OOo2GD 1.7.0

After long period, we have it :-) New version v1.7.0 of OOo2GD :-)

What's new?

• French version


• all compiled for Java 5


• unofficial MacOS support - it means, that it sometimes works, and sometimes not ;-)

Fixes:

• fixed problem with downloading spreadsheets from Google Apps accounts


• fixed handling of langauges

Additionally in this version you may find support for external translations. Put your translation to home directory [in Windows it is C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\] and from next restart of OO.org OOo2GD should use your translation. This is introduction for on-line editor of translations.

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Codename: Stokrotka - next test version of 1.7.0, this time without bug ;-)

My fault, last time I didn't attached one important file to distributed OXT file. This missing file was activtation.jar, which is shipped with Java 6, but isn't with Java 5.

I probably should find it during tests, but my laptop is rather slow, so I prefer not to make anything what will take a lot time [so restarting OpenOffice.org and so on ;-)].

What means "stokrotka"?
It is Polish name for daisy, codename is to official name for my method to avoid mixing files.

MacOS:
It should be able to upload files [without conversion from unsupported format to supported by Google Docs], and to download files, I made also changes to open those downloaded files, but I wasn't yet able to test it.

Have fun!
Download [I'm waiting for feedback]

Early access version of OOo2GD 1.7.0 with partial MacOS support

I decided to publish very early version of OOo2GD 1.7.0.
Differences to previous versions are:

• compiled for Java 1.5, thanks to this it may work on MacOS [read more below]
• changed method of displaying message windows [users of Windows, and probably also Linux and Solaris shouldn't notice any difference]
• changed localization of gdocs.update.xml file [was http://przemelek.googlepages.com/gdcos.update.xml, will be http://www.przemelek.pl/gdocs.update.xml]
• Small changes in Bulgarian translation

MacOS support:
This is tricky one ;-)
Tests shows that on some systems uploading works [but as I suppose without automatic conversion after prompt that conversion is needed]. Downloading works, but it may have some problems with opening downloaded file in OO.org.
You may ask why I decided to publish this version if it doesn't work.
Answer is easy: I didn't have Mac [and looking on behavior of Apple Java I'm happy with this ;-)] so I'm not able to test it myself. I hope Mac owners will try how it works and will share with comments how it worked [or not ;-)]

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New Download [this version works on Java 5 :-)] [and pleas give me feedback how it works :-)]

OOo2GD 1.6.0 :-)

Finally I gather almost all translations and here it is! New version 1.6.0 of OpenOffice.org2GoogleDocs.

New:

• autoconversion [but with prompt] of unsupported by Google Docs and Zoho formats to supported,
• new translation to Simplified Chinese created by Steven (YoUZoU)

Also autoupdate should start to work. Earlier it didn't work because OpenOffice.org doesn't like Google Code servers... for now I moved OXT file to OpenOffice.org serves and autoupdate should start to work :-)

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I'm on Twitter ;-)

I just started using of Twitter. I'm still not sure if I understand how it works ;-)
But I found that some of my twits disappeared... It's about 10% of my twits...

If you are interested in my egocentric twits please follow me on Twitter ;-)

Praise your PM! :-)

I'm currently working on version 1.6.0 of OpenOffice.org2GoogleDocs. Whole coding has taken about 4 hours, but coordination of translations took about a week, and it's ready in about 87.5% ;-)
I think that we - developers, development leads, etc. should build statues for our PMs :-) Without them our work would be much difficult than it is :-)

OOo2GD 1.5.1 Birthday Edition ;-)

In my birthday I want to give you all a present :-) New version of OOo2GD :-)

In version 1.5.1 you may find one new features, possibility to decide where downloaded files should be stored on your hard drive. You may choose global location, or you may choose option when OOo2GD will ask you for each file :-)

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Currently I'm working on some tool for synchronizing folders with Google Docs and Zoho. I think this tool will work also under Mac OS ;-)
I'm not sure if this new tool will be distributed under LGPL, but it will be free [at least in basic version :-)].
I have crisis of believe in LGPL because last week some "ugly" people started "business" with selling my plug-in to widely known and used in Poland instant messanger Gadu-Gadu. My plug-in called Gadacz [it's simple tool which connect IM with speech synthesizer] was sell without my permission, additionally those people was selling it via SMS, and theirs customers was sure that they will pay only 1.22 PLN [0.36 USD] but truly SMS cost 23.18 PLN [6.85 USD].
Very unpleasant situation.
I distributed Gadacz for free on my own license, but some people suggested that it is on LGPL and suggested that with LGPL someone may took my work, and start to sell it without any changes and my permission.