The OpenOffice settings in Administration - System - Settings enable the OpenOffice configuration to be changed, and OpenOffice restarted.
 

This displays the:

  • Home Directory
The OpenOffice installation directory.
 
  • Ports

The ports OpenOffice uses when it runs.

  • Max Tasks Per Process

The maximum number of tasks an OpenOffice process can execute before restarting.

A value of 0 indicates processes will not restart.

  • Running

Indicates if OpenOffice is currently running.

OpenOffice is started on demand, so will initially display No.
To force it to start, click Restart OpenOffice.

Click Refresh to update the status if it has recently been restarted but this still indicates that it isn't running.

 

The buttons are:

  • Edit

Displays a window to configure OpenOffice.

  • Refresh
Refreshes the display.
  • Restart OpenOffice
Restarts OpenOffice.
Any document generation and printing tasks will be terminated.
  • Close
Closes the settings window.

 

Configuration

The following OpenOffice properties can be configured:

  • Home Directory
The OpenOffice installation directory.
 
  • Ports

A comma-separated list of ports to run OpenOffice on.
Defaults to 8100.

To improve performance, multiple instances of OpenOffice can be run to support document generation and printing.
Each instance must have a separate port.

E.g. to run two instances on ports 8100 and 8101, specify: 8100,8101

  • Max Tasks Per Process

The maximum number of tasks an OpenOffice process can execute before restarting.

A value of 0 indicates processes will not restart.

Reliablity and stability can be improved by setting this to a non-zero value, although setting it too low will impact performance.

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