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LaoTzuTao

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From: Eugene, OR

Registered: 2006-05-24

Posts: 20

Openoffice smb support

Hey all

I notice that openoffice can't open smb shared files. However in Ubuntu it can, so I'm wondering if there's a reason the Arch package can't. Does it just require a compile from source to enable smb support? Anyone else notice this? Not a big deal I suppose, just curious.

Thanks!

Fatsobob

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From: Colorado

Registered: 2006-06-27

Posts: 126

Re: Openoffice smb support

Shouldn't. Do you have ntfs-3g installed? Also do you have proper permissions to transfer or write to it? How are you accessing the shares exactly?
Too many unanswered questions.

broch

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From: L.A. California

Registered: 2006-11-13

Posts: 975

Re: Openoffice smb support

smb has nothing to do with ntfs. one is networked second local file system. For smb to access data on networked NTFS you don't need ntfs driver.

LaoTzuTao

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From: Eugene, OR

Registered: 2006-05-24

Posts: 20

Re: Openoffice smb support

Yes this has nothing to do with ntfs, basically, if you open openoffice and go to open file, you can browse to a document on a smb share, but you can't open the file. OO will just sit there with a blank document. Also if you just browse to a share in Nautilus, find a .doc or an .odt file, double click it, OO will start up, but again, with a blank document. However, in Ubuntu, you can do the same thing and it will actually load the file. So I'm wondering if the Arch package of OO was built without support for samba or if there's just something else I'm missing. Thanks!

broch

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From: L.A. California

Registered: 2006-11-13

Posts: 975

Re: Openoffice smb support

well, not all apps are network aware.
have you tried mounting share locally before accessing document?

It seems that there is a difference (?) between gnome and kde oo.org.
I have seen some references to kioexec too
http://api.kde.org/cvs-api/kdelibs-apid … ource.html

hussam

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Registered: 2006-03-26

Posts: 572

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Re: Openoffice smb support

For openoffice to support smb shares. it has to be recompiled with gnome-vfs enabled.