OpenOffice can't find existing file

[RaulZero]

When I click on an OpenOffice file in Konqueror, OO starts but then says that it can't find the file. Here's the text of the error dialog...

"Error loading document /home/paul/system:/documents/cash.sxc:
/home/paul/system:/documents/cash.sxc does not exist"

OO created and wrote the file to the documents folder, why can't it find it?

Thanks
-Paul

[sky]

Re: OpenOffice can't find existing file

Hi,

Did you try to open this file from the menu of open office ?

[RaulZero]

Re: OpenOffice can't find existing file

Yes. It works fine with File->Open.

-Paul

[Nirvana]

Re: OpenOffice can't find existing file

Have you tried updating to the latest KDE and OOo?

In the terminal:

sudo kwrite /etc/apt/sources.list

Add this to the file:

# OpenOffice .Org 2.0
deb [url]http://people.ubuntu.com/~doko/OOo2[/url] ./

# KDE 3.5
deb [url]http://kubuntu.org/packages/kde35[/url] breezy main

Now do a

sudo apt-get update

and a

sudo apt-get upgrade

[RaulZero]

Re: OpenOffice can't find existing file

I have the latest KDE and OpenOffice available from kubuntu. I have not tried the OO repository you mentioned. I'm always a bit wary of updating from unofficial repositories.

Thanks.
-Paul

[mchuskie]

Re: OpenOffice can't find existing file

"Error loading document /home/paul/system:/documents/cash.sxc:
/home/paul/system:/documents/cash.sxc does not exist

And there's the problem! Those "good" old kioslaves at it again. OOo doesn't understand KDE's special "system:/" or "media:/" URLs. I'm a-guessing that you tried to load a document from Konqueror, while it was showing a "system:/" URL... if you navigate to /home/user instead, and *then* load the file, all will be well.