Libre Office "action not supported Invalid procedure call"

Spock99
Hi everyone,

Unfortunately I have no error ID.
I have a problem with a
Windows 7 Enterprise (64) system
Firefox 3.6.12
LibreOffice 3.3.0 OOO330m12 (Build:2) libreoffice-build 3.2.99.3
Zotero 2.09
Zotero OpenOffice Integration 3.0b2
The language is German

Everytime I push one of the buttons: "Insert Citation", "Edit Citation", "Insert Bibliography" or "Edit Bibliography" I got the message: "action not supported Invalid procedure call". The makro window is open and it stops at:
"Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias _
"FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName _
As String) As Long" highlighting the word "Long"

Does anybody know how to handle or solve this?

Thank you very much in advance!

Peter
  • andrevan
    Similar problem, with XP Service pack 3
  • Simon
    I can reproduce this. Something is not working right in OOo Basic as of 3.3.0+ (both OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice). I'm looking for a fix.
  • Spock99
    Hello Simon,

    thank you very much for your quick answer and for looking for a fix.
    All you guys of Zotero are doing an incredible good job!

    Best regards

    Peter
  • Simon
    Can you try installing the OpenOffice.org Integration Branch XPI and see whether it resolves this for you? (2.1 beta users will need to try the OpenOffice.org Integration Trunk XPI.)
  • Spock99
    Hello Simon,

    now it´s

    Windows 7 Enterprise (64) system
    Firefox 3.6.13
    LibreOffice 3.3.0 OOO330m18 (Build:4)
    Zotero 2.09
    Zotero OpenOffice Integration 3.0a9.r7573

    and it works like a charm.

    You made my day!
    Thanks again very much.

    Best

    Peter
  • matt_price
    i'm on ubuntu, and would like to switch to libre office and also to zotero sa soon. should I be using one of these versions, simon? thanks!
    matt
  • frodeseverin
    Does this mean that Zotero integration into OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice 3.3 is now working correctly again, and thus that the the warning on
    http://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_installation#openoffice_libreoffice_neooffice
    is now dated?

    ;)Frode
  • Simon
    We need to push a new version of OpenOffice.org Integration, but given that the patch seems to be working for everyone AFAIK, that will probably happen soon.
  • Dirk
    Just for your info: it works fine for openoffice 3.3, but not for Libreoffice 3.3
  • thorsten.reitz
    For me the branch version didn't help. I have the following setup:

    - Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.9.2.10) Gecko/20100914 Firefox/3.6.10
    - OpenOffice.org 3.3.0 (Build 9567)
    - Zotero 2.09
    - Zotero OpenOffice Integration 3.0a9.r7573

    I'd very much appreciate a quick solution.

    Thanks & regards,

    THorsten
  • schneekranich
    edited February 7, 2011
    there maybe a workaround using OOportable. But as thats a 3.2 version it's probably not helpful.
  • paedagogik
    Hello, our university is pushing for the switch to LibreOffice. I wanted to use the opportunity to deploy Zotero on all computers in our department and give little coachings, so that people can use Zotero. However, this bug has put a stop to these plans. Is there any eta on when it will be fixed? Installing OOportable 3.2 as a workaround is not an acceptable solution for us, sadly.
  • ajlyon
    I think that LibreOffice 3.2 should work, and the 3.3 issue is apparently just a matter of setting the right path for Zotero to find it. But maybe someone with first-hand experience can chip in here.
  • Simon
    If you are upgrading from OpenOffice.org 3 to LibreOffice, you need to click the "Detect Paths" button in the OpenOffice Integration preferences. If you are installing LibreOffice anew, everything should just work (provided that you have Zotero OpenOffice Integration 3.0b3 or later).
  • farheart
    Just want to hint that any Chinese Zotero user who is using Chinese windows system and met the same error as Spock99 raised.

    That may because that system's code page is Chinese, as discussed here:
    http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/16556/openoffice-could-not-communicate-with-zotero-error-begging-help/#Item_24

    Currently, the new integration plug-in given by Simon (Zotero OpenOffice.org Integration 3.0b2) does not work for OO or LO 3.3.0+
  • Dirk
    I want to test both systems, so I have openoffice AND libreoffice on my PC. It seems I can only use the zotero plugin for openoffice OR libreoffice. Isn't it possible to use that plugin at the same time for both packages?
  • Simon
    edited February 27, 2011
    Not without changing the path (and restarting Firefox), but there is very little difference between OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice. I'm not sure why you'd need to use both simultaneously.
Sign In or Register to comment.