Word2MediaWiki.NET

New Post: interested in contributing to this project

tone33 — Thu, 14 May 2009 01:51:23 GMT

I am part of a committee who uses a mediawiki for collaboration on creating standards documents. We create our official documents in ms word, but I would like to make them available on the mediawiki. I need a tool to upload from ms word, or perhaps open office. I need the uploaded content to retain links and some other features that i'm sure I haven't come across yet. Is this project still active? Has anyone use this beyond simple one page uploads? I am very interested in this project and may be able to contribute. I've been working with .net for several years and normally work with C#.

New Post: Installation under Word2007 ?

apoorv — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:50:58 GMT

It does install on Word 2007, but it doesn't work! When I try to run it, and click on the button "Configure Word2MediaWiki.NET" it only throws up a popup saying "coming soon" and does nothing. If I click on "Convert to Wiki" it does convert but does not automatically put it up on the wiki page. Also, the "upload images" button doesn't work either.

Please help!

New Post: Source Code

acanadian — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:16:42 GMT

Has anyone been able to download the source code and get it to load up correctly in Visual Studio?

I am using Visual Studio 2008.

New Post: Feature plan - MOSS wiki

bihe — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:20:16 GMT

Hello,

Do you plan to implement export to the Sharepoint/MOSS wiki in the near future?
Would be an excellent feature. Concerning the MOSS wiki structure and the MOSS
object-model I could help.
Please let me know.

br
Henrik

Commented Feature: Create a self-extracting executable that contains the MSI and Setup.EXE files (to make download & installation a little more convenient for users)

MikeSL — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:02:37 GMT

I wish there was a simpler way to do this, but apparently with the limitations of the MSI format, and the way that Setup.exe must be run as a predecessor task, we'll have to have at least two files for each install.

Unfortunately this means that either (a) I provide detailed instructions for end users to help them determine which files to download, where to put them, and in what order to execute them, or (b) generate a self-extracting EXE package for each targeted install. [Note: I suspect, based on Work Item 10012, that I'll need separate Setup projects and Setup.exe bootstrappers for Office 2003 installs vs. Office 2007 installs.] I can't imagine NOT choosing (b) ultimately, though I might push that off for a week or so while I get the next Beta out for the early adopters to use (rather than them continue to download Beta 1 and not be able to even run the add-in).
Comments: ** Comment from web user: MikeSL **

Another lead on the SharpDevelop library (sample code), though WinRAR sounds like a great solution too:
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/files/sharpziplib.aspx

Commented Feature: Create a self-extracting executable that contains the MSI and Setup.EXE files (to make download & installation a little more convenient for users)

boyan — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:22:29 GMT

No need to reinvent your own self-extractor. Windows already comes with one or you can use a third part program like WinRAR to create a self-extracting archive that will execute setup.exe on extraction. Contact me if you want to know more.

Commented Feature: Create a self-extracting executable that contains the MSI and Setup.EXE files (to make download & installation a little more convenient for users)

MikeSL — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:12:36 GMT

Use the SharpDevelop DotNet Zip library's "DotNetZipUtils" package, which includes a tool to build a self-extractor!

http://www.codeplex.com/DotNetZip/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=14569

Commented Feature: Create a self-extracting executable that contains the MSI and Setup.EXE files (to make download & installation a little more convenient for users)

MikeSL — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:05:59 GMT

Interesting leads, for the use of the SharpDevelop zip library:

http://community.sharpdevelop.net/forums/p/4739/20758.aspx#20758

Commented Task: Reconcile the various CR & newline variants used throughout the conversion code

MikeSL — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:52:50 GMT

There are the Word constants:
- WordNewLine

Task: reduce the synonyms until we're using only the essential ones (e.g. is it necessary to treat CR and CRLF differently, when encountered in a Word document?).

Task: ensure that, for Word 2003 & 2007 (which are the only supported versions for this add-in), we're making accurate substitutions (e.g. is WordNewLine exactly the same as CRLF or slightly different? Does it work the same way as CR?).
Comments:

Consult this discussion thread for additional guidance:

http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3545569&SiteID=1

Closed Issue: Hyperlinked text is being converted to text without the hyperlink

MikeSL — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:50:58 GMT

Text that includes Word hyperlinks is being converted so that the text remains, but the hyperlinks have disappeared.

Created Issue: Bullet conversions: Copy text from OneNote 2007 to Word 2003 creates bullets with "Outline numbered" style, which don't convert

MikeSL — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:14:33 GMT

I just copied some text that I'd written up in OneNote 2007 to the Clipboard, and pasted it into a new, blank Word 2003 document. Then I ran the conversion, which happened to skip over all the bullets (1st, 2nd and 3rd level indentation). I tried again, and it still failed.

I used the Styles and Formatting task pane to select all the 1st-level bullets, chose "Clear Formatting" then clicked on the Bullet button in the Formatting toolbar. The Styles and Formatting toolbar reported these as "Bulleted" formatting, and the remaining 2nd- and 3rd-level bullets were labelled "Outline numbered".

The details of that style/formatting are:
- Name = Style Outline numbered 10 pt
- Style type = List
- detailed description = No List + Indent: Left: 0.25", Hanging: 0.25", Outline numbered + Level: 1 + Numbering Style: 1, 2, 3, ... + Start at: 1 + Alignment: Left + Aligned at: 0.25" + Tab after: 0.5" + Indent at: 0.5"

Recommend: implement additional logic in the bullet conversion routine to detect these kinds of "bullets" and attempt to convert them as well.

Created Issue: Statusbar text persists for whichever is the last "Converting..." operation - should end with "Conversion complete"

MikeSL — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:07:25 GMT

While a conversion is running, the Statusbar reports different strings of text, corresponding to the operations that are currently being performed. However, rather than reporting to the user when the conversion operation has completed, the Statusbar message doesn't change to let the user know it's finished. Instead, the final operation's message is always the last conversion step that was being performed (e.g. "Converting lists...").

Recommend: once all conversion actions have completed, and the add-in is performing its final cleanup, the Statusbar message should be updated to something like:
- "Conversion complete"
- "Conversion completed - you may now copy and paste the results into your Wiki article"
- "" [i.e. blank out the Statusbar text - or otherwise reset to default behaviour]

New Post: msi install

srinivas_duddu — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:40:15 GMT

MikeSL wrote:

cwan wrote:

Thanks for putting together this add-in for Word. I tried to install the msi but for some reason, the Word2MediaWiki toolbar doesn't showup in Word 2003. Any ideas why?

Thanks for writing in! I saw a few issues just on my own laptop during development, and it's unfortunate that I apparently haven't defeated them all yet. :(

Could you please check some settings for me, to help us narrow down where it might be failing:

In Word, choose the Tools menu, then "Templates and Add-ins" - under "Global templates and add-ins", do you have an entry for "Word2MediaWikiDotNetTemplate.dot"? Is its checkbox checked? (On mine it is.)
In Word, choose the Tools menu, then Options; on the Security tab, click the "Macro Security..." button

#* on the Security Level tab, which radio button is selected? (On mine it's "Medium".)
#* on the Trusted Publishers tab, is the checkbox labelled "Trust all installed add-ins and templates" checked? (On mine it is.)

In Regedit.EXE, browse to HKEYCURRENTUSER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Word\Addins
1. Does that contain a folder (aka Key) named Word2MediaWikiDotNet?
2. If so, what are the values for the settings labelled "LoadBehavior" and "Manifest"?
3. (On mine, LoadBehavior = 3 and Manifest = C:\personal\VS Projects\Word2MediaWikiDotNet\Word2MediaWikiDotNet\bin\Debug\Word2MediaWikiDotNet.dll.manifest - which is hopefully not where yours would point)

I'll do some more research and post further questions/ideas, but if you get a chance to respond before then, I'll also follow up on whatever you find out.

Hi,

I had installed this. And all the points above are in sync on my PC too.
( Except the path : on mine it is d:\Word2MediaWikiDotNet\\

However, on clicking the toolbar items, nothing happens .
Be it Configure, Convert to Wiki or Upload !

Can you pls. suggest , where could it be wrong ?

New Post: Can't Configure or Convert

MikeSL — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:55:31 GMT

ripley wrote:
I got the software installed. But the toolbar wasn't available. I had to manually add it to the Templates and Add-ins menu. Now I can see the toolbar but the buttons don't do anything. Clicking on configure doesn't seem to do anything nor does the Convert button. I have run through the troubleshooting steps to no avail. Any ideas?

Hi Ripley, I'll start out by stating the obvious: I suck at support. :( Sorry - I've stared at this post I don't know how many times, and I couldn't think of where to even begin.

I've since had a little inspiration, and hopefully this'll help break the logjam:

What versions and Service Pack level of Windows and Word are you running?
Would you please download the VSTO Troubleshooter (just grab the VSTO_PT.exe file from here) and run it to see which components are noted as installed?

Yeah, this isn't much, but it's a start (I hope). Thanks for your patience and any responses you might provide.

Closed Task: Investigate: is the "&" character in VBA string-handling functions the equivalent of "+" in .NET?

MikeSL — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:36:56 GMT

I'm seeing more and more instances of "&" in string-handling functions as I continue to review the converted code. Unfortunately, I'm not familiar enough with VB, VBA or .NET to know whether this is a legal way to concatenate characters together.

If it's not, then the Task is to replace all string-handling-embedded instances of "&" with "+".

Closed Issue: Setup isn't downloading PreRequisites, but is pulling them from a local folder

MikeSL — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:36:48 GMT

I finally tried the debug build of Setup.exe and the MSI, and copied them to my Temp directory.

Upon running Setup.exe, it spat out:

"An error occurred while installing system components for Word2MediaWikiDotNET. Setup cannot continue until all system components have been successfully installed.

The following package files could not be found:
C:\temp\Office2007PIA\o2007pia.msi"

Where's the "download from the vendor's web site" option?

COMMENTED ISSUE: Setup isn't downloading PreRequisites, but is pulling them from a local folder

MikeSL — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:52:08 GMT

NEW POST: Can't Configure or Convert

ripley — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:32:51 GMT

I got the software installed. But the toolbar wasn't available. I had to manually add it to the Templates and Add-ins menu. Now I can see the toolbar but the buttons don't do anything. Clicking on configure doesn't seem to do anything nor does the Convert button. I have run through the troubleshooting steps to no avail. Any ideas?

COMMENTED ISSUE: ComponentChk.exe exited with code 2 when checking for Word PIA

MikeSL — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:37:04 GMT

Running external check with command 'C:\DOCUME~1\msmithlo\LOCALS~1\Temp\VSD379.tmp\Office2003or2007PIA_WordOnly\ComponentChk.exe' and parameters ' /save {1C8772BD-6E6F-4C9D-8FF8-B5EA072F86EF} {816D4DFD-FF7B-4C16-8943-EEB07DF989CB}'
Process exited with code 2
Setting value '2 {int}' for property 'WordPIARegistered'
The following properties have been set for package 'Microsoft Office 2003 or 2007 Primary Interop Assemblies':
Property: [SupportedWordVersionInstalled] = 0 {int}
Property: [WordPIARegistered] = 2 {int}
Result of checks for command 'Office2003or2007PIA_WordOnly\ComponentChk.exe' is 'Install'
'Microsoft Office 2003 or 2007 Primary Interop Assemblies' RunCheck result: Install Needed
Comments:

For comparison purposes, I switched the Setup project back to pre-requiring Office2003 PIAs. Even without the Office PIAs redistributable installed, the Setup.exe was able to move on to the MSI install. I double-checked both the Install.log *and* the ProcMon traces, and it shows that ComponentCheck.exe went looking for the Word 2003 PIA using the same Component ID value that wouldn't work with the ComponentChk.exe codebase:

Running external check with command 'C:\DOCUME~1\msmithlo\LOCALS~1\Temp\VSD31E.tmp\Office2003PIA\ComponentCheck.exe' and parameters '{3EC1EAE0-A256-411D-B00B-016CA8376078}'
Process exited with code 0
Setting value '0 {int}' for property 'Office2003Exists'
Running external check with command 'C:\DOCUME~1\msmithlo\LOCALS~1\Temp\VSD31E.tmp\Office2003PIA\ComponentCheck.exe' and parameters '{1C8772BD-6E6F-4C9D-8FF8-B5EA072F86EF}'
Process exited with code 0
Setting value '0 {int}' for property 'Word2003PIARegistered'

ProcMon shows that ComponentCheck.exe starts its search for the Word 2003 PIA *not* by searching the Uninstall keys, but by probing very specifically into the Installer Components listings in the Registry:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\DB2778C1F6E6D9C4F88F5BAE70F268FE

[NOTE: it's transposing each hex pair from the "Component ID" when it searches in the Registry. No, I don't know why.]

UPDATED RELEASE: Beta 2.1 (Office 2007 target)

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:06:20 GMT

This is intended to resolve install issues that can prevent Office 2007 users from successfully installing and using the add-in.

Possible symptoms include:
* Install completes, but no new toolbar appears in the Word 2007 Add-ins ribbon tab
* Install completes and toolbar is created in Word 2007 Add-ins ribbon tab, but toolbar buttons do nothing when clicked.

Also addresses:
* more focused detection on the Word PIA, rather than requiring the entire suite of Office PIAs.

Known issues:
# When the Word PIA (aka ".NET Programmability Support") is already installed by Office, the Setup.exe still doesn't recognize it, and will demand that the Office PIAs redistributable be installed. (Please, just install it for now - it's pretty lightweight, it won't break anything - it's the latest version - and I've been fighting with poor MSFT documentation on this for weeks now).