From OpenOffice.org Wiki 1 Standing
2 Preparations for Windows Vista 2.one Search and Organization
two.2 Protection two.2.one Person Account Management (UAC) 2.three Speech recognition
2.4 Windows Logo Program
two.5 Other Stuff Position
since OpenOffice.org version two.0.one OpenOffice runs on Vista. This page describes some matters to support new capabilities of Vista in OpenOffice.org.
Preparations for Windows Vista Search and Organization Document meta info is supplied on the program open: Give supplemental meta information (
There exists a answer ... vista makes use of new interfaces to tackle properties now. See for even more informations. The native FileOpen/Save dialogs are used to support virtual folders began: Allow full text search in ODF documents with the new desktop search (
all 3 function demand at the very least Windows SDK v6.0, which also usually requires a minimum of the 2005 Compiler. To utilize the compiler coming together with the SDK we need to replace the usage for the ATL header.
Safety Person Account Control (UAC) The set up and update is absolutely UAC knowledgeable and performs the right elevation to an administrator account There are no well-known UAC concerns during runtime Speech recognition Windows Logo Program
a large amount of stuff includes the Windows Logo Programs
Functions with Windows Vista Specification Licensed for Windows Vista Check Specification Other Things Assistance for Default Programs (software to file style association) Utilization of new standard file open dialog ( Give Stay Icons in Paperwork ( The default dimensions for producing this kind of reside icons was modified from 128x128 pixel up to 256x256 pixel.
This works great for Windows Vista and Windows XP. On the grounds that all those icons are used also on other platforms (and we really do not want to have alot more then an individual icon inside of the exact same file) we've got to check Windows 98, KDE, Gnome also. E.g. FreeDesktop.Org advise making use of of 128x128 as pixel size ... but 1st test showed that there isnt a genuine situation applying other resolutions. More checks are planned.
Update: The specification for thumbnails on FreeDesktop.org ( seems to be non-full-negotiable to OOo. First of all this specification is in standing draft ... 2nd it adress thumbnails available around the file process ("... This is the .thumbnails directory located in the end users residence. ...") But right here we are talking about an image representation retrieved through the file alone showing the articles of your file. Which is slightly different. Additional it's not certain if specifications of FreeDesktop.org could be utilized to OOo generally. OOo is obtainable on Linux - indeed. But it is really also attainable for other platforms (Windows, Solaris etcpp). Can FreeDesktop.org realy offer with that ? Seams that the specification for OOo Thumbnails ( must be transformed to make it more clear. Protection Digitally signing of all executables and DLL's Vista 64Bit 64Bit Java is not detected properly. Functions which involve Java, don't work along with the 64Bit Java. Shell extensions for Vista 64 Bit must be also compiled as 64 Bit components.
It is no trouble to run a 32 bit compiled executable on a 64 bit Vista machine. But which is not true for shell extensions which are began within the context with the windows explorer. Simply because the explorer by itself is compiled as 64 bit component it necessitates that all put to use libraries (not less than a shell extension will be such library) must be 64 bit ready also. Analyzing the code we found out, that there is certainly only a small dependency back to the set of office libraries. (zip,
Office 2010 Professional Key, stlport). So it seams not be a big problem to get 64 bit shell extensions combined with a 32 bit office.
That is are the results of searching a suitable 64bit compiler for windows: Only the newest Visual Studio 2005 is ready to compile C++ 64bit code. Additionally only versions >= Visual Studio 2005 Standard will assist that. see also "". The newest compiler supported by the StarOffice/OpenOffice build environment is Visual Studio 2003. So compiling 64bit components have to have a switch to the new compiler (at the least partially). Visual style additions
Windows Vista adds some visual styles (that OOo doesn't use) for menus, editable/uneditable combo boxes, scroll bars, and text boxes. OOo also does not use visual styles for the position bar,
Office 2007 Professional Plus, both on XP and Vista, and does not give a native look on Windows Classic.
Menus: Previously a background colour, border style,
Office 2007 Standard, text colour, and border colour. In Vista, this really is replaced by a background image,
Office Pro 2007 Key, separator picture,
Office 2010 Home And Business Key, and selection picture. Combo boxes: Previously exactly the same style (and 1 image) for both editable and uneditable combos, now uneditable combos look like menu buttons and editable ones look like text boxes, along with the dropdown button being glyph only unless the mouse is hovered over it Text boxes: Previously a border style, now a border picture Scroll bars: Previously hot and cold images for each button and thumb. In Vista, a new "mouse over scroll bar but not over specific button" state exists for buttons but not thumbs. Standing bar: A background picture and separator image is offered but not put to use by OOo.