Win XP Windows Installer Error - what was he fix again?

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#1

It has been a bit, so I do not remember what the fix is. . .

I have Win XP Pro SP3 system that gives me the Windows Installer error
telling me that something is wrong with the Windows Installer, when I
try and install LO 4.0.5 for Windows.

I know that there is some fix out there.

So could someone tell me what that fix was?
I need to get LO installed on that system.

It is a 3+ GHz dual core desktop with 2 GB of Ram and more than enough
drive space.

I just installed XP Professional SP2 and then installed SP3 and over 120
XP updates.

But it seems that I may need to see if there is a newer Windows
Installer package or some other fix.

BUT, MS's web site really does not let you find what you really need for
XP systems easily. I could not find, online, a copy of SP3 so I could
get the updates, then I remembered I had it on a CD in a drawer. So
having to wade through their XP-unfriendly site to try to find a new
installer would be really hard or impossible.

SO
does anyone remember the fix for this Installer error?
anyone know of the like to better XP version of one?

I do not want to have to put MSO 2003 onto that system.

#2

http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=latest+windows+installer+for+xp

#3

Hi krackedpress

There shouldn't be any installer error under XP SP3. Installer errors are
usually indicators of a corrupted installer. You should try to download it
again from another mirror
http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/4.0.5/win/x86/LibreOffice_4.0.5_Win_x86.msi.mirrorlist

If you don't have a particular reason to stick with the 4.0.x branch, I
would suggest version 4.1.2
http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/4.1.2/win/x86/LibreOffice_4.1.2_Win_x86.msi.mirrorlist

Hope this helps :wink:

#4

Sorry, but that linked "file" did not work, for Windows 4.0.5 on the XP Pro.
Now I downloaded 4.0.4 and it did nlt have that installer error.

So could there be something in the 4.0.5 file that is "messed up" for XP
installation? While 4.0.4 does not have that issue.

#5

I downloaded it from the "default mirror" for my New York State, USA region.

I will download it again later. Right now I am installing 4.0.4.

#6

Hi All

I'm still stuck with LO Base Sub Forms!! I've been at this for some time, off and on, but over the past few months I have been very busy converting, editing and checking/updating my DB to now run on MySQL.
I must say it is a GREAT improvement!!

OK - My OpSys is PClinuxOS 2012-10. LO 4.1.1.2, MySQL 5.1.55

I have three tables in my DB - 'Members', 'Story', 'eMails'.
I have one Main Form "Members" (that references the 'Members" Table) AND contains a Sub Form "eMail" (that references the 'eMail' Table). Also on the Main Form is a Button that should pop-up, over the Main Form, a "Story" Form that references the Story table).

All the individual Tables and Forms work well on their own - BUT ...

The "eMail" Sub Form does not "link" to the individual Members record and cycle with each record so I can not add info to this Sub Form that will be linked with the correct record.
The Button does not work at all!!

I have worked on this so many times off and on that I'm now rather confused on how to go about it or what I did before.

My 'eMails' Table contains the fields - MessageID, Date, In/Out, Title, Message. ID (My Foreign Key)
My 'Story' Table contains the fields - StoryID, Story, ID (My Foreign Key)

If I remember correctly I created the "eMail" Sub Form at the time I laid out the new Data Base and under the Button properties I currently have "When pressed - Standard.Story.OpenForm (document, Basic)"

Can someone help me out of this mess???

Thanks for ANY help.

IanW
Pretoria RSA

#7

I cannot go with 4.1.2 line due to the font drop-down list error. So
until that line fixes the issue [told it was already in the bug list], I
cannot use it for Ubuntu.

Late this month 4.0.6 come out. I will run that till I find that 4.1.x
works on my test Ubuntu system. Hopefully 4.1.4 will have the issue
fixed [December '13] 4.1.3 come out about the time 4.0.6 does.

As for the original post,
well I have 4.0.4 running at this point. I downloaded the Windows
Installer 4.5 and still 4.0.5 was causing the error. But, 4.0.4 would
install. I will wait for 4.0.6 and then try that one on the Win XP
Professional with SP3 [32-bit]. Actually it is a dual booting system at
this point. Originally it was an Ubuntu system, but when I replaced the
bad drive, I decided that I should install XP, since that was what it
came with, before the previous owner installed 64-bit XP [really bad
idea]. I will use this system for a backup Ubuntu desktop and a
Windows-only hardware system [I have some internal and USB hardware that
are Windows-only]. Later in its life it will have Win7 64-bit and
Ubuntu 64-bit installed, since it is a 64-bit dual core Pentium-D system.

#8

Hi :slight_smile:
The 4.1.x branch is getting really near to the number we generally consider turns it into stable branch.

It's the time i typically get stuck procrastinating.  Do i wait 'just a few more days' or go ahead with the 4.0.5?  So, it's only the machines i am most active on that ever get upgraded and all the rest fall waaaay behind.  I could possibly still find a few that are still back on 3.4.x.  One day i will do the whole lot in one go, but that day is not today.  Perhaps with the 4.1.3 :wink:

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

Hi krackedpress

There shouldn't be any installer error under XP SP3. Installer errors are
usually indicators of a corrupted installer. You should try to download it
again from another mirror
http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/4.0.5/win/x86/LibreOffice_4.0.5_Win_x86.msi.mirrorlist

If you don't have a particular reason to stick with the 4.0.x branch, I
would suggest version 4.1.2
http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/4.1.2/win/x86/LibreOffice_4.1.2_Win_x86.msi.mirrorlist

Hope this helps :wink:

I downloaded it from the "default mirror" for my New York State, USA region.

I will download it again later.  Right now I am installing 4.0.4.

#9

I went with 4.0.5 several weeks ago on my Win7 machine and couldn't be happier. It added some features I wanted (better support for the Libertine G fonts) and fixed the regression bug dealing with remembering my style list hierarchical listing.

I imagine I'll be slower to upgrade from here as, for my needs at least, LO is nearing perfection. If only we could get a tabbed interface... Now, *that* would make me jump on an upgrade, even one with a low third digit.

Having said all that, I just downloaded 4.1.2 Portable to my jump drive. It's a good way to test out a new version without committing it to my hard drive, although it is much slower.

Virgil

#10

Hi Virgil

Virgil Arrington wrote

Having said all that, I just downloaded 4.1.2 Portable to my jump drive.
It's a good way to test out a new version without committing it to my hard
drive, although it is much slower.

"It is much slower" because it's running on a jump drive...

Why don't you run it from your hard drive? You can unpack it anywhere and it
won't affect the installed version in any way...

Even better: if you have a slow PC try X-LibreOffice. I guarantee you that
it is even faster than the installed version :wink:

Pedro

#11

Pedro wrote:

"It is much slower" because it's running on a jump drive...

I know that.

Why don't you run it from your hard drive? You can unpack it anywhere and it
won't affect the installed version in any way...

The last time I installed a new version, I went from 3.5.7 to 4.0.5. The version 4 completely deleted my 3.5.7, which I did *not* want. I later found out on this list that such was apparently normal behavior. I don't want to risk the same thing happening again.

Even better: if you have a slow PC try X-LibreOffice. I guarantee you that
it is even faster than the installed version :wink:

My PC is plenty fast enough for me. But, for my jump drive, I'll check out the X version. I had never heard of it before. Thanks for the tip.

Virgil

#12

Hi again Virgil

Virgil Arrington wrote

Why don't you run it from your hard drive? You can unpack it anywhere and
it won't affect the installed version in any way...

The last time I installed a new version, I went from 3.5.7 to 4.0.5. The
version 4 completely deleted my 3.5.7, which I did *not* want. I later
found
out on this list that such was apparently normal behavior. I don't want to
risk the same thing happening again.

If you unpack LibreOffice Portable or X-LibreOffice to your hard drive (e.g.
to C:\X-LibreOffice412) it will remain contained in the unpack folder. It
does *not* overwrite *any* files and it will not use your Profile files. So,
all is completely separate.

In fact if you miss some feature in version 3.5.7 you can get the
X-LibreOffice 3.5.7 release and run it *simultaneously* with version 4.0.5

Pedro

#13

If I remember correctly (and I have not looked at this in a while), I think that you need to link the "master and slave fields".

So, if you open your form in edit mode, load the form navigator, right click on your sub-form and choose properties, navigate to the Data tab, do the values in the "Link master fields" and "Link slave fields" look right to you?

#14

By the way, what's the story behind X-Libreoffice? What's its function other than being portable?

Virgil

#15

Thanks Andrew

You got the memory cells working again!! This morning I read-up on Sub Forms in the new LO 4.0 Base Handbook and I'm sure you are right. BTW - Great book but no 'How To' details (??).

That got me remembering a video on You Tube about Sub Forms - www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcudVETPePY - so I went and found that again.

However my Form Navigator will NOT show me the content of my Form!! All it gives me is a list of types - Headings, Tables, Text Frames, Graphics, OLE Objects, Bookmarks, Sections, Hyperlinks, Indexes, References, Comments and Draw Objects. (all with a count of '0'). And none of the options at the top of the Navigator make any difference.

How do I get the Navigator to display the content of my Form??

Thanks

IanW
Pretoria RSA

#16

I would suggest you study an application that uses a main and sub form.

I used the Business Cards example from

http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewforum.php?f=100

Good luck