setting OOo options programmatically (without the UI)

karama · Newbie Joined: 20 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

Hi,

I am using the Openoffice api to convert word docs to html in headless mode with Xvfb.

I want to change the "HTML compatibility" option in the Tools->Options->Load/Save menu
programatically (or by modifying a config file).

The server I am running this on doesn't have x window display capabilities, so I cannot make this modification using the UI.

Any ideas? Alternatively, is there a way to specify these setting when I actually convert the doc file using the storeAsURL api?

9point9 · Moderator Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 3875 Location: UK

There is the configuration manager API for doing this sort of thing. The best example I can think of is DannyB's 'ENLARGE THE SIZE OF YOUR recent files list' thread. Something along similar lines will be able to change the HTML settings:
http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=3559&highlight=
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OOoSVN, change control for OOo documents:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ooosvn/