On 11/08/14 10:57, Amenel VOGLOZIN wrote:
> Hi,
> This message is just to bring a peculiarity of the SDK to the attention of
> the subscribers to this mailing list.
>
> Summary: as of AOO 4.1.0, %origin% is expanded into the "Office" folder in
> the "registry" subtree of your project (and installed extension).
>
> Details follow.
>
>
> The context: I was trying to add icons to the toolbar and menu commands of an
> extension I'm developing. I ended up following the pages at these addresses:
> *
> https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Framework/Article/Generic_UNO_Interfaces_for_complex_toolbar_controls
> *
> https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/WritingUNO/AddOns/Images_for_Toolbars_and_Menus
>
> I couldn't get the images to appear although I was certain the URLs were
> fine. Therefore, I went back to creating a dummy add-on project in NetBeans
> so I could see which URL would be generated.
>
> Instead of the %origin%/images/img.png pattern that I was using (and which is
> used in the second Wiki page mentioned above), the auto-generated Addons.xcu
> file had %origin%/../../../../../images/img.png
>
> Images are found and displayed with the string of ".." parent folders but not
> without these double dots. Apparently, %origin% does not point to the root
> folder in which the extension is installed
> (AddOn\build\soffice_debug\user\uno_packages\cache\uno_packages\svfj5eg0.tmp_\AddOn.oxt\
> in my case), which seems (to me) to diverge from what the Wiki says. Maybe
> that the definition of %origin% could be updated in the Wiki or
> checked/clarified?
>
> The conclusion that I come to is that %origin% gets expanded into [the
> pretty long]
> AddOn\build\soffice_debug\user\uno_packages\cache\uno_packages\svfj5eg0.tmp_\AddOn.oxt\registry\data\org\openoffice\Office\
> and not "just"
> AddOn\build\soffice_debug\user\uno_packages\cache\uno_packages\svfj5eg0.tmp_\AddOn.oxt\
> as I thought, reading the current Wiki.
your observation is correct and it is misleading that %origin% is
expanded to the folder where the xcu file is stored. A poor design or
bug if you want. The plugin takes care of this and referenced images
relatively as you noticed.
Juergen
>
> Here is the complete scenario:
> * In NetBeans, create a new Apache OpenOffice Add-On project.
> * On the Define User Commands page of the wizard, pick a 16x16 PNG image as
> the small low-contrast image.
>
> * Don't select anything as to the context. Finish the wizard. You'll see a
> bunch of "/.." in Addons.xcu.
>
> * Right-click the project and select Debug Extension in Target Apache
> OpenOffice. The image is displayed.
> * Exit. Then modify the URL (in Addons.xcu) to remove the parent folders in
> the path.
> * Debug again. The image isn't displayed.
> * Create a "images2" folder in registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/
> * Copy your image in there and change its name to img2.png. Also change the
> path in Addons.xcu.
>
> * In build.xml, add the XML fragment that is below this list of steps.
> * Debug with and without the ".." parent folders in the path. You'll have
> your images displayed in both cases.
>
>
> <target name="-post-uno-package">
> <zip update="true" destfile="${uno.package.name}">
> <zipfileset dir="registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/images2"
> includes="*" casesensitive="yes"
> prefix="registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/images2" />
> </zip>
> </target>
>
> Used:
> * NetBeans 8.0
> * AOO API Plugin 4.0.6
> * AOO 4.1.0
> Can someone who has access to the Wiki update the relevant page?
>
>
> Regards.
>
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