#50 Object variable not set

[Werner Eugster]

Since I upgraded LibreOffice to version 4.3 (on MacOS X, 10.8.5) TexMaths does no longer work. I only installed v. 0.39 in August or so (for the first time, and it worked nicely with the older LibreOffice version), and hence I was clear that this has to do with the version change of LibreOffice.

Today I now tried version 0.41 to see whether it works, but same issue: I get the following error:

BASIC runtime error. Object variable not set.

and the macro editor pops up and shows me this statement:

oDrawDocCtrl = oDrawDoc.getCurrentController()

in TexMathsTools, line 428

Since I have no clue about macro programming in LibreOffice (but know LaTeX/pdfLaTeX) quite well, I cannot solve such an issue myself. Any ideas how to set that object variable?

[Rudson Alves]

Try remove "~/.config/libreoffice" directory.

This worked in my Slackware.

[Werner Eugster]

Hi Rudson

thanks for the suggestion. Although I am not using Linux, it helped me to find and solve the issue on my Mac. Here is what I found out:

• there is no ~/.config/libreoffice directory, but it works if I remove the following directory from my Mac:
  ~/Library/Application Support/LibreOffice/4/user

• since this also removes all my settings, I tried to find out what makes the difference between a "clean" new installation and what I had, and it seems to be one single file:
  ~/Library/Application Support/LibreOffice/4/user/TexMaths/tmp/.~lock.tmpfile_.svg#

If one removes this file it works again. My best guess is that this lock file was remaining from a LibreOffice crash and it may just be a coincidence that I used TexMath before upgrading to version 4. In any case: if other Mac users have the same issue, then executing this command should solve the issue:

cd $HOME//Library/Application\ Support/LibreOffice/4/user/TexMaths/tmp
rm .~lock*

(or similary).

Thank you very much for your support!

Best,

Werner

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On 26 Oct 2014, at 19:27 , "Rudson Alves" alves67@users.sf.net wrote:

Try remove "~/.config/libreoffice" directory.

This worked in my Slackware.

[bugs:#50] Object variable not set

Status: open
Group: v1.0_(example)
Created: Thu Oct 16, 2014 09:03 AM UTC by Werner Eugster
Last Updated: Thu Oct 16, 2014 09:03 AM UTC
Owner: nobody

Since I upgraded LibreOffice to version 4.3 (on MacOS X, 10.8.5) TexMaths does no longer work. I only installed v. 0.39 in August or so (for the first time, and it worked nicely with the older LibreOffice version), and hence I was clear that this has to do with the version change of LibreOffice.

Today I now tried version 0.41 to see whether it works, but same issue: I get the following error:

BASIC runtime error. Object variable not set.

and the macro editor pops up and shows me this statement:

oDrawDocCtrl = oDrawDoc.getCurrentController()

in TexMathsTools, line 428

Since I have no clue about macro programming in LibreOffice (but know LaTeX/pdfLaTeX) quite well, I cannot solve such an issue myself. Any ideas how to set that object variable?

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[ederag]

Thanks for investigating further ! A simple

rm ~/.config/libreoffice/4-suse/user/TexMaths/tmp/.~lock.tmpfile_.svg#

fixed it, indeed (On openSUSE 13.2).