Hi :) A normal install (instead of your script) offers tick-boxes for the main MS file-types so presumably they can be changed by editing the script. I think the normal installers default is to leave the MS file-types to be opened by whatever was opening them previously. I don't know what would need to be changed in the script as it looks fine to this non-expert.
Does the order matter? If you put ADDLOCAL=ALL before setting the MS formats to 0 does that make a difference? (probably not but perhaps worth exploring?). If you leave out the AddLocal item does the installer still set ODF file-types to be read by LO? What happens to other file-types such as pictures and images at the moment? Does the AddLocal thing make jpgs try to open in LO Draw? Formats, again ... The pre-release version of LO, version 4.0.0, supposedly has better support got the MS formats such as DocX, XlsX and so on but it's not really meant for "production use" just yet. The new branch always adds better support for MS formats but it's not easy. Each version of MSO implements their format in a different way. Also MS warn there may be differences between the same version on different versions of their OS. So, even on the same machine MSO 2010 on Win7 might have troubles with a file created by MSO 2010 on Xp. MSO 2010 might have trouble with a file created by MSO 2007. Does MSO 365 even still use the old DocX anymore or have they gone onto a new format? MS managed to get DocX, XlsX and so on accredited as ISO standards and unfortunately it's those ISO standards that other programs (such as LO) implemented. However, just as with the Rtf format (which allegedly lost a court-case over this issue), MSO never seems to implement that ISO standard in any of it's releases, apparently citing reasons/excuses such as inevitable accidental variations or being due to the ISO standard being too restrictive now that technology has moved on. Interestingly MS developed Rtf allegedly as being a standard that 3rd parties would find easy to implement and use, to allow people to share documents across platforms and across different programs. Unfortunately that format seemed to run into similar problems that the DocX etc formats seem to be running into = that even different versions of MSO couldn't reliably open documents consistently. The newer DocX, XlsX etc formats all seemed to appear just after it seemed that MS would lose the court-case. Rtf is no longer actively developed which is usually a good indication that MS is withdrawing any support for it. The only way to reliably share documents with other people at the moment is to use the older MS formats such as Doc, Xls and so on but that is only a temporary situation. MS seem to be phasing out those formats too and pushing people into using their newer formats that seem to require everyone to be on the same version of their Office Suite and on the same version of their Operating System. Also those old formats seemed to often be at the centre of warnings, over the years, about malware being spread by documents. Mostly that problem was fixed by just rejecting any macro coding embedded in documents and only affected versions of MSO until patches were released and installed. OpenOffice.org (which LO developed from) seemed largely unaffected. The newer MS formats haven't suffered so many malware problems yet but they haven't been around as long. LO's native format is ODF which was an ISO standard long before MS got their format accredited. Also it is the native format of almost all non-MS Office Suites and office programs. The format is governed by an independant body that has representatives of most Office programs and Suites coordinating and agreeing how the format should develop and runs much more like a democracy. Even MSO appears to be trying to implement it although if they are having trouble with formats they fully own and developed then just how good is their implementation likely to be? Hopefully people wil continue to become more open to a format that is not completely dependant on the whims of 1 single company. ODF usage is on the rise and has grown quite rapidly in the last couple of years. For many years it was almost entirely unheard of and it's still fairly rare but with the rise of LO and AOO and others in the last couple of years i even find people from outside my organisation sometimes prefer using it. Hopefully it's rapid growth will continue to rise exponentially. So, at the moment if you are sharing documents with MSO users then it's probably best to use their older format, Doc rather than DocX. It's also a good idea to send them an uneditable Pdf version of the file at the same time so that it looks the same regardless of what platform and which programs they are using. Perhaps teach them how to "Save As .." to also use the formats. They wont be keen to use the older formats but might be interested to find that way also lets them create Pdfs. Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: Поносов Кирилл <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, 19 December 2012, 5:55 >Subject: [libreoffice-users] LO Installation > >Good day! > > > >When I try to install LibreOffice 3.5 in domen through script (msiexec /i >"\\test.vz\LOGIN\Install\LibreOffice3.5.msi" SELECT_WORD=0 SELECT_EXCEL=0 >SELECT_POWERPOINT=0 ADDLOCAL=ALL >REMOVE=gm_p_Base,gm_p_Base_Bin,gm_p_Draw,gm_p_Draw_Bin /qn) it changes all >file associations on WinXP form MS to LO (Win7 change extension docx, xlsx, >pptx), but I don't need it. How can I correct script or installation ? > > > >Yet one question: users work in organization with MS and LO. Default >extansion for file saving is docx and xlsx. Often happen problems when files >created in MO after open and save in LO change formatting. 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