Hi
I've just read the analysis on chart2 wiki about the use of external tools for charts non covered by the chart module. Let me say first that I fully agree with the rationale here : the chart module cannot possibly cover all use cases. 2 years ago I wrote a little macro tool which allowed to generate and embed gnuplot drawings in OOO docs. The tricky part of this approach is the storage of the source data used to generate the plot, and the metadata describing what kind of tool is needed. In my macro, I used the "CustomMetaData" CDAT asigned to the generated shape store the gplt file, allowing to modify and replot from a saved document. While this worked, it's more of a convenient hack than anything else, and doesn't feel very clean, particularly when embedding several data source files is needed. This also pushes the semantic of CustomMetaData a bit far ( in my book anyway) As of yet, I couldn't find any clear guidance in OOO dev docs or in the ODF spec of how to embed simultaneously : - an image generated by an external tool called from an extension - the data source needed to recreate the image provided the extension and the tool are available - the metadata linking all this together This issue relates also to the extension framework, and the metadata work in ODF. The "special notes" in http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Chart2 refer somewhat to the issue. Are there any plans to work on guidelines/specs/framework/goodpractices to address this ? ___________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail réinvente le mail ! Découvrez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail et son interface révolutionnaire. http://fr.mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
