[xwiki-devs] Officeimporter importing of document with "frames" - xwiki-devs@xwiki.org

30 Apr 2009

Hi devs,

To be clear about what a "frame" means in OOo please have a look at
following screenshots:

http://i39.tinypic.com/293aptt.png

http://i41.tinypic.com/259fnfq.jpg

The problem with these frames is that OOo server generates html like below:

<code>
<SPAN ID="Frame1" DIR="LTR" STYLE="float: left; width: 3.09in;
height:
3.8in; border: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0.06in; background: #ffffff">
    <P CLASS="frame-contents">Hello, This is a frame as it is called on
    openoffice writer.</P>
    <P CLASS="frame-contents"><BR><BR>
    </P>
    <P CLASS="frame-contents">We have a problem with importing documents
    that contain this sort of frames.</P>
    <P CLASS="frame-contents"><BR><BR>
    </P>
    <P CLASS="frame-contents">This is the last paragraph</P>
</SPAN>
<code>

Let's forget the fact that it should be a <div> instead of a <span> for
the
moment. But even if we convert it to a <div>, with our style filtering
approach this kind of frames are filtered out (because the frame is made out
of a style).

So, the first question is, should these "frames" be filtered in "filter
styles" mode? I think they should not be filtered because it is same as if
we filter tables with "filter styles" mode.

If they should not be filtered completely, what should be the output under
"filter styles" mode?

I can think of two outputs:

<code>
<DIV STYLE="float: left; border: 1px solid #000000;">
    <P CLASS="frame-contents">Hello, This is a frame as it is called on
    openoffice writer.</P>
    <P CLASS="frame-contents"><BR><BR>
    </P>
    <P CLASS="frame-contents">We have a problem with importing documents
    that contain this sort of frames.</P>
    <P CLASS="frame-contents"><BR><BR>
    </P>
    <P CLASS="frame-contents">This is the last paragraph</P>
</DIV>
<code>

Height & Width are removed because when styles are filtered fonts sizes
change and the size of the box might not be enough for the content to fit
in.

The other output we can have is:

<code>
<table>
    <tr>
        <td>
              <P CLASS="frame-contents">Hello, This is a frame as it is
called on
              openoffice writer.</P>
              <P CLASS="frame-contents"><BR><BR>
              </P>
              <P CLASS="frame-contents">We have a problem with importing
documents
              that contain this sort of frames.</P>
             <P CLASS="frame-contents"><BR><BR>
             </P>
             <P CLASS="frame-contents">This is the last
paragraph</P>
         </td>
    </tr>
</table>
<code>

So it becomes a single cell table, problem solved.

So, wdyt?

Thanks.

- Asiri