[KLUG Members] OO.o Draw Error

[Eric Beversluis]

On Mon, 2005-07-18 at 22:18 -0400, Andrew Thompson wrote:
> When do you get the error? When you save the .sxd, or export to .gif?

When exporting; the save works OK.

> It probably depends on what changes you've made to the graphic, and what
> you have in it. I just tried exporting a fresh new page to .gif, and got
> a big, 100% transparent image file. It might depend on your version of
> OOoDraw, but clearly, mine (v1.1.1) does support the export of blank
> gifs.
Looking at the refs from Andrew, two ideas seem to fit with me--using
'Save As' with a
previously saved file and complexities around what if anything is
selected.

The 'copy the image to a new file and then export' hack seems to work.

> 
> I just ran a Google search and came up with a few options. The first of
> these will probably be the most helpful:
> 
> http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=16044
> http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=51431
> http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=5756&highlight=

These bug discussions both seem to be closed. But they also have "could
not 
reproduce" comments. Hopefully it will be fixed (or instructions
clarified) in 2.0.

Thanks, Andrew.

EB