[api-dev] Creating a docking window in Java

[Jérémy Bethmont]

Hello,

I'm trying to create a docking window inside OpenOffice (2.0.1) like
the Gallery or the Media Player in the tools menu.

I try to achieve this but i cannot find any documentation or snippet
code about this.

I can create a "dockingwindow" and i think i have to create an UI
element with the FactoryManager and dock it via the LayoutManager but
i don't know how to do this.

I didn't find anything about this on the web or the mailinglists.

Here is my code (in Java) :

   public void newDockingWindow() throws Exception
   {
      XWindowPeer MyWindowPeer = (XWindowPeer)
      UnoRuntime.queryInterface(XWindowPeer.class,
_xController.getFrame().getContainerWindow());
      XToolkit MyToolkit = MyWindowPeer.getToolkit();

      WindowDescriptor aDescriptor = new WindowDescriptor();
      aDescriptor.Type = WindowClass.SIMPLE;
      aDescriptor.WindowServiceName = new String("dockingwindow");
      aDescriptor.ParentIndex = -1;
      aDescriptor.Parent = MyWindowPeer;
      aDescriptor.Bounds = new Rectangle(50, 50, 100, 100);
      aDescriptor.WindowAttributes = 0;

      XWindowPeer xPeer = MyToolkit.createWindow(aDescriptor);
      xPeer.setBackground(0x0000ff);

      XWindow xWindow = (XWindow)UnoRuntime.queryInterface(
            XWindow.class, xPeer);

      XFrame xFrame = (XFrame)UnoRuntime.queryInterface(
            XFrame.class,
            _xMultiComponentFactory.createInstanceWithContext(
                  "com.sun.star.frame.Frame",
                  _xComponentContext));
      xFrame.setName("myframe");
      xFrame.initialize(xWindow);

      xWindow.setVisible(true);

      XPropertySet props = (XPropertySet) UnoRuntime.queryInterface(
XPropertySet.class, _xController.getFrame());

      Object obj = props.getPropertyValue("LayoutManager");
      XLayoutManager layout =
(XLayoutManager)UnoRuntime.queryInterface(XLayoutManager.class, obj);

      XUIElementFactoryRegistration uielemfactoryreg =
(XUIElementFactoryRegistration)UnoRuntime.queryInterface(
            XUIElementFactoryRegistration.class,
            _xMultiComponentFactory.createInstanceWithContext(
                  "com.sun.star.ui.UIElementFactoryManager",
                  _xComponentContext));

      // I don't know what to put here
      uielemfactoryreg.registerFactory("floater", "myframe", null, null);

      XUIElementFactory uielemfactory =
(XUIElementFactory)UnoRuntime.queryInterface(
            XUIElementFactory.class,
            _xMultiComponentFactory.createInstanceWithContext(
                  "com.sun.star.ui.UIElementFactory",
                  _xComponentContext));
      PropertyValue[] loadProps = new PropertyValue[1];
      PropertyValue asTemplate = new PropertyValue();
      asTemplate.Name = "Frame";
      asTemplate.Value = xFrame;
      loadProps[0] = asTemplate;
      uielemfactory.createUIElement("private:resource/floater/myframe",
loadProps);

      layout.floatWindow("private:resource/floater/myframe");

      Point p = new Point(0, 0);

      layout.dockWindow("private:resource/floater/myframe",
DockingArea.DOCKINGAREA_DEFAULT, p);
   }


With this code, i obtain an IllegalArgumentException on the method
registerFactory.

Any help is welcome! Thank you!

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