Hello Fabrizio, On Mon, Feb 09, 2015 at 02:42:35PM +0100, Fabrizio Marchesano wrote: > Hi all, > I know that this is more a LO question rather than AOO (and I posted it on > LO forums and mailing lists), but since the starting point is the Analog > Clock sample extension attached to the guide for sidebar developers ( > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Sidebar_for_Developers), it could be of > interest for AOO developers as well. > Since I'm deeply interested in sidebar extensions, I studied the very well > written "Sidebar for Developers" article mentioned above and I was able to > customize the Analog Clock extension available on the page. > All was fine in AOO 4.1.1, but when I installed the OXT on LO 4.4 the > sidebar panel was no more visible (while the installation itself ran > without problems). > I then installed on LO the original Analog Clock extension, but the result > was the same: the interface is no more visible. > Steps to reproduce the problem: > > - download the Analog Clock Extension (direct link: > http://people.apache.org/~af/clock/AnalogClock.oxt ; source code: > http://people.apache.org/~af/clock/AnalogClock.zip ) > > - in the package, change the dependencies tag in description.xml file to > install the extension on LibreOffice 4.4: > > original dependencies tag content: > > <OpenOffice.org-minimal-version value="4.0" d:name="Apache OpenOffice"/> > > new dependencies tag content: > > <OpenOffice.org-maximal-version value="4.x" dep:name="OpenOffice.org 4.x" > dep:OpenOffice.org-minimal-version="4.0"/> > > - install the extension on LibreOffice (enable Java Runtime Environment if > needed) > > - after restarting LibreOffice, you will see the icon of the new sidebar > panel just below the others, but no interface is shown when clicking on it > (i.e. the analog clock and also its container panel are not visible) > > I gave a look to the source code but with no luck: can someone give me a > hint about the possible cause of the problem?
No, I've no idea; this might be a bug in LO. I've tried this example: https://people.apache.org/~arielch/extensions/DummyJavaSidebar.zip and though it works, LO crashes when I close the document with the x at the right top corner. Regards -- Ariel Constenla-Haile La Plata, Argentina
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