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rincon155

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Posted: Sun 04 Dec 2011, 14:41 Post subject:
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I have SoftMaker 2008, but every time I open it there is a menu for the initial installation asking to set the location for documents in /root/SoftMaker.
After accepting the menu everything is fine.
How can I avoid that menu for initial installation every-time I open the program?
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SFR

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Posted: Mon 05 Dec 2011, 16:16 Post subject:
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I suppose that you have THIS (12,1M) built installed, because I have encountered exactly the same issue (with Presentations module only!).
After small investigation I think I found the solution:
Go to /usr/share/office2008/designs/
and rename 44_simple.prv to 01_glass.prv
Launch Presentations, accept path, exit and launch it again.
This solution seems to be a bit mysterious (even for me ), but I guess that Presentations' binary is looking for this specific one every time it's starting. And this built is sorely stripped down...
Hope this helps.
Greetings!
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rincon155

Joined: 11 Mar 2011 Posts: 104 Location: Venezuela
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Posted: Mon 05 Dec 2011, 21:58 Post subject:
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SFR wrote: | I suppose that you have THIS (12,1M) built installed, because I have encountered exactly the same issue (with Presentations module only!).
After small investigation I think I found the solution:
Go to /usr/share/office2008/designs/
and rename 44_simple.prv to 01_glass.prv
Launch Presentations, accept path, exit and launch it again.
This solution seems to be a bit mysterious (even for me ), but I guess that Presentations' binary is looking for this specific one every time it's starting. And this built is sorely stripped down...
Hope this helps.
Greetings! |
I did it, It works perfect for the Presentation module!!!
The word processor and spreadsheet are not affected. The bug stay the same for them. Can you figure out a similar fix for those?
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SFR

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Posted: Tue 06 Dec 2011, 04:19 Post subject:
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Can you point me to version of SoftMaker2008 you are using?
I'll download it and see what I can do.
Greetings!
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SFR

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Posted: Tue 06 Dec 2011, 06:22 Post subject:
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Meanwhile maybe this will help you.
Check out if you have these files:
/usr/share/office2008/install_en/Templates/English/Normal.tmv
/usr/share/office2008/install_en/Templates/English/PlanMaker/Normal.pmv
If they don't exist, just create blank document template (Textmaker), save it as Normal.tmv and blank spreadsheet template (Planmaker), save it as Normal.pmv, and put them there.
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rincon155

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Posted: Tue 06 Dec 2011, 20:37 Post subject:
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SFR wrote: | Can you point me to version of SoftMaker2008 you are using?
I'll download it and see what I can do.
Greetings! |
TextMaker for Linux (rev 503)
PlanMaker for Linux (rev 503)
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rincon155

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Posted: Tue 06 Dec 2011, 20:43 Post subject:
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SFR wrote: | Meanwhile maybe this will help you.
Check out if you have these files:
/usr/share/office2008/install_en/Templates/English/Normal.tmv
/usr/share/office2008/install_en/Templates/English/PlanMaker/Normal.pmv
If they don't exist, just create blank document template (Textmaker), save it as Normal.tmv and blank spreadsheet template (Planmaker), save it as Normal.pmv, and put them there.
Greetings! |
Yes, I have both
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SFR

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Posted: Wed 07 Dec 2011, 11:27 Post subject:
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rincon155 wrote: | SFR wrote: | Can you point me to version of SoftMaker2008 you are using?
I'll download it and see what I can do.
Greetings! |
TextMaker for Linux (rev 503)
PlanMaker for Linux (rev 503) |
My mistake . I mean can you point me to place you downloaded SoftMaker from?
It's hard to say anything, because I'm still not sure we have the same built.
Another blind shot:
rincon155 wrote: | every time I open it there is a menu for the initial installation asking to set the location for documents in /root/SoftMaker. |
It's true regarding Presentations, but when I launch TextMaker or PlanMaker for the first time, there are TWO paths displayed (for Document folder & Template folder). And sometimes one of them contains ?/ string instead of /root/SoftMaker/Templates/
This causes reappearing of initial dialog in my case.
Check if you also have this string displayed and provide correct path (and don't forget to add slash / at the end of path).
Greetings!
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rincon155

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Posted: Wed 07 Dec 2011, 18:15 Post subject:
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SFR wrote: | rincon155 wrote: | SFR wrote: | Can you point me to version of SoftMaker2008 you are using?
I'll download it and see what I can do.
Greetings! |
TextMaker for Linux (rev 503)
PlanMaker for Linux (rev 503) |
My mistake . I mean can you point me to place you downloaded SoftMaker from?
It's hard to say anything, because I'm still not sure we have the same built.
Another blind shot:
rincon155 wrote: | every time I open it there is a menu for the initial installation asking to set the location for documents in /root/SoftMaker. |
It's true regarding Presentations, but when I launch TextMaker or PlanMaker for the first time, there are TWO paths displayed (for Document folder & Template folder). And sometimes one of them contains ?/ string instead of /root/SoftMaker/Templates/
This causes reappearing of initial dialog in my case.
Check if you also have this string displayed and provide correct path (and don't forget to add slash / at the end of path).
Greetings! |
I downloaded SoftMaker 2008 from Barry's Blog:
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02435
Yes, I always get the ?/ sting.
Tonight, when I will access my home computer I will see the specific path and will post it.
Thank you for all your dedication to solve this bug.
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SFR

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Posted: Wed 07 Dec 2011, 19:06 Post subject:
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rincon155 wrote: | I downloaded SoftMaker 2008 from Barry's Blog:
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02435 |
Ok, I have this one too.
rincon155 wrote: | Yes, I always get the ?/ sting. |
Good, just type /root/SoftMaker/Templates/ there and hopefully everything should be all right now.
Greetings!
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SFR wrote: | rincon155 wrote: | I downloaded SoftMaker 2008 from Barry's Blog:
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02435 |
Ok, I have this one too.
rincon155 wrote: | Yes, I always get the ?/ sting. |
Good, just type /root/SoftMaker/Templates/ there and hopefully everything should be all right now.
Greetings! |
Again, I applied your suggestion and the bug disappeared!!!
After initial windows in TextMaker and in the PlanMaker, the second time both opened normally.
Thank you very much!!!!
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