[Libreoffice-qa] Mail Merge Wizard

Steve javack at gmail.com
Thu Apr 17 06:44:24 PDT 2014


ok, so to clarify I tried to use Mail Merge both on :


   - Mac Mavericks (Mac Book Pro 64 bits) /  LibreOffice production release
   4.1.5
   - MS Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 64 bits / LibreOffice  4.2.3.3

In both cases, when configuring the mail merge settins with SMTP/SSL, it
always fails and  LibreOffice freezes. From what I understood from you I
shall confirm this bug at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/

About my wish to "save each document with a specific name" , in my case
that would be a workaround of the above issue as I can not send the
documents by mail, my idea was to generate all the files
MyFile_customerID1.pdf, MyFile_customerID2.pdf, MyFile_customerID3.pdf,
MyFile_customerID4.pdf etc ... and then create a dummy PHP script to send
each document by mail to the right recipient. But I imagine that ability to
save documents with a specific name ( having a field from the DataSource
used to create the document template) could be usefull in many other cases;
would you consider such RFE ?

Thanks,

Steve


On 17 April 2014 14:59, Robinson Tryon <bishop.robinson at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 12:05 AM, Steve <javack at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > As I have not found in the FAQ how to raise a Request For Enhancement,
> may I
> > add ask you through this mailing list :
>
> Enhancement requests may be made on the bugtracker, e.g. filing a new
> LibreOffice bug with Severity: enhancement here:
> http://bugs.freedesktop.org/
>
> > The  mail merge wizard can not be used on LibreOffice 4.1/4.2 (the SMTP
> > connection always fails),  see the here under bug reports :
> > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59249
> > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69337#c19
> > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70196
> > http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/msg21016.html
> >
> http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/13337/problems-using-mail-merge-with-email/
> > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63388#c5
> > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64098
> > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65307
>
> At least half of those bug reports are resolved, marked as duplicates
> of other bugs, or otherwise appear as though they may be out of date.
> Have you confirmed your SMTP connection failure under the latest
> builds of the 4.1 or 4.2 release branches?
>
> Please find 4.1.5 and 4.2.3 (plus a 4.1.6 pre-release) here:
> https://www.libreoffice.org/download/
>
> > So here is my RFE :
> >
> > when using the mail merge wizard, at step 8 (see page 29 of documentation
> >
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/f/fe/0211WG34-UsingMailMerge.pdf
> > )
> > when you want to save "merge documents" & "save as individuals
> documents",
> > instead of generating file_0.doc , file_1.doc, file_2.doc etc ... I would
> > like to save each document with a specific name MyFile_XXX.doc where XXX
> is
> > a field (a customerID for instance) from the DataSource used to create
> the
> > document template (an Excel file for instance), that would be really
> usefull
> > and really great !
>
> Apologies for my confusion here: What's the relationship between "The
> mail merge wizard can not be used on LibreOffice 4.1/4.2 (the SMTP
> connection always fails)" and your desire to "save each document with
> a specific name" ?
>
> > By the way, do you plan to fix the Writer MailMerge SMTP bug in next 4.2
> or
> > 4.3 release ?
>
> Which bug? Have you tested the problem under LO 4.2.3?
>
> Specific details help us to narrow-in on the particular problem and
> fix it more quickly :-)
>
>
> Best,
>
> --
> Robinson Tryon
> LibreOffice Community Outreach Herald
> The Document Foundation
> qubit at libreoffice.org
>
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