[dev] Re: Would open office work for us?
T. J. Frazier wrote: Andreas Saeger wrote: You are using Excel as application development platform. ... And why not? So do I. Stable, customizable, automatically cross-platform, and free. Excel is *what*? * Menus and XML All the menus (and toolbars) in OO.o are kept in XML files. Interfaces are available to customize these to any desired degree. Considerable recent work has made this easier, for the benefit of extensions. So you've got to rewrite every single line of VBA code. * Extensions You may want to investigate packaging your software as an extension. That avoids license problems, and makes user installation very easy. After your 2000 lines of VBA code changed to 3500 lines of StarBasic. * Incompatibilities The OO.o Basic language is nearly 100% compatible with other Basic variants. It is the Application Program Interface (API) elements that are only partly compatible. The underlying models of OO.o are not, and never were intended to be, compatible with Microsoft. To some extent, the API tries to bridge this gap. StarBasic is strictly procedural while talking to a 100% object oriented API (and only that particular API). It has bugs, some of them severe. It is slow. It comes with a tiny set of runtime functions. * Further reading I commend to your attention the wiki page of the Documentation Project: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation Small snippets of that documentation (corrections) are written by me. where you will find links to the Developer's Guide and the Basic Programmer's Guide. You may wish to investigate Category:Extensions on the wiki, as well. HTH I commend to your attention the big, old VBA solution linked in the top post. It will run out some day or rewritten entirely but never converted to some other spreadsheet application. Now it runs for every single client. A rewrite for OOo gives how many additional clients? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.org
[dev] Re: Would open office work for us?
Andreas Saeger wrote: You are using Excel as application development platform. ... And why not? So do I. Stable, customizable, automatically cross-platform, and free. * Menus and XML All the menus (and toolbars) in OO.o are kept in XML files. Interfaces are available to customize these to any desired degree. Considerable recent work has made this easier, for the benefit of extensions. * Extensions You may want to investigate packaging your software as an extension. That avoids license problems, and makes user installation very easy. * Incompatibilities The OO.o Basic language is nearly 100% compatible with other Basic variants. It is the Application Program Interface (API) elements that are only partly compatible. The underlying models of OO.o are not, and never were intended to be, compatible with Microsoft. To some extent, the API tries to bridge this gap. * Further reading I commend to your attention the wiki page of the Documentation Project: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation where you will find links to the Developer's Guide and the Basic Programmer's Guide. You may wish to investigate Category:Extensions on the wiki, as well. HTH -- /tj/ T. J. Frazier Melbourne, FL (TJFrazier on OO.o) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.org
[dev] Re: Would open office work for us?
Lance Phillips at Owl Software wrote: To whom it may concern, I build an application for the food industry that uses Microsoft Excel. It is used by food companies all over the world. I'm really fed up with Microsoft. I'm wondering if I could do the same with OpenOffice. My application uses visual basic and xml to change all the menus in Excel when my workbooks and addins start. If you want to learn more about what I do just go to www.owlsoft.com. Sincerely, Dr. Lance Phillips Owl Software 503 E. Nifong Blvd. #210 Columbia, MO 65201 Tel 573 442-4126 Fax 815 301-9103 www.owlsoft.com You are using Excel as application development platform. There is no other software being API-compatible with any other software. This has nothing to do with spreadsheets anymore. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [dev] Would open office work for us?
Open Office could probably work for you. As I understand it, StarOffice has better support for VB. On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Lance Phillips at Owl Software wrote: > To whom it may concern, > > I build an application for the food industry that uses Microsoft Excel. It > is used by food companies all over the world. I'm really fed up with > Microsoft. I'm wondering if I could do the same with OpenOffice. My > application uses visual basic and xml to change all the menus in Excel when > my workbooks and addins start. If you want to learn more about what I do > just go to www.owlsoft.com. > > Sincerely, > Dr. Lance Phillips > > Owl Software > 503 E. Nifong Blvd. #210 > Columbia, MO 65201 > Tel 573 442-4126 > Fax 815 301-9103 > www.owlsoft.com > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.org > > -- Richard June Orion Technology Solutions 574.933.1576 http://www.oriontechnologysolutions.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.org
[dev] Would open office work for us?
To whom it may concern, I build an application for the food industry that uses Microsoft Excel. It is used by food companies all over the world. I'm really fed up with Microsoft. I'm wondering if I could do the same with OpenOffice. My application uses visual basic and xml to change all the menus in Excel when my workbooks and addins start. If you want to learn more about what I do just go to www.owlsoft.com. Sincerely, Dr. Lance Phillips Owl Software 503 E. Nifong Blvd. #210 Columbia, MO 65201 Tel 573 442-4126 Fax 815 301-9103 www.owlsoft.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [dev] Selecting the contents of a spreadsheet cell
On 12/02/09 18:53, true...@gmail.com wrote: When a part of the contents of a spreadsheet cell is selected with the cursor, is it possible to get just the selected part, and not the whole contents of the cell ? Not directly, but could try some tricks with the view's XTransferableSupplier interface. Niklas - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [dev] How can I build source code using VS 2008
> this is a very good entry point: > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide/Building_on_Windows And if the original poster wanted to build "inside" Visual Studio (in its IDE), that is not possible. (It works fine to debug in the VS IDE, though.) --tml - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [dev] How can I build source code using VS 2008
On Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:48:21 +0800 Arron Xiao wrote: >I intend to build openoffice source code using VS 2008 C++, > However, I cannot find any resource about it on your web site. Can > you tell me relational link about it or give me some suggestion? May I ask where you looked (which pages you crossed) when searching for the resources on building OOo? We might consider adding a link to the Building Guide from there. Best Regards, Bjoern Michaelsen -- === Sitz der Gesellschaft: Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, D-85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten Amtsgericht Muenchen: HRB 161028 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Thomas Schroeder, Wolfgang Engels, Wolf Frenkel Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Martin Haering === - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [dev] How can I build source code using VS 2008
Hi, Arron Xiao wrote: Hello I intend to build openoffice source code using VS 2008 C++, However, I cannot find any resource about it on your web site. Can you tell me relational link about it or give me some suggestion? this is a very good entry point: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide/Building_on_Windows HTH Oliver - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.org
[dev] How can I build source code using VS 2008
Hello I intend to build openoffice source code using VS 2008 C++, However, I cannot find any resource about it on your web site. Can you tell me relational link about it or give me some suggestion? Thank you in advance. Arron