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Re: merge-docx.js doesn't start up Word 2007

From: Erik <mr.ericos_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:21:08 -0800 (PST)

Thanks for the answers!

Stefan, as it is possible to start Word in "diff mode" when selecting
the diff option in tortoise, then why whould you not be able to call
Word when doing a "resolve conflicts" during a merge on .docx files.

I wouldn't expect Tortoise to resolve the conflicts itself (because
they are binary after all), but it would be nice if it opens the right
files in Word for me >during< a merge operation. Word seems to offer
the right options, so why not?

The way you describe may work fine, but is cumbersome to say at least.
I lead a team of business analysts and we use subversion to manage our
documents, so I am really looking for some efficiency improvements in
handling merge-operations.

Kind regards,
Erik

P.S. @Andy and totally off topic, maybe your wife would like the
following link: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100744321033.aspx,
that is how I learned to cope with the ribbon. And believe it or not,
it really works better than the old UI after you get used to it.

On Nov 21, 9:29 am, Stefan Küng <tortoise..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Erik wrote:
> > I'm probably very impatient, but I would really like it if someone
> > could point me in the right direction, I'm stuck on the issue!
> > Has the fact that the "resolve conflict" buttons aren't shown anything
> > to do with the merge-docx.js script, or not?
>
> not with the scripts, no.
>
> > If so, what can I change in the script to make them appear?
>
> No, sorry.
> See below for more info...
>
>
>
> >> I've been trying to use subversion and tortoise to merge my Word
> >> 2007 .docx files and ran into some difficulties.
>
> >> The default diff functionality works fine > it starts Word in "diff"
> >> mode with both files loaded.
>
> >> However, the default merge-docx.js script does not seem to work. When
> >> I try to merge two files from two different branches tortoise tells me
> >> there is a conflict, but the "resolve conflict" buttons are not
> >> available (both "edit conflict" and "resolved" are greyed out).
>
> 'live' conflict resolving during a merge only works with text files.
> Your office files are binary.
> You have to use "resolve later" for those files during a merge or chose
> mine or theirs.
>
> If you chose "resolve later", then after the merge has finished you can
> then use the edit-conflicts function (which then uses the merge script).
>
> >> I would expect the buttons to be available and to start word 2007 in
> >> Merge mode. I've seen on the Microsoft developer site that there are
> >> methods that can be called (MergeDocuments), but I'm not familiar with
> >> scripting and don't know how to adjust the merge-docx.js file so it
> >> works.
>
> I don't even have MS office installed, so I definitely won't be able to
> help you improve the scripts.
>
> Stefan
>
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