3.2 m5 Snapshot - Release Notes
These notes contain changes between DEV300_m60 + OOO320_m1 and OOO320_m5.Please have a look for older Release Notes if you need to know former changes (example: http://development.openoffice.org/releases/DEV300_m60_snapshot.html).
This release will install as OOo-Dev 3.2.
Sources can be received from SVN by tag OOO320_m5.
Important note:
DEV300_m60 was the last build towards OOo 3.2 from this codeline. The next 3.2 build will be from the OOO320 codeline.DEV300_m61 is the first build that goes on with the unstable trunk. It does not belong to OOo 3.2.
See also the blog article on GullFOSS.
What's new?
Feature title | TaskId | Spec. title | Spec. abstract | Dev. owner | Spec. link | Component |
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Locale data for Oromo_Ethiopia [om-ET] | i101173 | feature-info: Added language list entry and locale data for Oromo_Ethiopia [om-ET]. The locale is selectable for character attribution and spell-checking, as default locale, default document language and available for number formats and outline numbering. |
eike.rathke@sun.com | L10N | ||
Locale data for Uyghur_China [ug-CN] | i101235 | feature-info: Added locale data for Uyghur_China [ug-CN]. The locale is selectable for character attribution and spell-checking, as default locale, default document language and available for number formats and outline numbering. |
eike.rathke@sun.com | L10N | ||
Ancient Greek [grc-GR] | i102186 | feature-info: Added "Greek, Ancient" [grc-GR] to language list. The locale is selectable for character attribution and spell-checking. |
eike.rathke@sun.com | L10N | ||
Locale data for Somali_Somalia [so-SO] | i103193 | feature-info: Added locale data for Somali_Somalia [so-SO]. The locale is selectable for character attribution and spell-checking, as default locale, default document language and available for number formats and outline numbering. |
eike.rathke@sun.com | L10N | ||
Sorbian, Lower [dsb-DE] and Upper [hsb-DE] | i104308 | feature-info: Added "Sorbian, Lower" [dsb-DE] and "Sorbian, Upper" [hsb-DE] to language list. The locale is selectable for character attribution and spell-checking. |
eike.rathke@sun.com | L10N | ||
Locale data for Asturian_Spain [ast-ES] | i97602 | feature-info: Added locale data for Asturian_Spain [ast-ES]. The locale is selectable for character attribution and spell-checking, as default locale, default document language and available for number formats and outline numbering. |
eike.rathke@sun.com | L10N | ||
Yiddish_Israel [yi-IL] | i97791 | feature-info: Added "Yiddish" to language list. The locale is selectable for character attribution and spell-checking. The associated script is Hebrew, the language appears in the list of CTL languages. |
eike.rathke@sun.com | L10N | ||
Locale data for Arabic (Oman) [ar-OM] | i98489 | feature-info: Added locale data for Arabic (Oman) [ar-OM]. The locale is selectable for character attribution and spell-checking, as default locale, default document language and available for number formats and outline numbering. |
eike.rathke@sun.com | L10N | ||
Locale data for Sardinian_Italy [sc-IT] | i99827 | feature-info: Added locale data for Sardinian_Italy [sc-IT]. The locale is selectable for character attribution and spell-checking, as default locale, default document language and available for number formats and outline numbering. |
eike.rathke@sun.com | L10N | ||
Quechua (Ecuador) [qu-EC] | i99972 | feature-info: Added "Quechua (Ecuador)" to language list. The locale is selectable for character attribution and spell-checking. |
eike.rathke@sun.com | L10N | ||
Default button in password dialog now is "OK" | i102230 | feature-info: Though it is only a bugfix, but as it changes the UI: The OK button in the password dialog now is the default button again |
mathias.bauer@sun.com | framework | ||
In a Japanese Locale the FirstName/LastName order fields in the user data tabpage is reverted | i103200 | feature-info: If the Locale is set to "Japanese", the order of the "First name" and "Last name" fields is reverted. This feature is not bound to the UI language, but to the selected Locale. |
mathias.bauer@sun.com | framework | ||
There is no minimal length limit anymore during creation of password for ODF documents. | i103783 | Mikhail.Voytenko@Sun.COM | speclink | framework | ||
Check that there is no unexpected non-encrypted stream in encrypted document. | i103927 | The following spec defines only user interface/interaction (UI/GUI). | Mikhail.Voytenko@Sun.COM | speclink | framework | |
ODF document integrity check. | i104389 | The following spec defines only user interface/interaction (UI/GUI). | Mikhail.Voytenko@Sun.COM | speclink | framework | |
All document events in the Application Framework now can be assigned to Macros | i83692 | feature-info: Until now only a selected number of document events could be assigned to macros using the "Customize Event" dialog, though they could assigned via API or ODF. Now the dialog shows all existing events. No new events have been added. |
mathias.bauer@sun.com | framework | ||
Filters for AportisDoc and PocketWord now support type detection based on DocType | i99407 | feature-info: In result these files can be loaded now without explicitly selecting the document type in the file picker. |
mathias.bauer@sun.com | framework | ||
Impress and Draw now support comments (formerly known as sticky notes) to support collaboration | i103139 | christian.lippka@sun.com | speclink | presentation | ||
The feature "Notes" has been renamed to "Comments" | i103139 | christian.lippka@sun.com | speclink | sc | ||
Transporting newlines in spreadsheet formulas | i35913 | feature-info: Newline characters (0x0A, decimal 10) created with Control+Enter in multiline text cells are now preserved in spreadsheet formulas. Previously the newline character was replaced by a space character. The newline character can be searched for using the SEARCH or [HV]LOOKUP or MATCH functions with the \n regular expression. A newline character can be inserted in a formula using the CHAR(10) function. If the result contains newline characters it is displayed as a multiline cell. The multiline result is exported to file formats capable handling newlines in cell data, such as CSV. |
eike.rathke@sun.com | sc | ||
Use System Credentials for Web Site Authentication | i104767 | kai.sommerfeld@sun.com | speclink | ui | ||
"Notes" feature renamed to "Comments" | i103139 | christian.lippka@sun.com | speclink | word processing | ||
New and default odf version is "1.2 Extended" | i95188 | ODF Version Handling | OpenOffice.org 3.x supports ODF 1.2, but not all features will be implemented for OpenOffice.org 3.x are part of the ODF 1.2. This specification describes how to handle these features | Michael Brauer | speclink | xml |
Feature title | TaskId | Spec. title | Spec. abstract | Dev. owner | Spec. link | Component |
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Contex Menu | i102820 | Chart Context Menu | This specification describes the context menus for charts in edit mode. The context menu for selected charts not in edit mode is defined in the specification | Ingrid Halama | speclink | chart |
selection dependent insert menu behavior | i103593 | Chart Menu | This specification describes the menu for charts. It is visible when the chart is in edit mode (activated via double click for example). | Ingrid Halama | speclink | chart |
Contex Menu | i58163 | Chart Context Menu | This specification describes the context menus for charts in edit mode. The context menu for selected charts not in edit mode is defined in the specification | Ingrid Halama | speclink | chart |
Contex Menu | i69422 | Chart Context Menu | This specification describes the context menus for charts in edit mode. The context menu for selected charts not in edit mode is defined in the specification | Ingrid Halama | speclink | chart |
Chart Element Selector | i7049 | This specification describes the tool bars available in context of charts. | Ingrid Halama | speclink | chart | |
Contex Menu | i86146 | Chart Context Menu | This specification describes the context menus for charts in edit mode. The context menu for selected charts not in edit mode is defined in the specification | Ingrid Halama | speclink | chart |
configuration option to control the availability of "Create new database" option in the "Create Database" wizard | i96862 | feature-info: A configuration option "/org.openoffice.Office.DataAccess/Policies/Features/Base/CreateLocalDatabase" has been introduced, which is of type boolean, defaulted to "true", and controls whether the "Create Database" wizard (started via File/New/Database) exposes the "Create a new database" option. |
frank.schoenheit@sun.com | |
dba | |
events "Close Document" and "Document is closing" renamed | i104364 | feature-info: The document-related events "Close document" and "Document is closing" (to be found in Tools/Customize/Events) have been renamed to "Document is closing" and "Document closed". The reason is that the event formerly known as "Close document" is actually fired when the document is about to be closed, and the event formerly known as "Document is closing" is fired when the document has been closed. In other words, the "Document closed" event arrived before the "Document is closing" event, which is certainly counter-intuitive. |
frank.schoenheit@sun.com | |
framework | |
Dialog Import in Dialog IDE | i85434 | Import Dialog to Dialog IDE | In addition to the already realized functionality to export dialogs described in | Andreas Bregas (ABR) | speclink | framework |
NORMDIST, LOGNORMDIST parameters | i100119 | feature-info: - NORMDIST's 4th parameter is now optional. - 0 or FALSE calculates the probability density function. Any other value or TRUE or omitted calculates the cumulative distribution function. - If omitted, 1 is written to files for backwards compatibility. - LOGNORMDIST's 2nd and 3rd parameters are now optional, an optional 4th parameter has been added. - The 2nd, mean, parameter has the default value 0 if omitted. - If omitted, 0 is written to files for backwards compatibility. - The 3rd, standard deviation, parameter has the default value 1 if omitted. - If omitted, 1 is written to files for backwards compatibility. - The 4th, cumulative, parameter is defined as - 0 or FALSE calculates the probability density function. Any other value or TRUE or omitted calculates the cumulative distribution function. - If a value was given, earlier releases reading the file cannot interpret the function and return an error. These changes align with the definitions given in the OASIS ODFF/OpenFormula specification available at http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/documents.php?wg_abbrev=office-formula |
eike.rathke@sun.com | |
sc | |
Calculate with strings | i5658 | feature-info: While interpreting a formula expression, string content is now converted to numeric values if conversion is unambiguous, or a #VALUE! error is set if no unambiguous conversion is possible. Converted are only integer numbers including exponent, and ISO 8601 dates and times in their extended formats with separators. Anything else, especially fractional values with decimal separators or dates other than ISO 8601 would be locale dependent and are not converted. Leading and trailing blanks are ignored. The following ISO 8601 formats are converted: CCYY-MM-DD CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss,s CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.s hh:mm hh:mm:ss hh:mm:ss,s hh:mm:ss.s The century CC may not be omitted and the two-digit year setting is not taken into account. Instead of the T date and time separator exactly one blank may be used. If a date is given, it must be a valid Gregorian calendar date. In this case the optional time must be in the range 00:00 to 23:59:59.99999... If only time is given, it may have any value for hours, taking elapsed time into account; minutes and seconds are limited to the value 59 as well. NOTES: The conversion is done for single arguments, either referenced cell content or inline string, cell range arguments are not affected, so SUM(A1:A2) now will differ from A1+A2 if at least one of the cells contain a convertible string, as in Excel ... Because the conversion is also done for formula inline strings, such as ="1999-11-22"+42, calculations involving inline localized dates now return an error, e.g. with "11/22/1999" or "22.11.1999". Conversion on the fly naturally is significantly slower than calculating with numeric values. Plus, as said, various values are not automatically converted as the conversion may be ambiguous. You may be interested in the Convert Text to Number (CTN) extension available at http://extensions.openoffice.org/project/CT2N to interactively convert textual numbers to permanent numeric values. |
eike.rathke@sun.com | |
sc | |
HYPERLINK returns numeric value if second argument was numeric | i91351 | feature-info: The HYPERLINK spreadsheet function now returns a numeric value if its second argument was a numeric value. Previously, the return value was converted to text in this case. This change aligns with the behavior of other spreadsheet applications and the definition given in the OASIS ODFF/OpenFormula specification available at http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/documents.php?wg_abbrev=office-formula |
eike.rathke@sun.com | |
sc | |
CONVERT_ADD with many new conversion factors | i99140 | feature-info: The CONVERT_ADD spreadsheet function (known as CONVERT in other applications) has many more conversion factors implemented, as defined in OASIS ODFF/OpenFormula, for details see http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/documents.php?wg_abbrev=office-formula The full list is: SI prefix: unit may be prefixed by one SI prefix, supported prefixes are: y Yocto 1.00E-24 z Zepto 1.00E-21 a Atto 1.00E-18 f Femto 1.00E-15 p Pico 1.00E-12 n Nano 1.00E-09 u Micro 1.00E-06 m Milli 1.00E-03 c Centi 1.00E-02 d Deci 1.00E-01 1.00E+00 e Deca 1.00E+01 h Hecto 1.00E+02 k Kilo 1.00E+03 M Mega 1.00E+06 G Giga 1.00E+09 T Tera 1.00E+12 P Peta 1.00E+15 E Exa 1.00E+18 Z Zetta 1.00E+21 Y Yotta 1.00E+24 Information units "bit" and "byte" may also be prefixed by one IEC 60027-2 / IEEE 1541 prefix, supported prefixes are: 1 ki kibi 1024 Mi mebi 1048576 Gi gibi 1073741824 Ti tebi 1099511627776 Pi pebi 1125899906842620 Ei exbi 1152921504606850000 Zi zebi 1180591620717410000000 Yi yobi 1208925819614630000000000 // MASS: 1 Gram is... SI prefix "g" SI prefix "u" "sg" "lbm" "ozm" "stone" "ton" "grain" "pweight" "hweight" "shweight" "brton" "cwt" "shweight" "uk_cwt" "lcwt" "hweight" "uk_ton" "LTON" // LENGTH: 1 Meter is... SI prefix "m" SI prefix "parsec" SI prefix "pc" SI prefix "lightyear" SI prefix "ly" "mi" "Nmi" "in" "ft" "yd" "ang" "Pica" "ell" "survey_mi" // TIME: 1 Second is... SI prefix "sec" SI prefix "s" "yr" "day" "d" "hr" "mn" "min" // PRESSURE: 1 Pascal is... SI prefix "Pa" SI prefix "atm" SI prefix "at" SI prefix "mmHg" "Torr" "psi" // FORCE: 1 Newton is... SI prefix "N" SI prefix "dyn" SI prefix "dy" SI prefix "pond" "lbf" // ENERGY: 1 Joule is... SI prefix "J" SI prefix "e" SI prefix "c" SI prefix "cal" SI prefix "eV" SI prefix "ev" SI prefix "Wh" SI prefix "wh" "HPh" "hh" "flb" "BTU" "btu" // POWER: 1 Watt is... SI prefix "W" SI prefix "w" "HP" "h" "PS" // MAGNETISM: 1 Tesla is... SI prefix "T" SI prefix "ga" // TEMPERATURE: 1 Kelvin is... SI prefix "K" SI prefix "kel" "C" "cel" "F" "fah" "Reau" "Rank" // VOLUME: 1 Liter is... SI prefix "l" SI prefix "L" SI prefix "lt" SI prefix "m3" "tsp" "tbs" "oz" "cup" "pt" "us_pt" "uk_pt" "qt" "gal" "mi3" "Nmi3" "in3" "ft3" "yd3" "ang3" "Pica3" "barrel" "bushel" "regton" "GRT" "ly3" "MTON" "tspm" "uk_gal" "uk_qt" // 1 Square Meter is... SI prefix "m2" SI prefix "ang2" SI prefix "ar" "mi2" "Nmi2" "in2" "ft2" "yd2" "Pica2" "Morgen" "acre" "uk_acre" "us_acre" "ly2" "ha" // SPEED: 1 Meter per Second is... SI prefix "m/s" SI prefix "m/sec" "m/h" "m/hr" "mph" "kn" "admkn" // INFORMATION: 1 Bit is... SI prefix or IEC 60027-2 / IEEE 1541 prefix "bit" SI prefix or IEC 60027-2 / IEEE 1541 prefix "byte" |
eike.rathke@sun.com | |
sc | |
UNICODE and UNICHAR functions | i99900 | feature-info: The new UNICODE and UNICHAR spreadsheet functions are implemented as defined in the OASIS ODFF/OpenFormula specification available at http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/documents.php?wg_abbrev=office-formula UNICODE Summary: Return the Unicode Standard / ISO 10646 code point corresponding to the first character of the text value. Syntax: UNICODE( Text T ) Returns: Number Constraints: Length(T) > 0. Portable Constraints: code point of the first character of T <= 65535 (U+FFFF), the Basic Multilingual Plane, or BMP. Semantics: Returns a numeric value (code point of the Unicode Standard) that represents the first letter of the given text T. UNICHAR(UNICODE(Character)) returns Character for any valid Unicode Character. UNICHAR Summary: Return character represented by the given numeric value according to the Unicode Standard / ISO 10646. Syntax: UNICHAR( Number N ) Returns: Text Constraints: N >= 0, N <= 1114111 (U+10FFFF) Portable Constraints: N >= 1, N <= 65535 (U+FFFF), the Basic Multilingual Plane, or BMP. Semantics: Returns the character represented by the given numeric value. UNICODE(UNICHAR(N)) returns N for 0 <= N <= 1114111. Note: Portable Constraints in this case means that when exchanging documents with other applications than OOo you should not rely on functionality that is not covered by the portable constraints. OOoCalc does support the full Unicode range 0..1114111, not only the BMP. |
eike.rathke@sun.com | |
sc | |
Icon for shared extension in extension manager changed | i104754 | feature-info: The icon used for shared extensions looks like a lock, this might confuse the user because shared extensions are locked only when the user hasn't sufficient access rights for changing shared extensions. The new icon will more clearly show that this is a shared extension. |
dirk.voelzke@sun.com | |
ui |
Feature title | TaskId | Spec. title | Spec. abstract | Dev. owner | Spec. link | Component |
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Import of password protected Microsoft Office XML files | i92645 | feature-info: Import of password protected Microsoft Office XML documents has been implemented in CWS dr72. All document types are supported that are handled by the MSO XML import filters: - MS Word 2007 documents (*.docx, *.docm) - MS Word 2007 templates (*.dotx, *.dotm) - MS Excel 2007 documents (*.xlsx, *.xlsm) - MS Excel 2007 binary documents (*.xlsb) - MS Excel 2007 templates (*.xltx, *.xltm) - MS Powerpoint 2007 documents (*.pptx, *.pptm) - MS Powerpoint 2007 templates (*.potx, *.potm) Please see http://sc.openoffice.org/testdocs/filetype/index.html for a source of test documents for all applications containing password protection. |
daniel.rentz@sun.com | |
xml |
Feature title | TaskId | Spec. title | Spec. abstract | Dev. owner | Spec. link | Component |
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Filled Net Chart (filled radar) | i64752 | Chart Wizard | This specification describes the Chart Wizard which is used to create charts. The list of possible chart types now also includes bubble charts and filled net charts. | Matthias Müller-Prove (MMP) | speclink | chart |
copying queries between database documents uses source name | i102889 | feature-info: When you copy queries between database document, you're not prompted for the target name anymore, unless it is really necessary. That is, if you copy "some query" from database A to database B, then it will be inserted into B as "some query". Previously (up to 3.1), you were prompted for a name, which was defaulted to "Query1", completely ignoring the source name. Only if the name already exists in the target database (in particular, if you copy a query into the same DB), the dialog is opened, and now pre-filled with the source name instead of "Query1". |
frank.schoenheit@sun.com | |
dba | |
Do not support Ctrl+Tab shortcut for document toolbars navigation. | i104204 | feature-info: The current design of the Ctrl+Tab shortcut is inconsistent, it does not reach the non-modal dialogs. Additionally, if a floating window contains a tab-control, the shortcut can not be used for the control any more. The Ctrl+Tab shortcut is close to be a duplication of F6 shortcut, the only difference is that Ctrl+Tab ignores the document window, and erroneously ignores the non-modal dialogs. Thus it makes no sense to support it further. |
Mikhail.Voytenko@Sun.COM | |
framework | |
Support for PS-OpenType fonts | i43029 | feature-info: Postscript based OpenType fonts are now supported (for formatting, printing, PDF-export and display). |
hdu@openoffice.org | |
gsl | |
Support for PS-OpenType fonts | i78858 | feature-info: Postscript based OpenType fonts are now supported (for formatting, printing, PDF-export and display). |
hdu@openoffice.org | |
gsl | |
Logger component | i103030 | ocke.janssen@sun.com | speclink | udk | ||
ODF conform hyperlinks in table of contents | i103265 | feature-info: replace OOo specific hyperlinks for the entries in the table of content by hyperlinks to bookmarks in order to conform better to ODF, improve interoperability and support accessibility access to these item |
Oliver-Rainer.Wittmann@Sun.COM | |
word processing | |
CheckBox in AutoCorrect - Word Completion changed | i20268 | feature-info: The CheckBox named "When closing a document, save the list for later use in other documents" was misleading as it was not about saving the list but about removing the words collected from a document at the time of closing this document. It is now called "When closing a document, remove the words collected from it from the list" and the function is inverted. See issue 20268 for details. |
oliver.specht@sun.com | |
word processing | |
Alternative texts for Writer objects | i73249 | Alternative texts for Writer objects | Oliver-Rainer.Wittmann@Sun.COM | speclink | word processing |
Feature title | TaskId | Spec. title | Spec. abstract | Dev. owner | Spec. link | Component |
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Graphite Font Support | i69129 | kstribley@openoffice.org | speclink | framework |
Feature title | TaskId | Spec. title | Spec. abstract | Dev. owner | Spec. link | Component |
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Toggle absolute/relative references for multiple cells | i16615 | feature-info: The Shift-F4 shortcut to toggle between relative and absolute references in formulas can now be used for a selection of cells, and handles all the formula cells in the selection. |
niklas.nebel@sun.com | |
sc | |
Additional filter conditions in standard filter dialog | i35579 | thomas.benisch@sun.com | speclink | sc | ||
Encription support for "Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP" filter. | i103780 | Exporting of Password Protected Microsoft Word Documents | This new feature make saving password protected Microsoft Word document possible with Microsoft Office standard RC4 algorithm. | steve_yin@openoffice.org | speclink | word processing |
Feature title | TaskId | Spec. title | Spec. abstract | Dev. owner | Spec. link | Component |
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Rotate data labels | i24203 | Chart Data Labels | The options for data labels have been extended. It is possible now to define a number format for the value and the percentage value and to display both values at the same time. Furthermore one can define a separator for the different parts of the data label. The placement of the labels can be manipulated via a given set of predefined positions. | ingrid.halama@sun.com | speclink | chart |
Bubble Chart | i64689 | Chart Wizard | This specification describes the Chart Wizard which is used to create charts. The list of possible chart types now also includes bubble charts and filled net charts. | Matthias Müller-Prove (MMP) | speclink | chart |
Display of hidden cells | i91578 | Plotting of missing or hidden Values | When plotting values in a chart it can happen that some of the values are missing - for example when a cell was left empty or did not contain a valid value. The users now can decide what should be plotted in such cases:a) | ingrid.halama@sun.com | speclink | chart |
Asian typography page for chart elements | i92128 | Asian Typography tab page for Chart | A new tab page “Asian Typography” is now available for Title, Legend, Axes and Data Series. It contains an option to enable or disable the spacing between the different types of text. | ingrid.halama@sun.com | speclink | chart |
button form controls: new "Default State" property, applicable to toggle buttons | i100237 | feature-info: Button controls in documents now have an additional property "Default status". It is enabled if and only if the button's "Toggle" property is set to "Yes", and works like the "Default status" property for e.g. check box controls: It controls in which status the button will be when resetting the form to which the button belongs. |
frank.schoenheit@sun.com | |
dba | |
Configuration based database drivers | i101587 | feature-info: Currently the db drivers are hard coded in OOo. The integration of new ones as extension isn't possible. Therefor all drivers have to bring their own configuration with them. Each driver has to define: - URLPattern : defines the URL which the driver supports - ParentURLPattern : allows to define a parent hierarchy - Driver : defines the UNO factory name used to create the db driver - DriverTypeDisplayName : defines the name which is shown to the user when creating a new db Additionally 3 sets can be filled, which are - Properties : describes properties which the driver understand - Features : describes which checkboxes should be shown in the special settings dialog - MetaData : describes additional settings which are handled by the db application itself As this 3 categories are set, it can not be defined what the sets will contain. But currently they support: // known JDBC settings JavaDriverClass // known settings for file-based drivers Extension CharSet HeaderLine FieldDelimiter StringDelimiter DecimalDelimiter ThousandDelimiter ShowDeleted // known ODBC settings SystemDriverSettings UseCatalog // settings related to auto increment handling AutoIncrementCreation AutoRetrievingStatement IsAutoRetrievingEnabled // known Adabas D driver setting ShutdownDatabase DataCacheSizeIncrement DataCacheSize ControlUser ControlPassword // known LDAP driver settings HostName PortNumber BaseDN MaxRowCount // misc known driver settings ParameterNameSubstitution AddIndexAppendix // known SDB level settings IgnoreDriverPrivileges NoNameLengthLimit AppendTableAliasName GenerateASBeforeCorrelationName ColumnAliasInOrderBy EnableSQL92Check BooleanComparisonMode TableTypeFilterMode RespectDriverResultSetType UseSchemaInSelect UseCatalogInSelect EnableOuterJoinEscape PreferDosLikeLineEnds FormsCheckRequiredFields EscapeDateTime IgnoreCurrency TypeInfoSettings LocalSocket Please have a look at the configuration schema org.openoffice.Office.DataAccess/Drivers.xcs for more information. |
ocke.janssen@sun.com | |
dba | |
database formscan be zoomed | i41930 | feature-info: Database forms can now be zoomed, much like all other documents: You'll find the usual View/Zoom menu item, and the zoom slider in the status bar. (Ctrl+Scroll wheel continues to work, as it already did before.) |
frank.schoenheit@sun.com | |
dba | |
SRB FormWizard supports binary field types | i76783 | feature-info: In FormWizard it is now possible to select also the BINARY, VARBINARY, LONGVARBINARY datatypes, which will insert as Pictures. |
Lars.Langhans@sun.com | |
dba | |
Shrink Sections in Sun Report Builder | i79423 | feature-info: There exist 3 new items in the toolbar to remove empty space between section ranges and the first or last control. * Top shrink removes the top empty space between section top range and the first top control. * Bottom shrink removes the bottom empty space between the section bottom range and the last bottom control. * Shrink removes free spaces from both directions from top and from bottom. This function could be very helpful if the report will be export as calc sheet. |
Lars.Langhans@sun.com | |
dba | |
"First line as column names" support for Copy Table Wizard | i80917 | feature-info: The Copy table Wizard now contains an additional check box which is enabled when RTF or HTML format is to copied into a database. The check box is label: Text [ en-US ] = "Use first ~line as column names" ; When checked the first row is used to identify column names, when not checked the first row will be handled as a normal data row. |
ocke.janssen@sun.com | |
dba | |
SRB Grouping Dialog has a new up/down/delete toolbar | i83082 | feature-info: In Report Builder grouping dialog exist a new toolbar which handles the up and down of grouping entries and also a new delete button to remove grouping entries. |
Lars.Langhans@sun.com | |
dba | |
new form control property: "Visible" | i88878 | feature-info: The new boolean property "Visible" has been added to all form control types (except the "Hidden control", which has no visual representation in the document, anyway). This property controls whether or not the control shall be visible in alive mode. In design mode, the control is always painted as before, to not make designing an invisible control unnecessarily difficult. Note that if this property is set to "Yes" (the default, mimicking the behavior as known up to 3.1), this not necessarily means the control will really appear on the screen. Additional constraints are applied when calculating a control's effective visibility. For instance, a control placed in a hidden section in Writer will never be visible at all, until at least the section itself becomes visible. If the property is set to "No", then the control will always be hidden in alive mode, no matter what. OpenOffice.org versions up to OOo 3.1 will silently ignore this property when reading documents which make use of it. The property is also used when im/exporting documents to Microsoft Excel's binary file format. |
frank.schoenheit@sun.com | |
dba | |
multi-line text form controls preserving their selection | i89821 | feature-info: Multi-line text controls in forms now preserve their selection when losing and re-gaining the focus, making text exchange (like multiple cut'n'pastes) somewhat easier this way. |
frank.schoenheit@sun.com | |
dba | |
human-readable event bindings in the property browser | i95963 | feature-info: The event bindings in the form/control property browser are now somewhat more human readable, in that a binding formerly displayed as vnd.sun.star.script:Standard.Module1.Main?language=Basic& location=application now is displayed as Standard.Module1.Main (application, Basic) |
frank.schoenheit@sun.com | |
dba | |
event assignments in the property browser can be reset with DEL key | i95977 | feature-info: In the form/control property browser, event assignments can be reset using the DEL key. That is, the read-only input field which is to display (but not modify) the event assignment now at least accepts DEL, completely revoking the assignment for the given event. |
frank.schoenheit@sun.com | |
dba | |
property browser: mouse-selection-behavior in property combo boxes changed | i96429 | feature-info: In the property browser, for properties displayed using a combo box (so you can enter free text, but select from a pre-defined list of possible options as well), the behavior for mouse selections changed: Formerly, when you selected an entry from the list, you needed to focus another cell somewhere else before the changed value was committed (even though it was already entered into the text field). Now, the property value is committed already when you select the entry from the list, which makes the work flow somewhat smoother in many cases. |
frank.schoenheit@sun.com | |
dba | |
SRB controls bound to data source displays it data source name | i96523 | feature-info: In Sun Report Builder all controls bound to a data source displays it's data source name the prefix is like Calc a '=' (equal). |
Lars.Langhans@sun.com | |
dba | |
SRB toolbar items has now also menu items | i96782 | feature-info: All current toolbar items for Report Builder are now also available in the menu structure. For clear work, all items which manipulate existing fields can found in the edit menu structure like section shrink or control resizings. New controls which have to insert are stored in the insert menu structure like picture or shapes. |
Lars.Langhans@sun.com | |
dba | |
SRB Context menu contains also section shrink items | i96793 | feature-info: The context menu in active section contains a shrink item, which has a sub menu for the new shrink feature. |
Lars.Langhans@sun.com | |
dba | |
form control property browser: renamed "Print" to "Printable" | i97355 | feature-info: The property "Print" in the property browser, when invoked for a form control, has been renamed to "Printable". |
frank.schoenheit@sun.com | |
dba | |
button control properties: renamed the action-related events | i97356 | feature-info: Form control buttons feature two events which are fired when the button is pressed, one to veto the actual firing, and one to do an actual action associated with the button. Formerly, they were called "Before commencing" and "When initiating", and as such a constant source of confusion, since it was non-obvious which event to use for which purpose. This situation hopefully improved a little bit with renaming the events (in the property browser) to "Approve action" and "Execute action". |
frank.schoenheit@sun.com | |
dba | |
SRB ReportWizard supports binary field types | i98557 | feature-info: It is possible to select BINARY, VARBINARY, LONGVARBINARY datatypes in the Report Wizard. This will insert ImageControls instead of formatted fields. The images will be set 4cm high. Pictures will scale down to this size. |
Lars.Langhans@sun.com | |
dba | |
form control property browser: added Position, Size, and Anchor | i99056 | feature-info: In the property browser for form controls, you can now also change the position and size of the control, as well as its anchor (in document types where anchoring is supported, e.g. text docs and spreadsheets). This is especially useful when you want to modify the geometry of multiple controls at once, which previously required invocation of a modal dialog for every control, and now can be done by selecting all controls, and simply entering the new value(s) in the property browser. |
frank.schoenheit@sun.com | |
dba | |
font name/style/size displayed in form control property browser | i99422 | feature-info: When displaying the properties of a form control in the property browser, the "Font" property will now display the name, the style (regular, bold, italic) and the size of the current control font. (previously the respective field was simply empty, and the font could only be seen when opening the Character Set dialog.) |
frank.schoenheit@sun.com | |
dba | |
control property "Mouse wheel scroll" | i99704 | feature-info: All form controls which are able to react on the mouse wheel, by scrolling or spinning their content, got a new property called "Mouse wheel scroll". This property is available in the control property browser, immediately below the "Tab order" property, and can take one out of three possible values: - Never: Completely ignore the mouse wheel - When focused: react on the mouse wheel only when the control currently has the focus - Always: always react on the mouse wheel, even when the control currently does not have the focus, but the mouse is over the control when the wheel is operated The defaults for this property is "When focused", which means newly created controls behave as before. When writing documents with controls making use of this new property, older versions will silently ignore the property. In the table data view for database documents, this property is used to prevent the user accidentally spinning the content of numeric grid columns: In this view, the mouse wheel is used to scroll the complete result set, not individual cell content (which formerly happened accidentally and too easily). |
frank.schoenheit@sun.com | |
dba | |
Math: "View / Selection" now "View / Formula Elements" | i33387 | feature-info: The menu entry "View / Selection" in Math is now labeled "View / Formula Elements". |
thomas.lange@sun.com | |
formula editor | |
Allow to turn off lock-file base document file locking. | i100123 | feature-info: To work properly, the lock-file based document file locking in OOo needs the possibility to create a lock file in the way that it does not replace the existing one and to remove it. Although normally there are possibilities to do it, sometimes this is not the case. Usually, if the system file locking is on, the office can try to avoid creation of the lock file in this cases, since the file is locked by system file locking. And in case somebody would use the office without system file locking the collision would be detected by the new implementation anyway. This solution is taken to let the most probable scenarios work even in those cases. The problem happens when the lock file can be created but can not be removed for any reason. Although in all the known cases it is either a misconfigured network or a bug in system implementation, it looks to make sense to allow the system administrator to turn the OOo lock-file based file locking off. Thus it would allow to workaround the problem without changing the environment. For this reason there is a new configuration entry "/org.openoffice.office.Common/Misc/UseDocumentOOoLockFile" that is set to "true" by default. It should be set to "false" to deactivate the usage of the lock file. The deactivation will not prevent creation of the lock file. The office will just take the ownership over the lock file even if it already exists. It is of course strongly suggested not to turn off system file locking and lock-file based file locking together, since there will be no real locking at all in this case. |
Mikhail.Voytenko@Sun.COM | |
framework | |
Keyboard shortcut configuration dialog now supports "ALT" modifier | i4756 | feature-info: Though the configuration itself was able to handle it all the time, the dialog for configuring keyboard shorcuts never allowed to use the ALT-key. Now ALT as well als SHIFT-ALT, CTRL-ALT, SHIFT-CTRL-ALT modifiers can be used in the dialog. The dialog does not check if a shortcut can be used or if the system already catches it. The easiest way to find out if the shortcut is usable is to use it to navigate to the corresponding entry in the listbox before trying to assign a command to it. |
mathias.bauer@sun.com | |
framework | |
Basic dialog controls: new property "Visible" | i88878 | feature-info: The new boolean property "Visible" has been added to all UNO dialog control types. This property controls whether or not the control shall be visible in the living dialog. Note that if this property is set to "Yes" (the default, mimicking the behavior as known up to 3.1), this not necessarily means the control will really appear in the dialog. Additional constraints are applied when calculating a control's effective visibility. For instance, a control belonging to a non-current step of the dialog is still hidden. OpenOffice.org versions up to OOo 3.1 will silently ignore this property when reading UNO dialogs which make use of it. |
frank.schoenheit@sun.com | |
framework | |
Multiplatform shortcuts support | i99296 | rvojta@openoffice.org | speclink | framework | ||
Menu items display changed | i42227 | Menus | A style guide for menus in OpenOffice.org. | philipp.lohmann@sun.com | speclink | gsl |
New text field "Page Count" in impress/draw | i14832 | christian.lippka@sun.com | speclink | presentation | ||
hid.lst file is removed from testautomation | i97838 | feature-info: The file testautomation/global/hid/hid.lst is removed. Further details are in a readme.txt inside the directory. There are various other ways to get this file and where it is already available. There are some ways implemented, that try to find the file via various ways. TestTool: Your OOo installation may already contain it at: |
tbo@openoffice.org | |
qa | |
SYLK export handling of embedded semicolons and double quotes; program ID field content changes to CALCOOO32 | i100205 | feature-info: When writing SYLK files, in string data embedded double quotes are not escaped anymore by doubling them, semicolons are now escaped by doubling them. Previous releases had a bug that did it vice versa, doubling quotes but not semicolons. In formula expressions, if the formula contained embedded semicolons, the expression was written as a quoted string, again doubling embedded quotes, but not semicolons. Instead, expressions now are not written as a quoted string, but semicolons escaped by doubling them. In the previous implementation, Calc could not correctly read data exported by/for Excel if the data contained double quotes (data is truncated) or semicolons (read in duplicated), nor could it produce such files correctly. NOTE: The program ID written changes from SCALC3 (ID;PSCALC3) to CALCOOO32 (ID;PCALCOOO32) due to the incompatible file format. Older releases will treat such files as alien data, not reading the formula expressions. The result will be much the same as if a file produced by Excel was read in. The new code is able to read both variants, translating data from the corrupted file format. |
eike.rathke@sun.com | |
sc | |
Sorting with toolbar buttons now includes formats | i13829 | feature-info: When a cell range is sorted using the "Sort Ascending" or "Sort Descending" toolbar button, cell formats are now sorted with the cells. |
niklas.nebel@sun.com | |
sc | |
More filter criteria in "Standard Filter" dialog | i17995 | feature-info: The "Standard Filter" dialog now shows 4 instead of 3 conditions, and has a scroll bar which allows to access up to 8 conditions in total. |
niklas.nebel@sun.com | |
sc | |
Change source range of a DataPilot table | i23658 | feature-info: It's now possible to change the cell range from which a DataPilot table takes its data. |
niklas.nebel@sun.com | |
sc | |
"New Style" buttons in "Conditional Formatting" dialog | i27253 | feature-info: The "Conditional Formatting" dialog now has a button "New Style" next to each style list box. Pressing one of the buttons opens the "Cell Style" dialog for a new style, and if OK is pressed there, selects the new style in the list box. This allows to create a new style without closing the "Conditional Formatting" dialog. |
niklas.nebel@sun.com | |
sc | |
Cell content is selected in validity selection list | i27666 | feature-info: If a cell has validity of type "Cell range" or "List", when the validity selection list drop-down is opened, the existing cell content is now selected in the list. |
niklas.nebel@sun.com | |
sc | |
Transporting newlines in spreadsheet formulas | i35913 | feature-info: Newline characters (0x0A, decimal 10) created with Control+Enter in multiline text cells are now preserved in spreadsheet formulas. Previously the newline character was replaced by a space character. The newline character can be searched for using the SEARCH or [HV]LOOKUP or MATCH functions with the \n regular expression. A newline character can be inserted in a formula using the CHAR(10) function. If the result contains newline characters it is displayed as a multiline cell. The multiline result is exported to file formats capable handling newlines in cell data, such as CSV. |
eike.rathke@sun.com | |
sc | |
Double click on document position in status bar opens Navigator | i49491 | feature-info: A double click on the "document position" control in the Calc status bar now opens the Navigator, like in Writer. |
niklas.nebel@sun.com | |
sc | |
Applying cell borders to multiple selection | i50019 | feature-info: Previously it was only possible to apply cell borders to a single rectangular cell range. Now borders can be applied to any selection of cells. A list of rectangular ranges is determined from the selection, and inner/outer borders are applied to each of the ranges. |
niklas.nebel@sun.com | |
sc | |
AutoFill for cells with numbers at the start and end | i5550 | feature-info: If the starting cell for AutoFill contains a number at the start and the end, and there's no space after the first number, the number at the end is now incremented. This allows easier creation of things like lists of IP addresses (10.0.0.1 is followed by 10.0.0.2). |
niklas.nebel@sun.com | |
sc | |
Sort range dialog | i60401 | feature-info: If "Sort" is invoked with a selection of more than one cell in a single column or row, and there are non-empty cells next to the selection, a new dialog will ask if the selection should be extended to contain those cells. With this, a user can select only the column of data by which to sort, and still sort the whole range. It applies to the sort dialog as well as the "Sort Ascending" and "Sort Descending" toolbar buttons. A specification is attached to issue 60401. |
niklas.nebel@sun.com | |
sc | |
Easier deselection of sheets if all sheets are selected | i70320 | feature-info: If all sheets in a document are selected, each of the following actions deselects all except the current sheet: - Changing the active sheet - Clicking into the area right of the sheet tabs (if not all sheets are selected, this opens the "Insert Sheet" dialog as before) - The new entry "Deselect All Sheets" in the context menu for the sheet tabs |
niklas.nebel@sun.com | |
sc | |
Copy & Paste of merged cells over other merged cells | i7500 | feature-info: Merged cells can now be pasted from the clipboard onto other merged cells. Instead of an error message, the old cells are unmerged. |
niklas.nebel@sun.com | |
sc | |
Easier deselection of sheets if all sheets are selected | i7921 | feature-info: If all sheets in a document are selected, each of the following actions deselects all except the current sheet: - Changing the active sheet - Clicking into the area right of the sheet tabs (if not all sheets are selected, this opens the "Insert Sheet" dialog as before) - The new entry "Deselect All Sheets" in the context menu for the sheet tabs |
niklas.nebel@sun.com | |
sc | |
Inserting/deleting in the middle of merged cells | i8302 | feature-info: Inserting or deleting cells, columns or rows into/from the middle of merged cells, which previously caused an error message, is now possible. The merged cell range is enlarged/reduced. |
niklas.nebel@sun.com | |
sc | |
configure switch to build hid.lst file: --enable-hids | i102592 | feature-info: The build environment variable NO_HIDS, which affects to not build a current hid.lst, was not configureable by 'configure'. This changes by CWS tbo07 with 'configure --enable-hids' The change is needed, since testautomation depends now on a current hid.lst. Buildbots will start using this switch soon. When the switch is used, the hid.lst is build, if it is left out, the old behaviour is the default, to not build it. Old behaviour was to use a static hid.lst from helpcontent2/helpers/hid.lst. |
tbo@openoffice.org | |
tools | |
default paper sizes | i92819 | Paper Sizes : Presenting and Picking Defaults | The vast majority of territories use ISO paper sizes, but a number use alternative sizes. The rules for mapping territories to default paper sizes needs to be unified in a single place in order to consistently maintain and update the mapping. This specification outlines rules for picking the best default paper size to use, which additional paper sizes should be shown in the UI and rules for naming paper sizes consistently. | Caolán McNamara CMC | speclink | ui |
Optionitem "Icons in menus" now listbox with three options | i95318 | feature-info: The Tools/Options->OpenOffice.org/View page now has a listbox for the "Icons in menus" option. The enhancement is implemented in CWS gtkmenuimages. This was a checkbox before and is now a listbox offering three options: 1) Automatic 2) Hide 3) Show |
Joerg.Skottke@Sun.COM | |
ui | |
Convert text to table dialog changed | i101814 | feature-info: The AutoFormat button has been moved in the dialog to ease localization. The dialog is now similar to Insert/Table. |
oliver.specht@sun.com | |
word processing | |
The base line of Wiki Publisher is changed to OOo3.0 | i81373 | feature-info: Unfortunately, it is not possible to install an xslt-transformation filter as a part of extension in OOo2.4. The problem is fixed in OOo3.0, thus the new base line for the new versions of the extension is moved to OOo3.0 As result the users of the OOo2.4 will not be able to install the new version of the extension. |
Mikhail.Voitenko@sun.com | |
word processing | |
Ctrl+F11 puts the focus into the style ListBox | i81468 | feature-info: The key combination Ctrl+F11 doesn't call the Style Catalog anymore. Now it puts the focus into the style ListBox in the toolbox of text, frames, OLE-objects and pictures. It makes it easier to apply a paragraph or frame style without using a mouse. |
oliver.specht@sun.com | |
word processing | |
MediaWiki filter is no more installed as part of OOo installation | i99462 | feature-info: The MediaWiki filter is not installed as part of OOo installation any more. Instead it will be installed as a part of Wiki Publisher extension, since the two implementations are used together and it allows to provide updates for the filter independently from OOo releases. |
Mikhail.Voitenko@sun.com | |
word processing |
Integrated Child Workspaces (CWS)
Name | Description |
Milestone (integrated) |
adc26_OOO320 |
Fix broken @see tags regression. |
OOO320m5 |
automationOOO320m3 | OOO320m5 | |
automationOOO320m4 |
[Automation] |
OOO320m5 |
cms32fix | OOO320m5 | |
impressaccessibility6 |
OOO 3.2 show stopper bug fixes. |
OOO320m5 |
jl141 |
Bundling java 6u17 |
OOO320m5 |
m |
fix for not setting the initials by default in user dialog. |
OOO320m5 |
ooo320m5masterfix | OOO320m5 | |
ooo32gsl03 |
3.2 showstoppers |
OOO320m5 |
sdk32fix |
Used for late SDK 3.2 fixes |
OOO320m5 |
calc32stopper4 |
Calc 3.2 fixes |
OOO320m4 |
dba32i |
ongoing DBA bug fixing towards OOo 3.2 |
OOO320m4 |
impress180 |
OOo3.2 showstopper workspace |
OOO320m4 |
jl139 |
linux build breaker in security module |
OOO320m4 |
ooo320m4masterfix | OOO320m4 | |
ooo32gsl02 |
3.2 showstoppers |
OOO320m4 |
sw32bf06 | OOO320m4 | |
tkr27 |
change static linkage to dynamic linkage of neon library |
OOO320m4 |
tl75 |
Fixes for OO 3.2 |
OOO320m4 |
automation320m2 |
[Automation] |
OOO320m3 |
c07v026_OOO320 | OOO320m3 | |
c30v001_OOO320 | OOO320m3 | |
calc32stopper3_OOO320 |
Still more Calc 3.2 fixes. |
OOO320m3 |
configurecheck_OOO320 |
Add a check, if configure is new and doesn't have conflict marks. Not Office relevant! |
OOO320m3 |
fwk123_OOO320 |
Framework OOo3.2 show stopper fixes. |
OOO320m3 |
fwk126 |
Show stopper CWS for OOo 3.2. |
OOO320m3 |
impress178 |
OOo 3..2 .showstopper cws |
OOO320m3 |
installer11 |
Installer bug fix |
OOO320m3 |
jl133 |
bundled extensions for OpenSolaris |
OOO320m3 |
odficonsso1_OOO320 | OOO320m3 | |
ooo320m3masterfix | OOO320m3 | |
ooo32gsl01 |
Graphics related OOo 3.2 showstoppers |
OOO320m3 |
oooimprovement5 |
showstoppers for 3.2 |
OOO320m3 |
writerfilter32bugfixes01 |
Bug fixes to writerfilter and sw for docx files import |
OOO320m3 |
c29v001a_OOO320 |
Issues that are not already integrated in DEV300 |
OOO320m2 |
dba32h_OOO320 | OOO320m2 | |
fwk121_OOO320 |
This is framework Beta-showstoppper cws. |
OOO320m2 |
fwk122_OOO320 |
Beta Framework showstopper for OOo 3.2 |
OOO320m2 |
fwk124 |
Beta show stopper for OpenOffice.org 3.2 |
OOO320m2 |
impress177_OOO320 |
showstopper cws for OOo 3.2 release |
OOO320m2 |
jl135_nss_OOO320 |
Security fixes. Updating external libraries. |
OOO320m2 |
jskhgpilot5_OOO320 |
[Automation] |
OOO320m2 |
mav55_OOO320 |
Accessibility fix for Wiki Publisher. |
OOO320m2 |
mhremove01_OOO320 |
remove superfluous code |
OOO320m2 |
mingwport25_OOO320 |
Merger Problem fix |
OOO320m2 |
ooo320m2masterfix | OOO320m2 | |
sw32bf05_OOO320 |
fixes of show stoppers for OOo 3.2 in Writer |
OOO320m2 |
ab76_a11y_OOO320 |
a11y |
OOO320m1 |
automationdev300m58cat0_OOO320 |
Fixes on testscripts necessary for the Master DEV300 and OOO320 |
OOO320m1 |
calc32stopper2_OOO320 |
more Calc 3.2 fixes |
OOO320m1 |
cmcfixes62_OOO320 |
outstanding build and 64bit fixes |
OOO320m1 |
fwk117_OOO320 |
OOo3.2 beta showstopper CWS for framework fixes. |
OOO320m1 |
fwk118_OOO320 |
OOo 3.2 framework show stopper. |
OOO320m1 |
impressnotes03_OOO320 |
Fixes a showstopper for the new comments in impress feature that was introduced while merging the feature cws into m60 |
OOO320m1 |
jskhgpilot4_OOO320 |
[Automation] Playground for test script fixing |
OOO320m1 |
ooo320m1masterfix | OOO320m1 | |
sw32bf04_OOO320 |
Fixes in Writer for OOo 3.2 (showstoppers) |
OOO320m1 |