Hello Ariel, thanks for your quick response :-) . I'll try to investigate further and I'll write un update if I will be able to solve the problem. Thanks again and best regards,
Fabrizio On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 3:54 PM, Ariel Constenla-Haile <arie...@apache.org> wrote: > 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 >
