Thanks Arthur. Oooooh OK! Yes thats right I am not interested at all in working directly with OpenOffice rather just creating OpenDocument Format Presentation files from an application of my own in Java. So therefore its probably not for me. Afshad E. Dinshaw
________________________________ From: Arthur van Dorp <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2009 1:50:29 PM Subject: Re: [api-dev] New to OpenOffice API is there a java API? Hi Afshad > Im trying to figure out if there is a Open Office Java API ? So far I have > been using ODFToolkit.org 's Java API to create .odp files. > Is this one from Open Office better and more widely used? > Is there a getting started guide? Yes, there's an API for Java, C++, Python, StarBasic etc. The main site is http://api.openoffice.org/ and the developer's guide starts at http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/OpenOffice.org_Developers_Guide which has various Java examples. More Java-Samples can be found under http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/API/Samples/Java and there's a code snippet collection: http://codesnippets.services.openoffice.org/index.xml The main difference to ODFToolkit as far as I've understood it is that with the OpenOffice.org-API you're working directly with a running OpenOffice instance instead of directly accessing the contents of .od*-files. So it really depends on your use case. Have fun Arthur --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com.
