Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 51962
VCL is not able to open message box without working UNO
Last modified: 2017-05-20 11:31:36 UTC
Due to the usage of the package component to access the compressed image zip file, VCL is not able to open message boxes without UNO. Our startup code is able to detect a non-working UNO environment, but cannot show this info to the user.
cd: Better summary.
true, due to the necessity for break iteration - which is a UNO service. The result of primitive break iteration (e.g. breaking on spaces) would not look acceptable in at least some languages; that at least was the reasoning at the time (during creation of 1.0 and unicode transition).
accepted
retargeted to OOo 3.0
reset target to 2.x
reassigned to HDU.
Having a specialized message box for fatal errors is a good idea. In a fatal situation (e.g. when relatively simple things such as bootstrapping OOo fail) nobody should expect to get an internationalized accessible non-modal dialog with line-wrapped text, fancy images, customized fonts, etc. though.
set target 3.x
Reset assigne to the default "issues@openoffice.apache.org".