Hi Ariel, >> On the medium run, I would like to make the UI from >> Edit/Database/Properties available via UNO, too. More precise, I would >> like the driver for a certain backend to provide its own UI [...] > > ... if a driver is installed as an *extension* (like the one for > PostgreSQL) now the driver developer has the *Options* *Dialog*: he can > add a leaf to his driver in OOoBase's node.
But this would be global options. So far, the philosophy in Base is to do settings on a per-document basis. > For the native drivers, I always wonder why there is no config. in the > Options dialog, so the user can set the default behavior when creating a > new ODB with a datasource using this driver [..well..I answer myself: > who ever uses this almost "hidden" dialog!] Having a configuration for "default settings for database/driver X" would be the first step, anyway. Then a complete "driver package" could be: 1. the actual library implementing the driver 2. a configuration for its default-settings 3. a bunch of UI descriptions for changing its default settings 4. a bunch of UI descriptions for changing its per-document settings (where 4 is probably a superset of 3., since you want so specify, say, the host to connect to for a concrete document, but not as general option.) hey, seeing it this way - having driver-provided Tools/Options content is really a nice idea, thanks! I will keep this in mind. > The last time I realized this need was yesterday when testing the CTWiz > on Windows: I used the same NB project and samples, all using UTF-8 > encoding and so the XDriveManager connection info, but when importing to > HSQLDB embedded on Win the copied tables turned out with the default > destination encoding, so the tables result useless (as the Spanish is > full of accents: "Andrés" turned out "Andrés", etc). Ehm - HSQL doesn't have a "destination encoding". Not sure I understand you here, but perhaps this is another bug. Can you elaborate? Ciao Frank -- - Frank Schönheit, Software Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/staroffice - - OpenOffice.org Base http://dba.openoffice.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
