AltSearch does not work with LibreOffice 7.6

I have been using AltSearch (laste version, 1.4.2) extension extension very frequently (nearly everyday) until recently, and it does a number of things which are impossible without it.

Unfortunately, it no longer works since the upadet frome LibreOffice 7.5 to 7.6.

The macro signals an error at the line
oLibContainer.LoadLibrary(LibName)
in the LoadDialog_ function of the fromTools module

Does anyonw know how to have this extension working again?

I cannot confirm your observation. Just at the moment I tried out AltSearch.oxt on LO 7.6.2.1. It worked slowly but did it’s duty…

  • Please provide more details to OS and LO version. (Menu Help | About LibreOffice)

Version: 7.6.2.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 60(Build:1)
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.4; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: de-DE (de_DE.UTF-8); UI: de-DE
Ubuntu package version: 4:7.6.2~rc1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1
Calc: threaded

Start in Safe Mode? Renew LO’s profile?

Here is my version
Version: 7.6.2.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 60(Build:1)
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.2; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: fr-CH (fr_FR.UTF-8); UI: fr-FR
Ubuntu package version: 4:7.6.2~rc1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1~lo1
I have not tried safe mode, nor refreshing the profile (which is a bit time consuming)

Shut down LibreOffice (and its quickstart, if running) - rename the profile’s directory’s name - start LO from anew (native profile) - add AltSearch.oxt - try out AltSearch.oxt
It’s about 4 minutes…

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Reinstall the extension. The error at oLibContainer.LoadLibrary(LibName) indicates that the Basic library “AltSearch” does not exist. This library is the core of the whole extension.

Thanks for your suggestions.

  • Deleting and reinstalling AltSearch did not solve the problem
  • But recreating my configuration file did work (with renaming
    o /home//.config/libreoffice/4/user
    o to
    o /home//.config/libreoffice/4/user-2023-10-03
    o then reinstalling the extension

Now I have to retrieve my personal settings… (and the other extensions)