Feature Freeze Testing 2.4

From Apache OpenOffice Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search

Feature testing for OOo 2.4

Here are the features and enhancements, which were integrated in 2.4. All the listed issues are announced in the release notes for the developer snapshots since SRC680m226. These list is more technical orientated and isn't a release note for OOo 2.4. This list could and should be used for testing and checking the new features in general or for translation purposes.


What's new ? See also New_Features_2.4.

Component : Chart










Component : Database


  • 18907 : wrong default table name in "Copy table"
    • Description : With the integration of CWS dba24a (680m228 or m229, probably), when you paste table-like data (a Calc range, a Writer table, an HTML table, a database table, whatever) to OOo Base, while a table object is currently selected, then this table's name, along with the option "Append data", is pre-selected in the "Copy Table" wizard.
    • Feature Announcement : http://dba.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=features&msgNo=212
    • Specification : --
    • Test case specification : --
    • CWS : dba24a integrated in SRC680m231



  • 66624 : property browser: invoke query designer for all properties which allow entering a SQL command
    • Description : With the integration of CWS dba24c, you will be able to invoke the query designer not only for the "Content" property of a database form (if it's content type is "SQL command"), but also for the list content of a list box control (or grid column), if its list content type is "SQL". The SQL command which you design in the query designer will, when saving it, be set as the respective property at the list box.
    • Feature Announcement : http://dba.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=features&msgNo=216
    • Specification : --
    • Test case specification : --
    • CWS : dba24c integrated in SRC680m238



  • 69740 : API: Add ability to find which table(s) or query(s) are currently selected in the main Base window
    • Description : The controller of the database application window now supports the com.sun.star.view.XSelectionSupplier interface. The method getSelection return an Any which contains a Sequence of NamedValue. ...
    • Feature Announcement : http://dba.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=features&msgNo=213
    • Specification : --
    • Test case specification : --
    • CWS : dba24a integrated in SRC680m231


  • 77492 : Allow query designer to be called in SQL view


  • 80930 : [RFE] UI for the FormsCheckRequiredFields data source setting



Component : Drawing



Component : Framework



  • 73357 : Tools/Customize/Toolbars: Really import custom icon
    • Description : With the "Change Icon" dialog users can select from a list of custom icons and they also can add icons to the icon collection by importing them persistently into a user-icon list. Clicking "import" opens a file picker. The File picker points by default to the icon directory of OpenOffice.org. Icons for import shall be in PNG format and shall have a size of 16x16 or 26 by 26 pixel. To remove icons from the persistent user-icon list the dialog now has a "Remove" button. Only user-defined icons can be removed! Icons which are already in the user-icon list are overwritten after acknowledge from the user.
    • Feature Announcement : http://framework.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=features&msgNo=262
    • Specification : http://specs.openoffice.org/ui_in_general/toolbars/openoffice_org_toolbar_spec.odt
    • Test case specification : --
    • CWS : fwk74 integrated in SRC680m238













Component : Graphic System Layer (GSL)




Component : Porting


Component : Localisation (L10N)


  • 76233 : Add locales of available dictionaries to language list box


  • 78601 : es_VE: make VEF, Bolivar Fuerte, the default currency
    • Description : On 2008-01-01 the Bolivar Fuerte, VEF, will become the new currency for Venezuela. In OOo2.4 it will be the default currency for the es-VE locale. It was already secondary currency since OOo2.3.
    • Feature Announcement : http://l10n.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=features&msgNo=126
    • Specification : --
    • Test case specification : --
    • CWS : locales24 integrated in SRC680m237


  • 79797 : Enable Persian Numbering support
    • Description : Added support of Farsi/Persian native numbering and alphabetic outline numbering, the latter appearing in Writer under Format -> Bullets and Numbering -> Options -> Numbering list box, it is not available in the preset numbering types or outlines yet. Native numbering is available through the number formatter for format codes using the [NatNum1] modifier.
    • Feature Announcement : http://l10n.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=features&msgNo=127
    • Specification : --
    • Test case specification : --
    • CWS : locales24 integrated in SRC680m237




  • 82723 : Locale information for Hiligaynon (hil_PH)



  • 83369 : Locale data for Somali (so_SO)


Component : Presentation


Component : Calc/Spreadsheet (SC)










Component : Tools

  • 75466 : Packaging Modularization: Distributed Products: OOo w/o URE
    • Description : "This is one part of the broader Packaging Modularization project. The goal is to have a special OOo product ('OOo-wo-URE') that behaves like the normal OOo product but re-uses the existing URE product. That is, installing OOo-wo-URE will require URE to be installed as a prerequisite, and will use the functionality of the installed URE instead of duplicating it as the normal OOo does. For now, OOo-wo-URE is just a special additional product, but if things work out fine, it should replace the normal OOo in the future (like for OOo 3)." That (for now experimental) product is called OpenOffice_woURE and is built in instsetoo_native. See the specification URL for further details, esp. how to install it.
    • Feature Announcement : http://tools.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=features&msgNo=30
    • Specification : http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/mwiki/index.php?title=ODF_Toolkit/Efforts/OOo_without_URE
    • Test case specification : --
    • CWS : sb71 integrated in SRC680m231


Component : UDK

  • 77885 : stoc library merge
    • Description : Those various small UNO component libraries from stoc that are relevant at OOo startup (implreg.uno.so, nestedreg.uno.so, regtypeprov.uno.so, security.uno.so, servicemgr.uno.so, shlibloader.uno.so, simplereg.uno.so, typeconverter.uno.so, typemgr.uno.so, uriproc.uno.so) have been merged into two new larger bootstrap.uno.so (for those components that are used during binary UNO bootstrap and need UNO type information in a format independent of types.rdb) and stocservices.uno.so (for the rest). Client code should not be affected by this change.
    • Feature Announcement : http://udk.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=features&msgNo=43
    • Specification : --
    • Test case specification : --
    • CWS : sb71 integrated in SRC680m231


Component : UI




Component : Word Processing (sw - Writer)








CWS with changes UI and/or online help

Here are all Child Work Spaces [CWS] are listed which are relevant for UI changes, Feature integration, changes in Online Help or for translation :

ab38 in m238: Extensible Help system
aquavcl03 in m233: start Cocoa migration, first part : implement basics in events and frames
as6 in 238 : fixes around file picker implementation
aw053 in 238 : Reduce complexity: Unnecessary display options
beppec56pdfa1b in 238 : Add PDF/A-1a capability to OOo PDF export filter
beppec56pdflinks in 238 : Implementation of relative hyperlinks in OOo PDF export filter.
calcautofilter in 230 : Calc autofilter behaviour
calcprintdlg in 238 : Calc enhancements for the print dialog.
calcformula in 232 : Enhanced data input in Calc
calctextcol in 226 : Convert text to columns in Calc
chart14 in 235 : chart features for OOo 2.4
chart17 in 238 : chart : Regression curve equations and more flexible data point label placement.
customfields in 238 : Fixes Word import for custom fields and provides them as DocumentInfoFields based on CustomProperties
datapilotsort in 238 : Manual sorting of items in DataPilot
dba24b in 236 : --
dba24c in 238 : ongoing DBA bugfixing towards OOo 2.4
dba24lastminutestrings in 237 : integrate some new DBA strings into 2.4 before the translation freeze
dba24lms in 238 : integrate some new DBA strings into 2.4 before the translation freeze
fwk72 in 238 : Framework fixes for OOo2.4
fwk74 in 238 : Framework fixes/features for OpenOffice.org 2.4.
fwk78 in 238 : Enhancements and UI changes
hcshared09 in 227 : Changes to the installed help / Spring 07
hcshared10 in 230 : Help files Summer 07
hcshared12 in 238 : Changes to application help Autumn 07
impress134 in 238 : impress/draw fixes for OOo 2.4
jl76 in 238 : enhancements for extension online update
jl79 in 238 : enhancements for Extension Manager
l10ntooling06 in 232 : --
langstatusbar in 238 : Better language selection via status bar control
locales24 in 237 : Locale data and related changes for OOo2.4
macaddressbook01 in 229 : CWS for integrating the Mac OS X Address Book into OpenOffice.org (Mac OS X X11 and Aqua Versions)
native105 in 227 : Simplifying Java exchange
native106 in 234 : OOo 2.4 tasks
navorder in 227 : User defined navigation order of slides
obr06 in 230 : Small build fixes and obsolete code removal
odfversionwarning in 238 : --
os103 in 237 : Patches and bugfixes OOo 2.4
os104 in 238 : Enhancements
os107 in 238 : Implementation of issue i61007
pj88 in 238 : Fix small, but very annoying typo in en-US string in error message.
printdirectinfo in 237 : Enhancement to give better information about the printer used by the "print directly" toolbar button
readme4macintel in 234 : Revamp of ReadMe deployed with OOo.
reportdesign01 in 238 : Ongoing fixes for the Sun Report Builder
sheetzoom in 238 : Allow to set separate zoom level per sheet
so3deadcorpses in 235 : move so3 to binfilter/bf_so3
swcolsel in 238 : Allow block selection in Writer
tkr05_SRC680 in 237 : Integrate HTTPS support in webdav ucb provider
tkr06 in 238 : --
updchk10 in 238 : enhancements to the automatic look for updates
vcl82 in 231 : 2.4 issues

Links to Features and Enhancements for OOo 2.4

Link to all features issues for OOo 2.4 : 47 issues marked as Feature
Link to all enhancement issues for OOo 2.4 : 179 issues marked as Enhancement

Personal tools