Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 51131
Project Manager to Save and Restore Current State of All OOo Windows
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:40:34 UTC
I was thinking a method of saving the current state OOo, that is, saving the status of all of the currently open OOo application windows would be a handy feature. Thus, allowing the user to reinstate a group of OOo windows and the files that were being worked on at the time of saving. Quite often I'll have 2 or 3 spreadsheets open along with 2 or 3 writer files. I'll get interrupted and have to close them all. It would be nice to reopen all of them to their previous state with one click. I did not find anything like this in the issues. I use a text editor called Vedit that has a feature they call Projects. It uses the multi-document interface and the projects feature saves the current state of all of its open files. MS, I think had a feature for Excel called a work book. Really this would be just a list of the currently open files allowing you to reopen this group in the future. It would be nice if the window sizes and locations as well as the location in the file would be saved for future restoration. Alex
Nice idea!
Changing to a feature request, as you can't enhance something that doesn't exist. :( Confirming as something that doesn't currently exist.
reassigned
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This was a feature suggestion. Its purpose was to tie together disparate files into a project where multiple files need to be referenced to complete the project having the ability to, with a single click, restore the multiple windows displaying the files to a previous state. This facilitates multiple trains of thought that many people need to deal with every day. Interruptions create the need to put a thought process on hold. That was the basic premise of this idea. I did not try to promote it to obtain votes although the people I mentioned it to did like the idea. What should be done to test its appeal?
This sounds like a ripe idea for an extension. I think everything that would be required is readily available via the current API..
It might be a "a ripe idea for an extension" and it may be true that "everything that would be required is readily available via the current API",but how does it get done? I am not an expert with the OOo API. I only thought of it. Is there a programmer out there that finds this idea intriguing?