eXo WebDav Open Office Add-On
eXo WebDav Open Office Add-On
1 Intro
eXo WebDav Open Office Add-On - is a library written using Java, that allows to use the WebDav service from Open Office directly. All Open Office applications can use this library. But it is not available from OpenOffice.org Base. Library allows :- Loading all known types of files (.doc, .xls, .odt, .ods, .odp, .odj, ect..) from the JCR repository into Open Office;
- Editing and then Saving files to the repository;
- Making full-text repository searching;
- Viewing and Editing any version of the file, and then saving it as the BaseVersion of this file.
2 Installation
First of all, you need the Open Office (v. 2.0.2 or upper) and JRE (v. 5.0 or upper) installed on your system. The Java Runtime Environment must be properly registered in Open Office. You can do so by adding a JRE usingOpen Office | Tools | Options | OpenOffice.org | Java. Open Office usually automatically recognizes the JRE installed on your machine.
You also need the extension itself, all files are located here. Please unzip the archive called
exo-jcr-1.x-openofficeaddon.zip and only use the file named exo-oo-addon-1.x.zip.
If these preconditions are fulfilled, you can install Open Office add-on by using the "unopkg" application from the Open-Office project.
Run "unopkg add exo-oo-addon-1.x.zip" in your console for registering a plug-in in the Open Office.
You can easily add the extension inside Open Office using Tools | Extension Manager.
Also, you can try to use the install.bat (on the Windows system) or install.sh (on the Linux systems).
When the installation ends succesfully, the new menu item called "Remote Documents" will appear in all Open Office products, installed at your system.
3 Configuration
Before opening any documents from the repository, you need to configure a connection with the server. You can do this by using a "Settings" dialog window from the "Remote Documents" menu. Use the "Test connection" button for testing the connection and be sure that you have entered the correct settings.
- Please, be attentive when you enter the username and password. They can vary, depending on your server settings. Also note, that the different application servers use various default port numbers - 8080 for Tomcat and JBoss, 9000 for JOnAS...
4 Using
After entering the correct configuration, you can start browsing your documents. Click "Open" from the "Remote Documents" menu, and you can browse the repository using the browsing window. To open any file, click twice on it in the file list, or select the file and press "Open" button in the form.
If you have opened a file from the repository, and want to save some changes, you can use both "Save" and "Save As" buttons.
The difference is that the "Save" puts the document in the same place, and "Save As" allows you to save the file into another directory.
You can also select the type of the document before saving.
For browsing the version history of a document use a "Versions" button, which is active when you have selected a versionable file.
You can also make a full-text search in the repository. Select the "Search" menu button, put keywords to search into the search text field and press "Search" button. The search results will be shown in the list of files.
