Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 20634
OLE/Image merge in frames and tables problem
Last modified: 2011-03-05 17:30:09 UTC
3rd party program avimark (avimark.com) uses OLE methods, "Find" to find a particular merge word, then "Delete" to remove the merge word itself from the text of the document, then finally "InsertAfter" to insert the text that is to replace the merge word. These methods work great, except to locate merge words WITHIN MS Word "text boxes". You have to convert text boxes to "frames" for the "Find" to work...beats me why, but hey, we're at the mercy of Mr. Gates on this one. His people wrote both OLE and MS Word, so it's in his court.
Would it be technically correct to say that AVImark uses OLE automation to 'search and replace' text in both MS Word as well as OpenOffice 1.1 and StarOffice. The OLE method is as follows: "Find" to find text stings, then "Delete" to remove the text string from the document, and finally "InsertAfter" to insert the text or image that is to replace the text string. These methods work great, except “Find” doesn’t work to locate text strings in Oo1.1 that are in a tables or text box. This method does work with MS Word tables. In MS Word it also works in "text boxes" if you convert the text boxes to "frames." Star Office has not been tested. A demo of AVImark can be downloaded at avimark.com if further testing is needed.
utomo> wesborgman: You post on test, please chenge it to correct component. and with more clear summary
duplicate of Issue 13939 - Image merge in frames and tables problem *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 13939 ***
Cleaning-up and Closing old Issues as part of: ~ The Grand Bug Squash, pre v3 ~