On 10.01.2013 15:56, Oliver-Rainer Wittmann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 10.01.2013 11:55, Rony G. Flatscher wrote:
>> Hi Oliver-Rainer,
>>
>> On 10.01.2013 11:23, Oliver-Rainer Wittmann wrote:
>>> I have finished the renaming from "OpenOffice.org" to "Apache OpenOffice" - 
>>> see issue 121388.
>>>
>>> Beside corresponding changes in the user interface this change has impact 
>>> on the following
>>> important and critical stuff:
>>> - folder/directory names
>>> - package names
>>> - Windows registry key names and values
>>> - ...
>>>
>>> As the folder/directory path to the user profile is also changed, the user 
>>> profile of a former
>>> installed AOO (or OOo) version is not taken over.
>> for installation script purposes of add-ons etc., where can one find the 
>> concrete strings for
>> folder/directory names on the various operating system platforms and the 
>> Windows registry key names
>> and values?
>>
>
> Unfortunately, there is no single place in the source code. I also had not 
> the resources to clean
> this up during the renaming work - hint, hint, hint :-)
>
> Please have a look at issue 121388, the wiki page referenced in one of the 
> issue's comments and
> the intrinsic changes I have made.
>
> The product installation folder is more or less a form of the $PRODUCTNAME + 
> [major version
> number]. E.g.:
> - Windows: "Apache OpenOffice 3"
> - Linux: "apache_openoffice3"
> On Linux platforms we have also the basis installation folder. It name is 
> found in
> /main/instsetoo_native/util/openoffice.lst
>
> The user profile folder is more or less $PRODUCTNAME/[major version number]/
>
> The Windows registry keys and values can be found in module main/scp2/
>
> I hope that helps a little bit.
Thank you very much Oliver, that definitely helps already!

Though because of your hints to modules, what would be the best tool to locate 
them in your version
of AOO via the Internet to learn about the concrete strings for the Linux basis 
installation folder,
the profile folder, and especially the Windows registry keys and values?

Best regards,

---rony



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