Hi Thorsten, >>>Is it possible to write a Java component, that is responsible for >>>painting (and getting events for) some area of a document. E.g. a >>>(hypothetical) component that displays a geometric construction >>>(almost like an image) but is able to respond to user input to make >>>the construction interactive? >> >>Yes, that is exactely my problem :). Can someone help us ? > > Hi Daniel, Bernhard, > > that's of course possible - write a plugin implementing the infamous > Netscape plugin interface. This plugin needs to be installed > (possibly into the standard browser and separate from OOo), and then > AFAIK displays certain URLs within OOo, like Flash movies - with the > plugin having full control over its own window area, and receiving its > own input events.
Thanks for your explanations. My feeling is that such solution is somewhat fragile: A plugin, which is installed in my browser, displays something, which is stored at an URL somewhere else, inside my document... Such plugin might not be able to modify the displayed contents, since it will not be able to store it to the URL. Therefore this seems to be a display-only solution. I was thinking about something like the formula editor of OpenOffice.org. Such formula is displayed within the document, stored within the documents ZIP and can be edited from the plugin. Is it possible to write something like the formular editor as plugin or UNO component for OpenOffice.org? Best regards Bernhard --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
