Bug#602127: openoffice.org-writer: Macro tab throws too many "selected JRE is defective" dialog boxes
Package: openoffice.org-writer
Version: 1:3.2.1-7
Severity: normal
When i open the Frame Properties dialog box, and switch to the macro
tab, i get a succession of 15 new dialog boxes prompting me with the
message:
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OpenOffice.org requires a Java runtime environment (JRE) to perform
this task. The selected JRE is defective. Please select another
version or install a new JRE and select it under Tools - Options -
OpenOffice.org - Java.
Please install the openoffice.org-java-common package for this
functionality.
[[OK]]
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I currently have openoffice.org-java-common version 1:3.2.1-7 installed.
If i go to the suggested point in the Options dialog box, i see only
one item listed in the list:
Vendor Version
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( ) Free Software Foundation, Inc. 1.5.0
but the radio button on the left was not selected.
I clicked it to select it, and the warning no longer appears.
It seems like there are potentially several UI problems here:
0) there is no need for 15 prompts, when one will suffice.
1) if exactly one JRE is present and available, and the "Use a Java
runtime environment" checkbox is checked, why not auto-select that
item when trying to prompt like this?
2) If the dialog box must be shown (e.g. if there are 0 or 2 or more
JREs available), then [[OK]] seems problematic; you're asking the
user to remember a path through an infrequently used UI. Instead of
just [[OK]] in response to the prompt, why not offer a button that
takes the user to the relevant configuration setting?
hth,
--dkg
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (200, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.36-trunk-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages openoffice.org-writer depends on:
ii libc6 2.11.2-6+squeeze1 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.4.5-4 GCC support library
ii libicu44 4.4.1-6 International Components for Unico
ii libstdc++6 4.4.5-4 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libstlport4.6ldbl 4.6.2-7 STLport C++ class library
ii libwpd8c2a 0.8.14-1 Library for handling WordPerfect d
ii libwps-0.1-1 0.1.2-1 Works text file format import filt
ii openoffice.org-base-co 1:3.2.1-7 office productivity suite -- share
ii openoffice.org-core 1:3.2.1-7 office productivity suite -- arch-
ii ure 1.6.1+OOo3.2.1-7 OpenOffice.org UNO runtime environ
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages openoffice.org-writer recommends:
ii gcj-4.4-jre [java5-runtime] 4.4.5-2 Java runtime environment using GIJ
ii openoffice.org-emailmerge 1:3.2.1-7 office productivity suite -- email
ii openoffice.org-filter-binfilt 1:3.2.1-7 office productivity suite -- legac
ii openoffice.org-java-common 1:3.2.1-7 office productivity suite -- arch-
ii openoffice.org-math 1:3.2.1-7 office productivity suite -- equat
Versions of packages openoffice.org-writer suggests:
ii openoffice.org-base 1:3.2.1-7 office productivity suite -- datab
pn openoffice.org-gcj <none> (no description available)
Versions of packages openoffice.org-core depends on:
ii fontconfig 2.8.0-2.1 generic font configuration library
ii libc6 2.11.2-6+squeeze1 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libcairo2 1.8.10-6 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libcurl3-gnutls 7.21.0-1 Multi-protocol file transfer libra
ii libdb4.8 4.8.30-2 Berkeley v4.8 Database Libraries [
ii libexpat1 2.0.1-7 XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii libfreetype6 2.4.2-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.4.5-4 GCC support library
ii libglib2.0-0 2.24.2-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgraphite3 1:2.3.1-0.2 SILGraphite - a "smart font" rende
ii libgstreamer-plugins-b 0.10.30-1 GStreamer libraries from the "base
ii libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.30-1 Core GStreamer libraries and eleme
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.20.1-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libhunspell-1.2-0 1.2.11-1 spell checker and morphological an
ii libhyphen0 2.5-1 ALTLinux hyphenation library - sha
ii libice6 2:1.0.6-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libicu44 4.4.1-6 International Components for Unico
ii libjpeg62 6b1-1 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libmythes-1.2-0 2:1.2.1-1 simple thesaurus library
ii libneon27-gnutls 0.29.3-2 An HTTP and WebDAV client library
ii libnspr4-0d 4.8.6-1 NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii libnss3-1d 3.12.8-1 Network Security Service libraries
ii librdf0 1.0.10-3 Redland Resource Description Frame
ii libsm6 2:1.1.1-1 X11 Session Management library
ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8o-2 SSL shared libraries
ii libstdc++6 4.4.5-4 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libstlport4.6ldbl 4.6.2-7 STLport C++ class library
ii libx11-6 2:1.3.3-3 X11 client-side library
ii libxaw7 2:1.0.7-1 X11 Athena Widget library
ii libxext6 2:1.1.2-1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxinerama1 2:1.1-3 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii libxml2 2.7.7.dfsg-4 GNOME XML library
ii libxrandr2 2:1.3.0-3 X11 RandR extension library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.6-1 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxslt1.1 1.1.26-6 XSLT 1.0 processing library - runt
ii libxt6 1:1.0.7-1 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii openoffice.org-common 1:3.2.1-7 office productivity suite -- arch-
ii ttf-opensymbol 1:3.2.1-7 OpenSymbol TrueType font
ii ure 1.6.1+OOo3.2.1-7 OpenOffice.org UNO runtime environ
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime
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