a dream: printing and exporting ODF without GUI

Hello,

my Name is Bernhard Donaubauer I work for a producer of
windows and doors in 
germany. We use OO as office application for our users and
programming 
platform via Java/UNO to automate usertasks. 

So far everthing is perfect! I only have one problem:
Printing in batch- or 
cronjobs. I tried to use OO as a service on a linux server
but this had 
several disadvanteges:

a) You have to install xvfb or something similar to get OO
started because it 
needs a X server running.

b) It is almost impossible to debug problems in this
constellation. No log 
files, no GUI!

c) Sudden problems! OO service does sudenly not work
anymore. Restart of OO 
and xvfb on the server didn't solve the problem. In short OO
was in this 
constellation not as reliable as I expected.

So my only wish for this ODF toolkit is the printing
capability. If I could 
print or export to PS with this toolkit I could use ODF for
all our reporting 
and printing needs. For such jobs I use latex till now, but
ODF would be more 
modern and easier to use for our users. 

Regards,

Bernhard Donaubauer

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On 3/28/07, Bernhard Donaubauer
<Bernhard.Donaubauerbayerwald-online.com> wrote:
> So my only wish for this ODF toolkit is the printing
capability. If I could
> print or export to PS with this toolkit

And to PDF too if possible. That would be really great 

Peter

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HI,

I don't want to wake you up but I think this all won't be
possible
without an X-Server because to e.g. place page breaks
appropriately OO
needs informations from the X-Server and maybe also the
GUI-part of it's
internals.

I could be wrong though and you can dream on which I'd love
because then
I could dream with you.

Tom

Peter Vandenabeele schrieb:
> On 3/28/07, Bernhard Donaubauer
> <Bernhard.Donaubauerbayerwald-online.com>
wrote:
>> So my only wish for this ODF toolkit is the
printing capability. If I
>> could
>> print or export to PS with this toolkit
> 
> And to PDF too if possible. That would be really great

> 
> Peter
> 
>
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Am Mittwoch, 28. März 2007 12:25 schrieb Tom Schindl:
> I don't want to wake you up but I think this all won't
be possible
> without an X-Server because to e.g. place page breaks
appropriately OO
> needs informations from the X-Server and maybe also the
GUI-part of it's
> internals.

I also think that OO printing completely depends on X now.
This is in my 
opinion a major restriction. Years after the industry
announced "das 
papierlose Buero" (paperless office, I don't know if
this expression exists 
in english too) I have to develop more programs that
generate lists and print 
it than ever!

Printing and exporting to PS/PDF is really the only thing I
miss in the whole 
OO application stack. Starting OO as a service is no
alternative as I 
explained in my original post. I don't need ODF TK to
generate documents. For 
this purpose I use XML and XSLT technologies that work fast
and reliable.

> I could be wrong though and you can dream on which I'd
love because then
> I could dream with you.

Yes it is a dream but it seems I share this dream with other
people. 

I just used the chance to explain my major requirement to
developers and other 
persons in charge.


Regards,

Bernhard Donaubauer


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Hello Bernhard,

we are offering a commercial StarOffice Server product which
supports 
PDF conversion, many other kinds of Office document
conversion as well 
as printing of Office documents.
The StarOffice Server is based on the OpenOffice.org product
but needs 
no X server for document processing / rendering.

If you are interested in this product, please feel free to
contact me.

Regards,
Dieter

-- 
Sun Microsystems GmbH           Dieter Loeschky
Nagelsweg 55                    Senior Manager Software
Engineering
20097 Hamburg                   StarOffice / OpenOffice.org
Development
Germany                         Phone: +49(0)40 236 46 500
http://www.sun.com         
    Dieter.Loeschkysun.com



Bernhard Donaubauer schrieb:
> Am Mittwoch, 28. März 2007 12:25 schrieb Tom Schindl:
>> I don't want to wake you up but I think this all
won't be possible
>> without an X-Server because to e.g. place page
breaks appropriately OO
>> needs informations from the X-Server and maybe also
the GUI-part of it's
>> internals.
> 
> I also think that OO printing completely depends on X
now. This is in my 
> opinion a major restriction. Years after the industry
announced "das 
> papierlose Buero" (paperless office, I don't know
if this expression exists 
> in english too) I have to develop more programs that
generate lists and print 
> it than ever!
> 
> Printing and exporting to PS/PDF is really the only
thing I miss in the whole 
> OO application stack. Starting OO as a service is no
alternative as I 
> explained in my original post. I don't need ODF TK to
generate documents. For 
> this purpose I use XML and XSLT technologies that work
fast and reliable.
> 
>> I could be wrong though and you can dream on which
I'd love because then
>> I could dream with you.
> 
> Yes it is a dream but it seems I share this dream with
other people. 
> 
> I just used the chance to explain my major requirement
to developers and other 
> persons in charge.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Bernhard Donaubauer
> 
> 
>
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