Synesthesia

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2007-01-12

• Reliable Project Delivery:
  The Reliable Project Delivery programme is a key element of the ‘Transformational Government Enabled by Technology’ Strategy and has been set up to develop measures to increase the success rate of the government’s major IT related programmes and pro
  Keywords: MSP, Programme_Management
• How To Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning With Ruby:
  Book published under GPL Free Documentation Licence
  Keywords: Ruby, ComputerScience
• Podcasts from CIPD:
  Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development podcasts on a range of management subjects
  Keywords: Podcast, Management, ChangeManagement
• Managing Business Benefits: Key Principles:
  OGC Checklist for SROs and Programme Managers
  Keywords: MSP, Benefits_Management, Programme_Management
• Risk Allocation Model for Project Strategy and Procurement (OGC):
  Guidance for risk analysis of outcomes, outputs and inputs and selection of appropriate procurement and project approaches
  Keywords: MSP, Risk, Programme_Management
• NAO/OGC list of common causes of project failure:
  The top eight…
  Keywords: MSP, Project_Management, Portfolio_Management

Technorati Tags: Computer_Science, management, MSP, Programme Management, risk, Ruby

I’ve been trying to automate OpenOffice from Ruby to carry out a batch format conversion of approximately 100 documents. I’ve researched a fair amount on the web, especially here, here and here, but I’m still having problems.

Specifically all works until I try and save a document using parameters (to tell OpenOffice to use an output filter), at which point the OLE Bridge is giving an error.

If anyone reading this has found and cured a similar problem I’d be interested in your thoughts. Code snip follows:
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Technorati Tags: OpenOffice, Ruby, Scripting, Software_Development