ) in language listbox i68770   feature-info:
Added German_Belgium (de_BE ) to language listbox for spell-checker purposes.
 
L10N
Euro currency in Slovenian (sl_SI) locale data i69339   feature-info:
Slovenia will adopt the Euro on 2007-01-01, added Euro currency to Slovenian (sl_SI) locale data and made it the default currency.
 
L10N
Gascon (gsc_FR) language listbox entry i69920   feature-info:
Added Gascon (gsc_FR) to the language listbox
 
L10N
Access to the embedding API. i65548   feature-info:
The embedding API can now be accessed in the following ways: - in graphical layer applications the related XShape implementation can be asked for the property "EmbeddedObject" - in writer the related TextEmbeddedObject object implements now com::sun::star::document::XEmbeddedObjectSupplier2 interface that can be used to retrieve the embedded object.
 
api
for MSA databases, system tables are hidden i42048   feature-info:
When you access Microsoft Access databases (.mdb) in OpenOffice.org Base, you previously saw all system tables (named MSys). They only cluttered the table list, since you were not even able to view their data. Thus, those tables are now not visible anymore.
 
dba
accessing database registrations from inside the data source browser i54504   feature-info:
With the integration of CWS dba30, it will be possible to access database registrations (as found in Tools|Options|OpenOffice.org Base|Databases) from inside the data source browser (the thingie which opens when you press F4 in a text document). For this, there's an entry "Database Registrations..." in the context menu of the left hand side tree control in the data source browser. Selecting it opens a dialog which contains exactly the same functionality as the above-mentioned options page.
 
dba
"Vertical Alignment" property for radio buttons, check boxes, push buttons, fixed texts i67662   feature-info:
Certain form controls, namely radio buttons, check boxes, push buttons, and fixed texts, now support a property "Vert. Alignment", which controls the vertical alignment of the text on the control. Pretty similar to the normal "Alignment" property which controls the horizontal alignment, the options are "Default", "Top", "Middle", "Bottom", where "Default" effectively maps to one of the other three, depending on the concrete control type.
 
dba
new icons for TEXT TABLEs in embedded HSQL databases i69696 Link CSV/Text files into HSQL databases In business processes, it's often necessary to exchange data between completely different applications. One common, widely-used, simple file-based format is CSV: text files containing multiple rows of homogenous data. frank.schoenheit@sun.com speclink dba
The iconified embedded objects are supported now by framework and file format. i68684 Supporting of Iconified Embedded Objects. In some competitor applications, that are able to contain an embedded document, it is possible to have an iconified object embedded in the document. The difference of the iconified object from a normal embedded object is that it has an icon as graphic replacement in the document and it can never be activated In-Place. Mikhail.Voitenko@sun.com speclink framework
Extension Version Handling i69163 Extension Version Handling Extensions are often improved over time. That is, publishers want to ship new versions of the same extension with added functionality and/or bug fixes. Adding a version field to .oxt extensions allows publishers to ship new versions, and allows OpenOffice.org to detect and handle the case that an extension installed by the user is an update of an existing extension. stephan.bergmann@sun.com speclink framework
new 'enable update check' page in first start wizard i69938 First Start-Up and User Data Migration Due to the change of the setup process in OpenOffice.org 2.0 / StarOffice 8, the migration of user settings can no longer be done as part of the setup. Furthermore, whoever wanted to migrate any settings had to do this by writing a special setup plugin. The migration process will now be done when the office is first started. It should be easy to define items that are to be migrated. dirk.voelzke@sun.com speclink framework
Software Update Notification i66949 Software Update Notification As many other open source projects, OpenOffice.org is evolving over time and frequent releases add functionality or resolve existing issues. The Software Update Notification helps users to keep their OpenOffice.org up to date without having to monitor certain websites. oliver.braun@sun.com speclink installation
multi monitor support for impress fullscreen slideshow i12719

christian.lippka@sun.com speclink presentation
Show meaningful error message if dBase export fails due to non-convertible characters i63402   feature-info:
If during export to the dBase file format the data to be exported contains characters that are not representable in the selected character encoding, the database drivers correctly refuse to write the record and an error message is displayed, which previously just was some "general I/O error encountered" message. The error message for such state of non-convertible characters is now: Cell $(ARG1) contains characters that are not representable in the selected target character set "$(ARG2)". where $(ARG1) is replaced with the cell address, e.g. B1, and $(ARG2) is replaced with the UI name of the character set, e.g. Cyrillic (DOS/OS2-866/Russian)
 
sc
Day name SortLists start with the first day of week according to the locale i64576   feature-info:
Upon first use of the Tools.Options.Calc.SortLists dialog, when nothing was stored in the configuration for this item yet, the list of day names is now initialized starting with the first day of week according to the configured locale. Previously, the list always started with Sunday for every locale. To have the list reinitialized with the new default after a program update, one may edit /user/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Calc.xcu and remove the SortList node. No instance of OOo should be running during this time, of course.
 
sc
Improved export of spreadsheets to HTML i66439 kendy@openoffice.org speclink sc
SIT <-> EUR exchange rate for CONVERT function i69339   feature-info:
Slovenia will adopt the Euro on 2007-01-01, added it to the sl_SI locale data's available currencies and made it default. Calc's CONVERT() function now also knows the irreversible exchange rate of 239.64 SIT per EUR; reference: Council Regulation (EC) No 1086/2006 of 11 July 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 2866/98, http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:195:0001:0001:EN:PDF
 
sc
Package Manager Renaming i69568 Package Manager Renaming The term extension is more common than package or even package bundle. Therefore we should rename the Package Manager to Extension Manager and the term package to extension. This has to be done in the GUI as well as in the documentation and help system. joachim.lingner@sun.com speclink ui
Upgrade from Xalan 2.6.0 to Xalan 2.7.0 i62422   feature-info:
1) Upgrade from Xalan 2.6.0 to Xalan 2.7.0 shows the following features: Xalan-Java 2.6.0 contains the following functional enhancements, performance enhancements and bug fixes: * Support for JAXP 1.3, including new default error handling behaviour. * Support for XML 1.1 and Namespaces in XML 1.1. * Support for alternate BSF implementations. * Updates to the SQL extension and SQL samples to support the Apache Derby database. * New serializer.jar containing the Serializer component of Xalan-Java. * Minor restructuring of the source and binary distributions. * Various performance fixes. * Various memory leak fixes. * Upgrade to Xerces-J (2.7.1) and a new version of xml-commons (xml-commons-external-1.3.02). * ... (see: http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/readme.html#done) 2) Furthermore, the debug output during XSLT was enhanced. When the Java system property 'XSLTransformer.statsfile' is set to the path of an output debug file (e.g. "-DXSLTransformer.statsfile=/usr/local/offices/xslt_debug.txt"). Now also the parameters provided to the transformation are given out. * * * These enhancements have been done by cmc@openoffice.org * * *
 
util
temporary AutoCorrection removed i60431   feature-info:
The temporary AutoCorrection in Writer has been removed. Word pairs have been added to this correction when words were corrected using spell checking (via dialog or popup menu). For details see http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=60431
 
word processing

Integrated Child Workspaces


List of integrated child workspaces:

cmcfixes28

minor uncontroversal outstanding patches

m188
fwk48

Patches and fixes for OOo 2.1

m188
gh12c

fix some bugs in testtool which are cannot wait til CWS gh13

m188
native62

Introducing the new simple packaging format "zip" and "tar.gz".

m188
native63

OOo 2.1 installation tasks

m188
native66

Improve pack performance

m188
opofxmlstorage

Embedding objects related enchancements and storage enchancements.

m188
sb59

warning-free code: missing wntmsci10 modules, sxv, desktop

m188
swqbf86

CWS for OOo 2.1 bugfixes.

m188
swqbf87

Fixes in Writer for OOo 2.1

m188
swstability06
Stability and maintainability for PU 5, i.e. 
fixes for crashes and loops
as well as improvement of code quality
m188
vcl65

2.0.5 tasks

m188
vcl66

more 2.0.5 tasks

m188
ause068

all about building...

m187
dicooo03

add latest DicOOo and FontOOo

m187
dr50

Calc bug fixes for OOo 2.1

m187
extras4pt

m187
fwk46

Framework related fixes.

m187
gascon01
enable gascon language in i18n lists for being able to use spellchecking
and default language document setting
m187
gtkquickstart
Port the Windows-only systray quickstarter to Unix / gtk+
Very low impact change - re-factored a little of the win32 code too, but no substantive changes there.

MH : reset to new, libegg code is missing
m187
hcshared04

Current online help issues Summer 06

m187
hsqlcsvstage1
first stage of CWS hsqlcsv

modules to break and rebuild completely:
- offuh (caused by offapi)
- unoil (caused by offapi)
m187
hyphfixes

Hyphenator fixes: Text Flow->Hyphenation->Characters at line end and begin options now work. Fix also period handling and Unicode non-standard hyphenation.

m187
impress107

OOo2.1 bugfix workspace

m187
impresshydra

Adds dual monitor support for the presentation

m187
jl44

bug fixes, String changes in office menu and package manager

m187
locales21

New locales and changes to locale data.

m187
macmozplugfix

Fix mozilla plugin issue on Mac OS X, building or not mozilla plugin

m187
native61

SO 8 Update 5 tasks

m187
onlineupdate4

Online Update Milestone 3

m187
pj61

Slovenian extras (autotext, ...) and help images.

m187
qwizardspp4

2.0.5 fixes, mainly wizards. IconTool update

m187
sb62

Extension versioning.

m187
vq37

Fix parallel build problem on W32

m187
aceart01

Icon related issues for the 'industrial' theme.

m186
c03v6_SRC680

m186
dmake46

Release dmake 4.6

m186
hsqldb9

New version of hsqldb 1.8.0.4

m186
jam01
jam01 introduces the jam tool itself, some neccessary hooks
to bootstrap and build files for sc. The jam build is compatible with the existing
build and can be used as a build "booster". The existing build
system is still required to complete the process.
m186
jl47_SRC680

Fix for extension manager.

m186
kendy11

Improve export of spreadsheets to HTML by using css for table borders.

m186
native67_SRC680

m186
obo05

Port for Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition

m186
osxpatchpool

Integrate patches to make OpenOffice.org buildable on MacOS X again.

m186
oupdatefix_SRC680

m186
sixtyfour08

Outstanding 64bit patches

m186
sw20405_SRC680

cws to fix issues i69670 and i69672

m186
swqbf84

Fixes in Writer for next release

m186
vgbugs04

Some fixes in solenv (build, deliver) & readlicense, makedepend optimization

m186
adc15

Regression fix: allow free text in @see tags in IDL.

m185
ause066

remove causes for warnings given by dmake46

m185
ause067

misc build fixes

m185
boldhg_SRC680

Fix problem for HG* fonts with bold attribute

m185
fwk50_SRC680

A possible showstopper for PP4.

m185
impress102

OOo 2.1 Bugfix workspace

m185
jl45_SRC680

Showstopper CWS

m185
l10nfix204_SRC680

Add missing online updated translation

m185
l10ntooling04


Please rebuild officecfg
fix important 10n tooling issue, officecfg was unmerged! Only SRC680 relevant!

m185
mac10test

Work to pass the smoketest for MacOSX

m185
misclic2_SRC680

fix line breaks in license dialog

m185
oodencfix_SRC680

m185
os86

Fixed of issues with target OOo 2.1

m185
pchfix02
Second batch of fixes to precompiled header. Touches
a lot of C++ files, but the changes don't affect regular
non-pch builds.
m185
so20403_SRC680

Fix for vanishing header/footer (i69334)

m185
sw20404_SRC680

Fix in Writer for i69409

m185
swqbf81
Improve performance of Writer text formatting under the condition,
that a lot of drawing objects (>50) have to be considered for
text wrapping.
m185
vq35

Speed up W32-bash/tcsh builds

m185
w98setup_SRC680

m185
writerfilter

m185
cmcfixes26

misc small fixes

m184
fwk49_SRC680

Showstopper fix for OOo 2.0.4

m184
gsoc

prepare office for GoogleSummerOfCode component Tabbed User Interface for OOo

m184
impress106

Showstopper CWS 2.0.4

m184
impresscontext02_SRC680

showstopper fix in impress for 2.0.4

m184
l10ntooling03

Fix build breaker in module wdk_l10n , please rebuild transex and wdk_l10n

m184
localisation12jahcfix_SRC680
The CWS is a fix for i68828 (Broken encoding in Japanese helpcontent) in localisation12, only fix for broken encoding,
that's why there is only unxsols4.pro build
m184
native60_SRC680

m184
opensymbol01

fixes default bullets in opensymbol font

m184
pj58
This child workspace removes old files from vcl/aqua directory.

Cleanup cws for aquavcl01. It removes all files removed in aquavcl01 to make patching easier.
m184
pngperf

Some performance enhancements which especially benefit Impress

m184
sb61
Broken osl_waitCondition; Unix only.  (Lead to spurious build breaks in
udkapi/offapi.)
m184
sw20402_SRC680

fix in Writer for issue i68958

m184
sw204_SRC680

Fix for issue i68953

m184
swredline01_SRC680

Lost change tracking mode: i69045

m184
testgfxcmp
This CWS exists only to add a new implementations of save_attachment into solenv/bin/modules/
Cws.pm
m184
wordml02

Patches for the XSLT import filter of the MS wordml format.

m184
atkbridge3_SRC680

Last minute fix for GNOME accessibility.

m183
ause064

resolve SO/OOo external clash

m183
ause065

misc bugfixing

m183
cleanupbmp1

remove not used openabout.bmp

m183
cmcfixes27

build breakage fix

m183
configure19

misc. configure fixes

m183
dba204d_SRC680

last-minute DBA fixes

m183
dba205a
Ongoing 2.x bug fixes in database area.

incopmpatible modules:
- offuh
- unoil
m183
dbwizardpp4regression

Form Wizzard crash

m183
extras02

m183
fwk47_SRC680

OOo2.0.4 showstopper fix.

m183
hr37_SRC680

Small build fix in svtools/workben

m183
hro08

Showstopper fixes for 2.0.4

m183
hro09

m183
impress104

OOo2.04 Bugfix workspace

m183
impress105

OOo2.04 Bugfix workspace

m183
jsc13_SRC680

m183
l10ntooling204_SRC680

Remove duplicated entry in langtab.src

m183
localisation12

g11n QA has not found any critical problem

m183
misclic

misc. addition in license text.

m183
nowerror01

Turn warning = error off in configure builds unless it is explicitely requested by "--enable-werror" configure option

m183
onlineupdate3b

Fix for crash in non pro builds ( might crash in pro builds, too )

m183
os85

Fix of issue 63806

m183
pmladek04_SRC680

Fixes forgotten location after the change SalData -> X11SalData. The problematic code was used only when WITH_LIBSN == YES.

m183
rt16

Misc. clean up tasks and a fix for deliver

m183
sb56

Make debug=x builds work again now that warnings are errors.

m183
socsprod_SRC680

m183
swqbf83

cws for bug i68522

m183
tl26

Show stoppers and other misc. fixes for 2.0.4

m183
tl27

PP4 bugfix

m183
unowinregcross2_SRC680

fix oversight for unowinreg.dl build with sun/blackdown java

m183
warningfixes03_SRC680

Fix GCC 4.0.3 build breakage due to 'warnings are errors'

m183
ause061

fix makefiles that dmake 4.5 warns about

m182
c03v5_SRC680

m182
calcmergedcells

Fix a crash with merged cells

m182
dba30

DBA bug fixes for SO 8+x (currently collecting en-passant fixes only)

incompatible modules (caused by comphelper/propertycontainerhelper):

  • basctl
  • chart2
  • configmgr
  • extensions
  • sc
  • scripting
  • databaseext
m182
fwk44

Showstopper task for OOo 2.0.4

m182
fwk45

Showstopper fix for OOo2.0.4

m182
gcjsix
later versions of gcc (4.1.2) provide a jvm providing library
called "libjvm" like Sun-java does instead of making it part of libgcj.
Tweak jvmfwk's gnujre.cxx and gcj relevent build conditionals to
continue to function
m182
hcshared01

changes to shared folders of online help, CWS 01

m182
hr35

Removes ~500 obsolete files from binfilter. More to come in later CWSs

m182
hr36

Small scp2 fix in case SOLAR_JAVA is not set.

m182
impress101

bugfix for OOo 2.04 regression

m182
jl38jre

bundle jre 1.5.0_07 with Office

m182
jl40

Follow up cws for simple license feature.

m182
npower2
apply some font related patches from ooo-build, added MT ( metrically equivelant fonts )
additionally reorder font fallback.
m182
onelinefix

P1 fix for gsicheck (crashes on windows)

m182
sdfcreater

the cws implement the tooling for sdf creation during build time in HH RE

m182
smoketest10

solaris 10: different user can't run smoketest cause of file .ai.pkg.zone.lock-..

m182
svp01

m182
swqbf80

cws for i67907

m182
swqbf82

m182
writercorehandoff
Additional documentation, comments with regards to the write core code structure, single classes, etc.
Code clean up (removal of unused files, function, classes, etc.).
m182
xalanupgrade

Upgrade xalan to 2.7.0

m182
a11y204
extension of the accessibility-API to support Gnome-ATK-Methods 
- atk_text_get_default_attributes(..)
- atk_text_get_run_attributes(..)

two minor accessibility bug fixes
m181
ab27

basic fixes for 2.0.4

m181
addinconfig

Read add-in information from configuration

m181
calc38

Calc bugfixes

m181
calchtmlcrash

Fix for a crash when loading html files

m181
dba204c

ongoing bugfixing towards 2.0.4 (DBA project)

m181
fwk42

Showstopper fix for OOo2.0.4

m181
fwk43

Showstopper for OOo 2.0.4

m181
gh12b

showstoppers for automatic testing + gsicheck improvements

m181
httpcurl

Enable http support for curl

m181
impress100

OOo 2.04 bugfixes

m181
jl42

P1 CWS

m181
ka010

patch related CWS

m181
kdesettings3
Fix performance problems after inclusion of KDE Backend by
introducing Desktop Backend which decides under which desktop
we are, and loads GconfBackend or KDEBackend accordingly.
m181
kendy10

Escape &<>; etc. in ~/.recently-used so that files with names containing such characters do not corrupt it.

m181
libft01

Update freetype library to newer version

m181
native57

OOo installation problem

m181
onlineupdate3

Online Update Milestone 2

m181
pb17

Bugfixes for 2.0.4

m181
presfixes11

Extracted fixes from presfixes09, to get them into 2.0.4

m181
swqbf76

m181
thbpp4

Misc 2.0.4 fixes

m181
tl24

Various bugfixes for OOo 2.x

m181
unowinregcross

add possibility to build unowinreg.dll also from !Windows

m181
vcl64

some more 2.0.4 fixes

m181




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