Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 103541
Extension Manager and some extensions unusable after installation of ice-toolbar.oxt
Last modified: 2009-08-10 09:19:38 UTC
I have an extension built for my macros and toolbar. My extension is working fine on OOo 3.0.1 and 2.3. However, when I tried to install on OOo 3.1, it gives me error " an error occurred during file opening" on Installation. But my toolbar and macros are installed and working fine. However, when I tried to open Extension Manager, it simply crushes the writer. After tried to remove the toolbar manually, it still doesn't work. Thus, I have removed and reinstalled the writer. And I have deleted every related folders just in case. When I reinstall my extension, writer gives me the same error message after installation. And my macros are working fine. This time, when I open Extension Manager, it does open but my extension is not there. But toolbar and macros are installed. On another computer, extension manager crush the writer.
@cynwong12: Please - Attach extension - Specify OS and Platform - Contribute a clear and simple step by step instruction containing every mouse click and every key press how to reproduce the problem - explain -- "I have removed and reinstalled the writer" ??? -- "After tried to remove the toolbar manually, it still doesn't work." ??? What means "it"?
Hello cynwong12, please attach the extension to this issue, so that we are able to reproduce and fix the problem here. Thanks for your patience.
@cynwong12: Feel free to reopen when you can provide the details rainerbielefeld and mru asked for.
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- I was using Window Vista and Window XP. So Platform should be PC. - What do you mean by "every mouse click and every key press how to produce the problem"? I have tried installing the toolbar from Extension Manager and double clicking on the .oxt file. - "I have removed and reinstalled the writer" - I meant I have uninstalled Open Office.org and delete all its relative files and folders. Restart the Window and Reinstall the Open Office.Org. (For OOo 3.1 version, I installed Writer only.) - "After tried to remove the toolbar manually, it still doesn't work." ??? What means "it" - it means Extension Manager. It still is still crush the OOo for me. For my extension, I wasn't sure it was my extension or Extension Manager. So I download a couple of extension from http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/. They all give me the same error. I am not sure what I have used as I have deleted them already. But I am pretty sure one of them is Writer2xhtml.
Created attachment 63633 [details] ICE toolbar extension
I have attached the extension. To produce the error, just install the extension.
I checked with "Ooo 3.1.0 WIN XP multilingual version German UI activated [OOO310m11 (Build 9399)]" and can confirm problems with attached extension "ice-toolbar.oxt" The extension might be from "http://ice.usq.edu.au/" During installation (I followed instructions in "ice_toolbar_ext.pdf" from ICE web site, pls. see new attachment!) I got the reported error message concerning problems to open a particular (unknown) file, but that is a minor problem. I closed and reopened OOo after installation of that extension and saw new toolbars in WRITER. When I now try to use the Extension Manager, OOo crashes 100% reproducible It seems that this extension installs files in <C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Rainer\Anwendungsdaten\OpenOffice.org\3\user\uno_packages\cache\uno_packages> I asked for help in mailing list <ice_dev@mailman.usq.edu.au>
Created attachment 63634 [details] Installation help
rainerbielefeld, I see you have sent email to ice-dev. I am one of the ICE developers. I am responsible for the toolbar. You can talk to me regarding this matter. "It seems that this extension installs files in <C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Rainer\Anwendungsdaten\OpenOffice.org\3\user\uno_packages\cache\uno_packages>" - Why? Are we not support to install the file there? But as far as my research goes, the extensions are installed there. But the toolbar is tested with OOo 2.3 and 3.0.1 as well. Extension Managers in those versions are not crushing after ice-toolbar.oxt installation.
After I deleted files in uno_packages and repaired OOo installation, Extension Manager worked as expected. @cynwong12: Now we have to wait until a developer will have accepted tis issue.
Thanks, @rainerbielefeld.
It seems that damages are more serious than I thought: Also some Extensions do not work any longer: - Lofem Ipsum generator is no longer available - PDF import does not work any longer but that might also be caused by upgrade of PDF import extension - Even my "repaired" Extension manager does not work correctly any longer. When I want to deactivate or delete installed extensions I get lots of messages concerning non existing files
This is all caused by an spelling error in the description.xml. <extension-description> <src xlink:href="pgk-desc/pkg-description.txt"/> <src xlink:href="pgk-desc/pkg-description.txt" lang="en"/> </extension-description> The URLs are wrong. The folder is called pkg-desk. Therefore when opening the description file there will be an exception which is not appropriately handled. I am sure there exist already an issue for this.
. *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 100744 ***
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Fixing the typo in description.xml has resolved the fault using the ICE extension for OOo 3.1 running on OS X. Thanks for your help jl