MultiView DLL could not be located

[Doug_B]

[quote="leo"]
The defaults should work unless the plugin is picking the wrong ActiveX control up from the registry. (With the "Generic ActiveX" line the plugin decides which ActiveX control to use. With the "Internet Explorer" line the plugin tells IE to load the file and IE decides which ActiveX control to use.)[/quote]
I originally tried the generic, where they were originally listed, and for two of the OpenOffice file types, the viewer showed a stationary/static view of a portion of each document. None of the ActiveX's embedded controls would respond, not even to a mouse button down event, including the scroll bars. I didn't think of changing it to the IE portion of the control until I noticed that's where you stated the OpenOffice extensions can be placed, in your original announcement of the plug-in.

@leo

I can send you a debug version of the ActiveX plugin if you want to generate some log files but the registry settings are so painful to dig through that it may not be worth the effort if it's a file format you don't often view. Up to you.

I appreciate the offer, but that won't be necessary.

[quote="leo"]BTW, the defaults for the MS Office formats are configured for MS Office. If you're using OpenOffice then you should* be able to add the MS Office file extensions to the same thing as the OpenOffice extensions to make OpenOffice display those files as well. (That'd usually be the Generic ActiveX line but if that isn't working try adding the MS Office extensions to the Internet Explorer line. I have a feeling IE will prompt you to save those files as well, though.)

(*Assuming the OpenOffice ActiveX control is associated with the MS Office formats. If something else has assigned itself to them in the registry then all bets are off.)[/quote]

Yes, I am prompted to save or open the MSOffice files from IE when I try to open them from there, so I get the same behavior when I add the MSOffice extensions to the IE portion of the viewer control.

@leo

You can edit filetypes to tell IE not to prompt you when opening them. (Not sure of the details off the top of my head.) The prompt is a security measure but if you never use IE for browsing the web I guess there's no harm in turning it off.

I tried looking for a place to do this within IE to no avail, and it doesn't help that IE 8 seems to crash a lot just from selecting certain menu items. I did a quick perusal of the registry, to no avail. I did try changing the xls extension subkeys in the registry to look exactly like the ods one, but that didn't help. I assume there's something else controlling IE behavior.

@leo

[quote]With respect to Powerdesk, I may end up submitting a trouble ticket if no one can answer here. The feature is touted on the DOpus site proper, no doubt directed at those like me to convert from Powerdesk.

Where's that on the Opus site?[/quote]

It's the target of the link that's on the Configure dialog box for the multiview control: http://www.gpsoft.com.au/MultiView.html. This says to me it's a documented feature, albeit there may not be many, if any, other places that link to this page.

I found a later maintenance release of Powerdesk Pro 6, so I may install it. Possibly just the reinstall action may do something positive here. Otherwise, I think I'll do the X1 thing. The OpenOffice ActiveX control isn't very quick.

Thanks again.

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