17 September 2009

Export to Freemind part III

I just uploaded a new version of the Export Freemind extension. Now you can export any document with any headings. The mindmap structure will be based on the documents outline numbering (Tools - Outline numbering).

If a level is missing (e.g. if Heading 1 - Heading 3 (no Heading 3) the missing level is replaced with a 'dummy' heading with a red color.

New version available at http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/Freemind

Feel free to comment and vote.
kl.

6 comments:

  1. Allan18 September, 2009 14:45

    I just went through an attempt to install the plugin - to possibly help others, here are a few bumps I encountered.

    I'm using OOo 3.1 - US/English on Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04.

    1) After accepting the license, I get an error concerning a missing file ".../LuceneHelpWrapper.jar".

    Solution: It turns out I didn't have the package "openoffice.org-java-common" installed.

    2 ) I make a document from scratch with Header 1 / 2 / 3 - going to the File menu to "Export Freemind". Can't find the menu, just isn't there.

    Solution: Restart OOo. Everything is working now.

    Thanks for the plugin!

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  2. Leif Lodahl18 September, 2009 21:28

    @Allan:
    Thank you for your reply Allan,

    The error is quite mysterious because there's no Java in this extension at all. Never the less I have heard about this before and I will add some more information about this problem on the download site.

    It's a common problem with OpenOffice that you must restart OpenOffice after install, update and uninstall of an extension.

    I will talk with the OpenOffice developers about forcing a restart when relevant.

    thanks for your feedback.vI really appriciate the comments.

    best regards,
    Leif

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  3. Christophe Pradier-Pfeiffer21 September, 2009 13:17

    Hello Leif,
    I've got a slightly different problem. After accepting the license agreement, the installer stops saying "Could not create Java implementation loader".
    If I find any clue for an answer, I'll post it.

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  4. Leif Lodahl21 September, 2009 13:57

    @Christophe Pradier
    What OS are you using?
    Do you have Jave installed (JRE)? You can check that in OpenOffice in Tools - Settings - OpenOffice.org - Java.

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  5. Leif Lodahl21 September, 2009 14:26

    @Christophe Pradier
    If you are using Linux: install 'openoffice.org-java-common'

    If you are using Windows:
    You might have a problem with your JRE. Please read this tread: http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=62982

    It seems like the same problem.

    The problem is also discussed here: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Extensions_trouble_shooting#java_loader as

    If you receive this message and think it is not related to the above mentioned problem the following work-arounds might help:

    - Rename/Remove your openoffice.org user folder. (e.g. in Ubuntu it is .openoffice.org2/user in your home directory)

    - Go into Options and uncheck Java/"Use a Java runtime environment." Restart OpenOffice and try to enable the extension again. Receive the same error. Return the check to the "Use a Java runtime environment" box.

    /Leif

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  6. Christophe Pradier-Pfeiffer21 September, 2009 14:38

    I don't know why Java was required at all.

    Anyway just by activating a JRE inside OOo, the problem did not re-occur.

    So far so good.

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