Documentation/Windows App Certification Kit - Test Results for Apache OpenOffice 3.4

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Currently Apache OpenOffice 3.4 does not meet the certification requirements for Windows 8 desktop apps. This document list the block issues for certification test.

About the certification requirements for Windows 8 desktop apps please refer to the link [1]

We test the package Apache_OpenOffice_incubating_3.4.0_Win_x86_install_en-US.exe by using Windows App Certification Kit on Windows 8 release preview. You can download Windows 8 Release Preview from [2] Windows App Certification Kit is included in Windows Software Development Kit for Windows 8 Release Preview (Windows SDK), you can download SDK from [3]

According to the test result there are five block issues which need to be fixed. Please refer to the attached document for the detaild test result.

  • Issue 1. Test for "Section 3 Apps support Windows security features" is failed.

Comments: It seems that these issues are easily to be fixed. we just need apply the SAFESEH, DYNAMICBASE, and NXCOMPAT options when link the app.

  • Issue 2. Test for "Section 4 Apps must adhere to system restart manager messages" is failed.

Comments: WM_QUERYENDSESSION needs to be implemented,these new messages are currently ignored.

  • Issue 3. Test for "Section 5 Apps must support a clean, reversible installation" is failed.

Comments: The installer need be improved. The font files and cache files etc.

  • Issue 4. Test for "Section 6 Apps must digitally sign files and drivers" is failed.

Comments: All the program files need to be digitally signed.

  • Issue 5. Test for "Section 11 Apps must support multi-user sessions" is not tested by Windows App Certification Kit.

Comments given by Herbert1 for "11.7 Your app must check other terminal service (TS) sessions for existing instances of the app" : We need to rearchitect our IPC to TS session management.

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