Ways of measuring OpenOffice startup time

Note: this page is about means to measure time. To see test results, go to OpenOfficeStartupTimeResults page.

Start with document which runs program when it is loaded

The idea is to prepare a document which upon loading calls a program which will record the time and/or other metrics.

This approach works, preliminary script is in trunk/tools/openoffice in SVN.

Preparation for measurements:

• Add path with measurements documents to safe macro paths: in menu Tools->Options->OpenOffice.org->Security->Macro security->Trusted sources->Trusted file locations. Otherwise OpenOffice will ask for confirmation of running macro in document, spoiling the measurement.

Ways of measuring time which did not work

Start with document which calls macro to quit OpenOffice

The idea is to prepare a document which upon loading calls macro which quits OpenOffice.

This approach does not work due to bug in OpenOffice - when quit command is executed, OpenOffice crashes.

Adding a 10 seconds delay before quitting OpenOffice does not help - apparently calling quit from Basic macro is not supported.

See bug 57748 in OpenOffice.

Useful links

• Cold start simulator