Dear Ocke, I have checked out rptchart02, and have compiled it to work with OOo 2.4 (I needed to change a file, I have attached the diff in case you are interested).
I would like to ask for a bit of help though. Our extension is a UNO component and its output is a vector drawing. Do you think that with rptchart02 Sun Report Builder would now be able to accomodate such an extension? I got my hopes high, because charts are similar to some extent, but from looking at the source code I find that it is very specific to charts and not easily extended to other UNO components. In fact I do not understand why Sun Report Builder writes the XML directly when generating the report instead of using UNO to build and save a document. I think that the current approach is rather rigid and at the same time requires lots of extra effort on your part (writing more and more complex XML generators). What was the reason for this approach? Cheers, Daniel On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 6:50 AM, Ocke Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Moin Daniel, > > Darabos Dániel wrote: >> >> Thanks for the answer! >> >> I will look into rptchart02, it sounds like a Promised Land :). Is it >> only going to be integrated in OOo 3.0, or will its features come >> earlier as an update to the extension? >> > > The feature to insert charts into the report will be available in a > DEv300m20 or m21. But to extend the function set is already possible. > At the moment I don't know exactly but it looks good the engine will be > released earlier as OOo3.0. It still works with earlier versions and the new > feature se t is simply unused in that versions. > > Best regards, > > Ocke >> >> Best regards, >> >> Daniel >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Ocke Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Daniel Darabos, >>> >>> Please note I answer the mail in [email protected], which really is >>> the more appropriate for this kind of discussion. Please also stick to >>> this list - doing all this in private communication sounds like a waste >>> of knowledge to me. Thanks. >>> >>> >>> Darabos Dániel wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Dear Ocke, >>>> >>>> I am a developer from MultiRacio Ltd., responsible for the >>>> "EuroOffice" brand of extensions. Seeing how useful and popular Sun >>>> Report Builder is, we had the idea of bringing the functionality of >>>> EuroOffice Map Chart to it. It would allow adding automatically >>>> generated map charts to your reports. >>>> >>>> To read about EuroOffice Map Chart here is its page in the Extension >>>> Repository: >>>> >>>> http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/eurooffice-mapchart >>>> >>>> We now have a prototype of this integration working. >>>> >>> >>> That sounds really cool. :-) >>> >>>> >>>> Unfortunately for this to work, I had to modify two files in the Java >>>> source of Sun Report Builder. >>>> In SOReportJobFactory.java I made m_cmpCtx >>>> public static so I could get a UNO ServiceManager in >>>> ImageProducer.java. In ImageProducer.java if the image data is a >>>> string and starts with "map:" I instanciate >>>> com.multiracio.MapChartProfessional, give it the image data and use >>>> the image returned by EuroOffice Map Chart in the document. >>>> >>>> If you would like to open up Sun Report Builder to extensions, I think >>>> this could be a very effortless approach. There would just need to be >>>> a registry for Sun Report Builder plugins, and they could register for >>>> handling different "protocols" (such as >>>> "com.multiracio.MapChartProfessional" for "map:"). >>>> >>>> The prototype of EuroOffice Map Chart Professional now works by adding >>>> a new menu item to the "Insert" menu of >>>> com.sun.star.report.ReportDefinition (through the >>>> UIConfigurationManager), which opens a dialog, and creates an image >>>> object with a data field that is a formula expression that will >>>> evaluate to a string starting with "map:" and containing possibly >>>> different data for different instances (such as in the example). >>>> >>>> >>> >>> I don't know if it is a good idea to introduce a new URL for "map:". A >>> better approach for me would be to use a function like >>> "rpt:MapChartProfessional(args)". In cws rptchart02 I introduced two new >>> functions "Author" and "Title" which can be used as template. all what >>> need >>> to be done is add the service factory to the configuration like it was >>> done >>> for Author. >>> >>> >>>> >>>> If you have any questions about using it, let me know. It is supposed >>>> to be installed after the modified Sun Report Builder is installed, so >>>> that the menu is correctly extended. >>>> >>>> Now we are sure all this would be a nice feature for users. But we are >>>> not sure about how to go ahead with providing this solution. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> The easiest way for me is that you submit a patch file. I'll verify and >>> check before I integrate it into the source code. ;-) >>> >>>> >>>> The ideal scenario for us would be if a cleaned up version of this >>>> extensibility feature could be integrated into future versions of Sun >>>> Report Builder. This would also open up the way for other Sun Report >>>> Builder extensions, a very useful example of which would be an >>>> integration of regular charts. >>>> >>> >>> That is done in cws rptchart02. You can use charts as you can in for >>> example >>> in OOoCalc. >>> >>>> >>>> I would be more than glad to cooperate >>>> with you on making this happen. (Of course my understanding of the Sun >>>> Report Builder sources is a bit limited, but with your guidance I >>>> could probably write most of the code.) >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Feel free to ask any question which come to your mind. I'll try my best >>> to >>> answer them ;-) >>> >>>> >>>> We could also possibly provide a patched variant of the newest Sun >>>> Report Builder versions for download for users of EuroOffice Map >>>> Chart, but this would be quite an awkward solution, and I am not even >>>> sure about its legal circumstances, so I would like to avoid this >>>> approach. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> +1 >>> >>>> >>>> Please let me know what you think about all this! I am looking forward >>>> to your answer. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Really great. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Ocke >>> >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> >>>> Daniel Darabos >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ocke Janssen Tel: +49 40 23646 661, x66661 >>> Dipl. 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