Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 650D9D04C for ; Sun, 9 Sep 2012 20:32:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 52173 invoked by uid 500); 9 Sep 2012 20:32:53 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 52113 invoked by uid 500); 9 Sep 2012 20:32:53 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ooo-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 52104 invoked by uid 99); 9 Sep 2012 20:32:53 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sun, 09 Sep 2012 20:32:53 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [71.74.56.122] (HELO hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com) (71.74.56.122) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sun, 09 Sep 2012 20:32:46 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=Hsb06jvS c=1 sm=0 a=iyRObpjaXJaCpYsOGn2zsg==:17 a=cu6hmhTT6coA:10 a=NTPdI6uDeGEA:10 a=_tJdoJerVMUA:10 a=cX0H9CLn-QkA:10 a=aFGVzZ1oTV0A:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=XHYATe7NAAAA:8 a=ZF5ikFxwG6MA:10 a=l3yH_Gh_O-i7-xx3PXYA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=HFtHcI9Jw8gA:10 a=iyRObpjaXJaCpYsOGn2zsg==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 107.10.154.225 Received: from [107.10.154.225] ([107.10.154.225:56078] helo=[10.5.0.143]) by hrndva-oedge02.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id C5/5B-01602-8DCFC405; Sun, 09 Sep 2012 20:32:25 +0000 Message-ID: <504CFCD8.2050703@pitonyak.org> Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:32:24 -0400 From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak Reply-To: andrew@pitonyak.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120828 Thunderbird/15.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Duplicate code in module binfilter [was: Re: svn commit: r1379349 - in /incubator/ooo/trunk/main: offapi/com/sun/star/sheet/ offapi/type_reference/ oox/inc/oox/xls/ oox/source/xls/ sc/inc/ sc/source/core/data/ sc/source/core/tool/ sc/source/filte References: <5045B773.5000608@googlemail.com> <504A2AB4.1030100@apache.org> In-Reply-To: <504A2AB4.1030100@apache.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On 09/07/2012 01:46 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > On 04/09/2012 Oliver-Rainer Wittmann wrote: >> There is a misunderstanding. >> The module binfilter contains the needed code to import/export legacy >> binary StarOffice file format in order to remove this code from the main >> code base. >> Module binflter is more or less a dead module, which hopefully can be >> removed in some future major version. > > There's an important detail not to miss in Oliver's message: we are > talking about the StarOffice formats, not the OpenOffice formats. > > In other words: > - obviously the current format (ODT, ODS, ODP...) will be supported > - the older OpenOffice 1.x format (SXW, SXC, SXI) will be supported > - the ancient StarOffice format (SDW, SDC, SDA) is the one being > discussed here; if I recall correctly, it's the pre-2000 format used > by StarOffice up to version 5, before the code was relicensed and > OpenOffice started. OpenOffice already has a built-in document > converter to convert these files to ODF. > > Regards, > Andrea. > I had forgotten about the document converter..... Never occurred to me that it would handle the older documents. I am currently converting about 1000 old documents. Nice that it can recurs directories. -- Andrew Pitonyak My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php