Hi Nicolas,
Nicolas Clavaud escribió:
Hi everybody. I have an idea for OpenOffice but not enough Java/UNO
programming experience to start, so you can certainly help :
The idea is to add (basic) GIS (Geographical Information System)
functionalities to OpenOffice Base.
I have many ideas of how it could look like - I tried to summarize them
on a webpage : http://n.clavaud.free.fr/OOoGIS/index-en.htm - but I have
no idea how it could be implemented in OOo : do I have to create an
add-on or a UNO component? I have Java + Netbeans + OOo SDK, and a basic
understanding of english. Do I need anything else?
I have no idea about Geographical Information System, so I can only
answer about your last question: for what you're trying/planning to do
according the pic
http://n.clavaud.free.fr/OOoGIS/MapsMenu_en.jpg
no extension can do that ("Extension" in the sense of not touching OOo
source code in order to make your extension work -- in this "strict"
sense, the SRB is not an extension)
So "Do I need anything else?", yes: learn C++, hack OOo, and make your
own build :-(
A dummy thing, like just hacking
dbaccess/source/ui/app/AppIconControl.cxx by adding a new TPair to the
pTypes in OApplicationIconControl::OApplicationIconControl (not a
functionality, just an icon), would take you a lot of work (I'm just
guessing, 'cause I've never done it -- I'm looking forward for my
southern-hemisphere-summer-of-code)
Nevertheless, extensions can use *own* tool and menu bars, and can
*merge* their own in OOo's.
regards
Ariel.
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macht mich härter."
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