LO42968: LAUNCHING THE PRODUCTIVITY EDITORS PROGRAMMATICALLY VIA LOTUSSCR IPT

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• I came across the following issues when launching the
  Productivity Editors
  (Calc and Writer) from LotusScript:1) The document is not opened
  as a
  window/tab in the Notes client, but is opened in a separate
  window.2) After
  closing the document (with or without saving), another document
  cannot be
  opened and I get the error "Cannot create automation object".I
  am attaching the
  code I used to reproduce these issues.  I placed this code in a
  button on a
  Notes document.
  
  I followed the instruction in the Prod Tools
  toolkit
  documentation,
  10.1 Sample LotusScript code
  
  Sub Initialize
  Dim objservicemanager As Variant
  Dim objText As Variant
  Dim args()
  Set objServiceManager =
  CreateObject("com.sun.star.ServiceManager")
  Set objCoreReflection=
  objServiceManager.createInstance("com.sun.star.reflection.CoreRe
  flection")
  Set objDesktop =
  objServiceManager.createInstance("com.sun.star.frame.Desktop")
   ethe sample create a blank document, it is also possible to loa
  from URL
  Set objDocument =
  objDesktop.loadComponentFromURL("private:factory/swriter",
  "_blank", 0, args)
  Set objText = objDocument.getText()
  Set objCursor = objText.createTextCursor()
  objText.insertString objCursor, "JMP204", False
  'more other calls to operate on the document model
   edispose the document
   eobjDocument.dispose
  End Sub
  
  And added the code above to a button.  It fails as described by
  the partner.  I
  then uncommented, objDocument.dispose and the "Cannot create
  automation object"
  error didn't occur, but since the object is being disposed it is
  being closed
  almost immediately after creating.  Also, The first time the
  object is created
  it is created as a separate window but after uncommenting
  dispose, on following
  executions it is created on a tab.  I then commented the
  objDocument.dispose
  again, so it would remain displayed and it began working
  correctly.  We need
  development to document a sample which works as advertised.
  
  Test Results from Symphony and ISV Enablement
  Team.  Susan
  and I will be recommending the workaround used in Test 2 to the
  partner
  Shireburn.  Since the work-around is valid, I recommend triage
  move this SPR to
  8.0.2.
  
  Test 1 - Symphony launched with default settings
  Script runs fine
  opens Symphony quickly with a new document created - IN A NEW
  WINDOW - one
  thing to note here - there are no menus along the top when this
  window launches
  - will confuse users
  Save that document
  Close Symphony
  Press button again
  new doc created IN NEW TAB
  This works as many times as you do it - always in a new window
  until you save
  a document and close symphony - then it begins launching in a
  tab.
  
  Test 2. - set symphony not to launch automatically with OS
  Ran script
  Symphony opens a little slower than before
  Document opens inside Notes client IN A NEW TAB
  Ran script multiple times with documents saved and unsaved -
  with documents
  open or closed
  Result are the same - a new document in a new TAB - no script
  errors
  
  Confirmed - soffice was NOT running when the client was first
  opened, but
  loaded after the first script ran and was running as a task
  consistently after
  that
  
  
  Test 3.   (same results as Test 1)
  Added symphony launch back to user prefs
  Rebooted OS
  Run script - the first instance opens in a second window.
  Close that window (saved doc) - one thing to note here - there
  are no menus
  along the top when this window launches - will confuse users
  Second time the script ran, the document opened as a tab.
  All other script runs successfully produce a new document in a
  new tab
  
  
  Test 4 - Continuing with the test 3 scenario - I MANUALLY
  stopped the
  soffice.exe task with Windows task manager
  Run the script again
  When I do this, the ORIGINAL error - "Cannot create automation
  object"
  
  Test 5 - Symphony launched with default settings, MANUALLY
  stopped the
  soffice.exe task with Windows task manager before running
  test.
  Same results as Test 2.
  
  Test from Symphony Team:
  Workaround:
  1.Build info: 8.0.1 20080103.1430
  2.Disable preload Symphony
  
  Steps:
  1.Launch Hannover
  2.Select menu File -> Preferences -> Symphony, uncheck "Launch
  IBM Symphony in
  the backaround when the operating system starts."
  3.Click OK to close the Preference dialog
  4.Close Hannover
  5.Restart operating system
  6.Launch Hannover
  7.Open the sample DB and click the button in the view
  
  Result:
  The Symphony document is created in new tab page correctly.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• A programming error was found and will be corrected in a future
   release.
  

Problem conclusion

• A programming error was found and will be corrected in a future
   release.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

• This APAR is associated with SPR# WEBB79TBNA.
  

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Modules/Macros

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  NOTES CLIENT

• Fixed component ID

  5724E6255

Applicable component levels

• R850 PSN

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