Bug 116804 - [Impress, Slideshow, FILEOPEN]: Command Line Switch To Open In Windowed Mode Slideshow
Summary: [Impress, Slideshow, FILEOPEN]: Command Line Switch To Open In Windowed Mode ...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Impress (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.0.2.1 release
Hardware: All All
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Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: Commandline Slide-Show
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Reported: 2018-04-04 18:28 UTC by Nick
Modified: 2023-06-14 03:12 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description Nick 2018-04-04 18:28:33 UTC
Hi there. I was wondering if a command line switch that opens a slideshow in windowed mode could be achieved? Windowed mode is key for me and I'd really like the ability to show multiple slideshows at once as I'm dealing with very big displays.

-show works great but opens full screen by default on a second monitor.
Comment 1 Nick 2018-04-05 14:33:42 UTC
Here's a properly formatted description.

Description:
Hi there. I was wondering if a command line switch that opens a slideshow in windowed mode could be achieved? Windowed mode is key for me and I'd really like the ability to show multiple slideshows at once as I'm dealing with very big displays.

-show works great but opens full screen by default on a second monitor.

Thanks for looking.

Best,

Nick

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a command prompt
2. cd to LibreOffice program directory
3. soffice.bin "Impress File Name" --view

Actual Results:  
The powerpoint opens full screen on a second monitor

Expected Results:
The powerpoint opens in windowed mode with the option of full screen OR the existence of another command line switch --viewwin opens the slide show in windowed mode.

Reproducible: Always

User Profile Reset: Yes
Comment 2 Heiko Tietze 2018-04-11 08:32:14 UTC
I would treat this as a bug. Saving a presentation stores the slideshow settings including the presentation mode - and runs a windowed presentation if set. But starting from the command line with the parameter --show doesn't respect this setting.

Guess this could be solved easily.
Comment 3 Nick 2018-04-11 13:11:57 UTC
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #2)
> I would treat this as a bug. Saving a presentation stores the slideshow
> settings including the presentation mode - and runs a windowed presentation
> if set. But starting from the command line with the parameter --show doesn't
> respect this setting.
> 
> Guess this could be solved easily.

That is true. It would be nice if --show respected the setting. If possible though, it would be nice to be able to set a flag somewhere in the settings such that Impress slideshows open windowed by default. For my case, I need to open all my slideshows windowed. So that's what I'm looking forward to the most.
Comment 4 Nick 2018-04-19 13:23:31 UTC
If there's anyone who's willing to teach a man to fish, I'll work on this bug/request myself. I'm a developer who primarily works with C#. I'm not entirely sure how to go about writing a fix though. I have the SDK installed but with CLI I get this https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94265#c2 error even with the patch listed in that thread's last comment. 

The docs for installing the SDK were pretty rough. Many of the dependencies weren't at the linked locations. I had to dig pretty deep for them. And I'm not sure if I just need the SDK or all of LibreOffice's code to write in what I need. If someone were willing to to a VOIP call or point me in a direction of a LibreOffice developer quick start guide to install and get to work on LibreOffice, that would be great.
Comment 5 QA Administrators 2021-06-13 03:48:20 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 6 QA Administrators 2023-06-14 03:12:43 UTC
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