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Updated to OpenOffice.org 3.1.0
== OpenOffice.org 3.0.1 .0 ==
Download the installer http://download.openoffice.org/, unpack files to a local directory, customize with Microsoft ORCA tool if needed, and upload to your software source repository the following files:
java/
licenses/
readmes/
redist/
instmsia.exe
instmsiw.exe
openofficeorg1.cab
setup.exe
setup.ini # this file contains the numeric ID you need for uninstallation, {85F0337D43A650AA-33ACD1DC-43B44C52-A0038819-DF35061F1D8DD7848B3A08DA} in case of italian localized version
This example is for the italian localization, and associates OpenOffice as the default program for DOC, XLS and PPT files. Adapt to your localizations and change file associations to your needs.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<packages>
<package id="openoffice301openoffice31-ita" name="OpenOffice.org 3.0.1 italian" revision="1" reboot="false" priority="0">
<check type="uninstall" condition="exists" path="OpenOffice.org 3.01" /> <install cmd='msiexec /qn /i "%SOFTWARE%\ooo301ooo310-ita\openofficeorg30openofficeorg31.msi" TRANSFORMS=%SOFTWARE%\ooo301ooo310-ita\ooo301ooo31.mst ALLUSERS=1 REGISTER_ALL_MSO_TYPES=1' /> <upgrade cmd='msiexec /qn /i "%SOFTWARE%\ooo301ooo310-ita\openofficeorg30openofficeorg31.msi" TRANSFORMS=%SOFTWARE%\ooo301ooo310-ita\ooo301ooo31.mst ALLUSERS=1 REGISTER_ALL_MSO_TYPES=1' /> <remove cmd='msiexec /qn /x {85F0337D43A650AA-33ACD1DC-43B44C52-A0038819-DF35061F1D8DD7848B3A08DA}' />
</package>
== Poor availability of installer without JRE ==
Beware that for many non-US localizations, italian included, OpenOffice.org installer is not available in the "without Java JRE" version. As a side effect, a "with Java JRE" is so bad behaved that it does create a directory %PROGRAMFILES%\JRE\ and copy the JRE installer "jre-6u7-windows-i586-p.exe" in it, even if you specified in the Microsoft Transform that JRE is not to be installed. Uninstallation then cleanly removes this directory, however this is a waste of resources and a waste of time.
Issue number 95374 has been filed in OpenOffice.org requesting "non JRE" installers for all localizations; it has been answered pointing out that resources for translation are short, so that not all versions are translated and submitted to the Quality Assurance process. Solution is to volunteer and help localization and QA teams.