Re: Documentation for writing addins
Hi Christof, I am trying to write an addin for AOO writer. Thank google I found a fiew examples for additional calc functions and a bit of interface documentations so I was able to more or less guess how the code for my writer addin should look like. Where I completelly am lost is on the various XML FIles. Is there any document describing the contents of an XCU file and a description.xml? The latter is not that much of a problem, because I can at least get enough of it from some examples I found. The XCU fules are the bug issue. you're probably looking for the Developer Guide: http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide and the Administration Guide: http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Administration_Guide Maybe you've been looking for the wrong keyword 'addin' because 'extension' might be what you're looking for. Addins in Calc just extend the formula base in Calc whereas Extensions extent functionality within the applications. And have a look at the API documentation: http://www.openoffice.org/api/ Kind regards, Joost
Re: Documentation for writing addins
Hi Christof, On 10/19/12 3:00 PM, Christof Donat wrote: Hi, I am trying to write an addin for AOO writer. Thank google I found a fiew examples for additional calc functions and a bit of interface documentations so I was able to more or less guess how the code for my writer addin should look like. I am sure you have found the DevGuide and the samples in the wiki or the SDK. Nevertheless I would recommend that you subscribe to the ooo-...@incubator.apache.org (in the future a...@openoffice.apache.org) and ask concrete questions there. It's probably easier to answer concrete questions I am assuming that you develop an extension with some UI integration (menu, toolbar) that we call add-on. If yes you should maybe also try the NetBeans plugin that provides a wizard for basic add-ons. But the generated skeleton can be used to add more stuff later on manually. Look at http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/WritingUNO/Integrating_Components_into_OpenOffice.org and the sub chapter (nav bar on the right side) where you can get more info about ProtocolHanlder and Add-Ons Where I completelly am lost is on the various XML FIles. Is there any document describing the contents of an XCU file and a description.xml? The latter is not that much of a problem, because I can at least get enough of it from some examples I found. The XCU fules are the bug issue. http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Extensions/Description_of_XML_Elements I hope this helps a bit Juergen
Re: Documentation for writing addins
Hi Jürgen, Thanks for your answer. I am sure you have found the DevGuide and the samples in the wiki or the SDK. Yes. Nevertheless I would recommend that you subscribe to the ooo-...@incubator.apache.org (in the future a...@openoffice.apache.org) and ask concrete questions there. It's probably easier to answer concrete questions Thanks, I will. I am assuming that you develop an extension with some UI integration (menu, toolbar) that we call add-on. Yes, exactly. If yes you should maybe also try the NetBeans plugin that provides a wizard for basic add-ons. But the generated skeleton can be used to add more stuff later on manually. Sorry, I don't think, I will have the chance to use Netbeans. Even if I had to, I would like to not have to install a pretty huge IDE, that I'd only use to create some project skeletons. Where I completelly am lost is on the various XML FIles. Is there any document describing the contents of an XCU file and a description.xml? The latter is not that much of a problem, because I can at least get enough of it from some examples I found. The XCU fules are the bug issue. http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Extensions/Descriptio n_of_XML_Elements That is exactly wht I had not found. Thanks a lot. Christof signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: Documentation for writing addins
What language will you use? On 10/19/2012 09:00 AM, Christof Donat wrote: Hi, I am trying to write an addin for AOO writer. Thank google I found a fiew examples for additional calc functions and a bit of interface documentations so I was able to more or less guess how the code for my writer addin should look like. Where I completelly am lost is on the various XML FIles. Is there any document describing the contents of an XCU file and a description.xml? The latter is not that much of a problem, because I can at least get enough of it from some examples I found. The XCU fules are the bug issue. Christof -- Andrew Pitonyak My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php
