Description of problem: In FC5, using mozplugger 1.7.3 from seamonkey 1.0.7, viewing a *.doc file with oowriter 2.0.2, the document fails to open and a message eventually appears suggesting that OpenOffice be installed. This happens in seamonkey and seamonkey mail, both. Both ooffice and oowriter work from the command line. It appears that the problem arises from the definition of OO(), since substituting something else fixes the problem (mnostly). No problem in firefox 1.5.0.9, by the way. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): mozplugger-1.7.3-2.2.1 openoffice.org-writer-2.0.2-5.20.2 seammonkey 1.0.7 (tarball) [root@inca ~]# uname -a Linux inca.bitl.nist.gov 2.6.18-1.2257.fc5smp #1 SMP Fri Dec 15 16:33:51 EST 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [root@inca ~]# rpm -qa | grep seamonkey seamonkey-chat-1.0.7-0.6.0.1.fc5 seamonkey-mail-1.0.7-0.6.0.1.fc5 seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.7-0.6.0.1.fc5 seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.7-0.6.0.1.fc5 seamonkey-devel-1.0.7-0.6.0.1.fc5 seamonkey-1.0.7-0.6.0.1.fc5 [root@inca ~]# /usr/local/seamonkey/seamonkey -version SeaMonkey 1.0.7, Copyright (c) 2003-2006 mozilla.org, build 2006121112 [root@inca ~]# rpm -q mozplugger mozplugger-1.7.3-2.2.1 [root@inca ~]# cat /etc/fedora-release Fedora Core release 5 (Bordeaux) [root@inca ~]# rpm -qa | grep openoff openoffice.org-core-2.0.2-5.20.2 openoffice.org-langpack-ga_IE-2.0.2-5.20.2 openoffice.org-writer-2.0.2-5.20.2 openoffice.org-xsltfilter-2.0.2-5.20.2 openoffice.org-math-2.0.2-5.20.2 openoffice.org-calc-2.0.2-5.20.2 openoffice.org-impress-2.0.2-5.20.2 openoffice.org-graphicfilter-2.0.2-5.20.2 openoffice.org-draw-2.0.2-5.20.2 openoffice.org-langpack-ja_JP-2.0.2-5.20.2 [root@inca ~]# rpm -q firefox firefox-1.5.0.9-1.fc5 How reproducible: Open a .doc file in seamonkey. Steps to Reproduce: Open seamonkey, go to http://www.google.com, search for nist .doc, open the first .doc file. Actual results: Nothing for a long time, and then a suggestion to install Open Office. Expected results: *.doc file opens in browser window. Additional info: It appears that either of these steps corrects the problem: In /etc/mozpluggerrc under case application/x-msword:doc,dot:Microsoft Word Document application/msword:doc,dot:Microsoft Word Document Add repeat noisy swallow(oowriter): oowriter "$file" Or, change OO() from define([OO],[swallow(OpenOffice) fill: openoffice -nologo $1 "$file" swallow(OpenOffice) fill: ooffice -nologo $1 "$file" swallow(OpenOffice) fill: soffice -nologo $1 "$file"]) to define(OO,[repeat noisy swallow(oowriter) fill: oowriter "$file" repeat noisy swallow(openoffice) fill: openoffice "$file" repeat noisy swallow(ooffice) fill: ooffice "$file" repeat noisy swallow(soffice) fill: soffice "$file"]) I should add that this fix is not perfect. I am not sure if it should be OO or [OO] in the macro, and, while this works some times, I also sometimes get a failure of the swallow. In these cases I see the splash screen in the browser window, but oowriter brings up its own Window. Also, sometimes I am asked to recover the .doc file.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 229739 ***