Error when building documentation

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Question iReport Development No.1 - Report Build error by Eclipse
-Issue:
When we build using build-release, a build error is being thrown.
-Situation:
Concerning this error, we think that "external.odt" file does not
exist when it is converting from OpenOffice format to PDF format.
As in addition, we set path for OpenOffice and developed macro
converting to PDF file along SDK document.
Please see follow URL: 'Reports - Developer Community'
(http://developer.novell.com/wiki/ind...ng_the_Plug-in)
Error screen shot: Please see the attached files.
>Image1.jpg
Double click build-release, report build error is occurred.
>Image2.jpg
"BUILD FAILED" is appearing after close Run time error dialog box.
Please let me know workaround or how to solve this issue.
[DGC - the two screenshots showed:
a) the OpenOffice macro debugger open and with an error popup (in
Japanese); the cursor was pointing to the line: oIndexes =
oDoc.getDocumentIndexes()
b) The resulting Ant build error, which states that it can't find the
'external.pdf' file to copy
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Answer 1

OK, so first some background:
1) The basic process goes like this:
a) one release doc (edited by the developer, presumably) and the
template docs are copied to the build area
b) Each doc is unzipped (ODT's are just ZIP files) into a subdir
c) The doc contents are copied around; this is to allow Ant to
replace its special @VAR@ variables in the document content
d) The docs are zipped back up into ODTs
e) The ODTs are converted into PDFs using OOo's macro functionality
Here are the troubleshooting steps I would apply:
1) Make sure the external.odt file exists - check the build area
(//content/build/<pluginname>/tmp/) and can be opened using normal
OpenOffice
2) Check that the release.odt file exists (same location) and can be
opened using normal OpenOffice
3) See if you can manually convert the external.odt file into a PDF -
the command we use is simply:
soffice -invisible
macro:///Standard.Collectors.External2PDF(${pkgdir}/tmp/external.odt)
(replace ${pkgdir} with the build directory path).
If all that works, then the Ant build process should work.
Also - what does that OpenOffice error popup say?
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