[Solved] oobase wizzard broken?

[MartinRF]

Last weekend I started to look into OpenOffice's database tool, oobase. I struggled
a bit before I found some nice tutorials and how-tos. Creating a table by using the
wizzard was OK. Adding some data to the table worked fine. Time to create a
report. Wizzard fires up -- not!

If I invoke oobase from command line in a terminal I can observe the following
when I try the report wizzard:

"com.sun.star.container.ElementExistException:
at com.sun.star.bridges.jni_uno.JNI_proxy.dispatch_call(Native Method)
at com.sun.star.bridges.jni_uno.JNI_proxy.invoke(JNI_proxy.java)
at $Proxy18.insertByName(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.star.wizards.ui.UnoDialog.insertControlModel(UnoDialog.java)
at com.sun.star.wizards.ui.UnoDialog.insertEditField(UnoDialog.java)"
etc, etc, etc

This is OpenOffice 2.2.0 on a fully updated LinuxMint 3.0

If I try the same on my SUN at work it works just fine (using OO version 2.0.something).
I brought the database project back home and what I created at work works just
fine at home. I even tried that wizzard on a W2K box at work and it seemed to
fire up just fine.

So what's up? Is version 2.2.0 broken? Or is it the Linux version that's broken. Or is
it the Mint version or is it only on my system it doesn't work????

Any help is appreciated,

/Martin

[Husse]

Try the OO support - forums faq...
Unfortunately does not ring a bell...

[MartinRF]

I got a quick reply on OOs forum for oobase:

"Very often, Linux distros use a different build as the official one. You should try the official (Sun) version, see here: install the official version of OOo : [Ubuntu] Installing OOo on Debian and Co."

The "see here" points at http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/ ... ?f=16&t=68

Is this true for Mint as well?
Anyone tried this?

/Martin

[Husse]

We have the Ubuntu version - it's way to "heavy" to make our own
Link seems good

[MartinRF]

I just did what those instructions told me to do and it worked like a charm.
The result is much better than the Ubuntu-OOo that came with Mint!

/Martin

[Husse]

Same version?

[MartinRF]

No, 2.3.1 this time which may explain the snappiness but it does not explain the better integration into xfce's menu. I guess someone was in a hurry when preparing the Ubuntu package.

/Martin