Index: gc_core/py/oxt/helpers.py
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--- gc_core/py/oxt/helpers.py
+++ gc_core/py/oxt/helpers.py
@@ -91,5 +91,13 @@
     sFullPath = xPackageInfoProvider.getPackageLocation("French.linguistic.resources.from.Dicollecte.by.OlivierR")
     if sPath and not sPath.startswith("/"):
         sPath = "/" + sPath
     sFullPath = sFullPath[8:] + sPath
     return os.path.abspath(sFullPath)
+
+
+def getProductNameAndVersion ():
+    "returns tuple of software name and version"
+    xSettings = getConfigSetting("org.openoffice.Setup/Product", False)
+    sProdName = xSettings.getByName("ooName")
+    sVersion = xSettings.getByName("ooSetupVersion")
+    return (sProdName, sVersion)

Index: gc_lang/fr/oxt/ContextMenu/ContextMenu.py
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--- gc_lang/fr/oxt/ContextMenu/ContextMenu.py
+++ gc_lang/fr/oxt/ContextMenu/ContextMenu.py
@@ -137,14 +137,11 @@
 
     def execute (self, args):
         if not args:
             return
         try:
-            # what version of the software?
-            xSettings = helpers.getConfigSetting("org.openoffice.Setup/Product", False)
-            sProdName = xSettings.getByName("ooName")
-            sVersion = xSettings.getByName("ooSetupVersion")
+            sProdName, sVersion = helpers.getProductNameAndVersion()
             if (sProdName == "LibreOffice" and sVersion < "4") or sProdName == "OpenOffice.org":
                 return
 
             # what event?
             bCorrectEvent = False