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User:StuartRedmann/TestTemplate

2013-01-21T22:54:45Z

StuartRedmann: Created page with "TestTemplate2"

TestTemplate2

User:StuartRedmann/Template:TestTemplate

2013-01-21T22:42:52Z

StuartRedmann: Created page with "Just a test with templates."

Just a test with templates.

Talk:Documentation/DevGuide/FirstSteps/First Steps

2013-01-21T13:07:36Z

StuartRedmann:

== Broken link, "Download as a PDF or ODT" ==

The link at top of the page, "Download as a PDF or ODT", just points to a table of contents page, "MediaWiki:Collections/Developer's Guide - First Steps".

How can it be fixed?

--[[User:Mortense|Mortense]] 11:11, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

: The link is not broken. It works exactly as it is supposed to. You click the link and it takes you to the Collection for that book or chapter (in this case, the First Steps chapter. You then must click "Load this book as your current book" (link on the left tool bar. This will then take you into the PDF/ODT generation process. This ensures that you're always getting the latest information when you create your PDF or ODT document. If you want a static PDF that was build around the OOo version release date, you can go to [[Documentation/Wiki Books]]. Currently (as of this comment date) the 3.2.0 books are not yet ready. --[[User:Ccornell|ccornell]] 08:53, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

:: It might work exactly as it is '''supposed''' to, but not as I and presumably others '''expect''' it to. IMHO it would be better if the page
::http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/FirstSteps/First_Steps were redesigned so that the contents of http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Collections/Developer%27s_Guide_-_First_Steps would be added below the introductory text. Then the download link could be changed into a real download link just as people would expect it to work. At least, I wouldn't have expected that I would have to click on "Download as a PDF or ODT" in order to get to the real contents, my initial thought was "Gosh, they are presenting me a Download link for these 10 lines of text? Are they mad?" Sorry, but that were exactly my thoughts.

::If you don't mind, I'll change this in January 2013.

::Regards,
::Stuart [[User:StuartRedmann|StuartRedmann]] ([[User talk:StuartRedmann|talk]]) 10:02, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

:: Furthermore I found that there is no link "Load this book as your current book" in the toolbox on the left side. I don't know what must be done to get this feature back.
::I'm going to investigate. [[User:StuartRedmann|StuartRedmann]] ([[User talk:StuartRedmann|talk]]) 13:07, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Talk:Documentation/DevGuide/FirstSteps/First Steps

2013-01-21T10:02:01Z

StuartRedmann: Added critique regarding unexpected behaviour of the Download link.

User:StuartRedmann

2013-01-21T10:00:19Z

StuartRedmann: Created page with "Born 1978, studied Computer Science. "Stuart Redmann" is only my nickname (borrowed it from a Stephen King novel, but mis-spelled it. I was only twelve at that time). I have ..."

Born 1978, studied Computer Science. "Stuart Redmann" is only my nickname (borrowed it from a Stephen King novel, but mis-spelled it. I was only twelve at that time).

I have six years of experience with COM programming under C++, so my main interest in contribution would be the UNO component model.

Also I did some fancy object-oriented stuff with VBA for Excel (yes, it's possible to write object-oriented code under VBA although it's quite cumbersome) which resulted in a codebase of some 45KLoc. I wonder whether the same could be achieved with OpenOffice.

User talk:StuartRedmann

2013-01-21T09:59:56Z

StuartRedmann: Doh! Moved my profile stuff to my User page.

User talk:StuartRedmann

2013-01-21T09:58:03Z