Re: EXTERNAL: Re: Listening Mode - Single instance

[Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <an...@pitonyak.org>]

Sorry, I have little experience in this area, but it seems like a good 
way to do it. I just don't remember how to launch a second copy of OOo 
using a different profile. I used a different google search this time 
and found...

http://blog.bensmann.com/starting-multiple-openoffice-instances
http://scott.yang.id.au/2009/11/how-to-run-multipleconcurrent-openoffice-org-instances-on-windows/


On 11/30/2012 10:24 AM, Steele, Raymond wrote:
> Andrew,
>
> Thanks for replying. Yes, I want only the instance of OpenOffice that is launched from my java application to be listening. If a user launches OpenOffice any other way, it would not be listening on the same port. I too have had unreliable results with oooforum.org and have done an extensive search on the web for this topic. Your suggestion about the two instances is interesting, thanks for it. I may look into that.
>
> Lastly, placing:
>
> <prop oor:name="ooSetupConnectionURL">
>    <value>socket,host=localhost,port=2002;urp;StarOffice.ServiceManager</value
> </prop>
>
> Into the maind.xcd file seems to be unreliable. Is there something else that I should be doing to launch OpenOffice in listening mode?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak [mailto:andrew@pitonyak.org]
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 4:19 PM
> To: dev@openoffice.apache.org
> Cc: Steele, Raymond; users@openoffice.apache.org
> Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: Listening Mode - Single instance
>
>
> On 11/29/2012 10:18 AM, Steele, Raymond wrote:
>> Is it possible to open a single instance of calc via loadComponentFromURL() in listening mode. The instructions here, http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/ProUNO/Starting_OpenOffice.org_in_Listening_Mode, define editing a Setup.xcu file, but the information here, https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=117803, says that Setup.xcu no longer exist in version 3.3. Apparently, I could update the main.xcd file, but I only want listening mode when a specific application opens calc because another application will need to close that instance. I'd prefer not use a script to launch soffice -accept=socket,host=0,port=2002;urp;.
>>
>> Raymond
>>
>>
> My initial reaction is that "Calc does not listen, OpenOffice listens".
> So are you saying that as soon as a Calc document is opened, you want OOo to start listening? Off hand, I don't think that you can do that. I believe that the choice must be made when OOo begins (not sure how that plays into the whole quick-starter stuff).
>
> You do not mention your operating system, but, you might be able to configure another copy of OOo for a different user or location that is configured to use it. I have seen comments on this in the past, I don't remember the details. I ran a quick google query using
>
> running two instances of OOo at the same time
>
> and it returned links into oooforum.org, which has been highly unreliable lately, and I could not connect. Give it  a try and maybe it will work for you.
>
> The idea is to use two different OOo profiles so that you can have two different instances. Then, you can choose which instance you want to run.
>
>

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