Re: Help needed for building SDK samples in Visual Studio 2010
Shukla: I am currently working on a project that generates documents from a database (user variables, text marks, tables, and some formatting, i.e. standard stuff) using UNO C++ from inside an MFC application. I did not find any difficulties and the docs pretty much explain anything you need, but there are no prepared Visual Studio solutions. You should get the bootstrap example to work, then the rest is pretty much self-explanatory. I am using Visual Studio 2012, but I doubt that VS2010 behaves differently. If there is sufficient interest, I could write a small Visual Studio centric HowTo, but right now I am pretty busy with my own project. Here are a few pointers: (1) Some C++ headers declare symbols that clash with internal symbols of cl. There are quite a few ways around this problem, without recompiling the UNO libs. (2) Implement the Java examples from the Developer's Guide in C++. There is a 1 to 1 mapping from Java (and UNO) to C++ language constructs and this is well documented. While learning, I found it very useful to benefit from the better documented Java interface (with Javadocs). (3) Be consistent with character encodings. For external sources I use UTF-8 exclusively which is easy to map to the UNO C++ string representation using WideCharToMultiByte() and MultiByteToWideChar(). (4) As long as you use the UNO libraries from the distribution package, you cannot build native 64bit applications. MFC specific: (1) The current bootstrap code is very general and hardly requires any configuration, but I don't like the flashing console window. I put more or less the equivalent stuff into InitInstance() and ExitInstance() of the application object to avoid starting with a separate app. (2) Any data processing is done inside OnIdle() in my project. A separate thread should also be easy to implement. (3) Some operations (e.g. tables with computed values) require a short waiting period, or some values are not initially updated inside the resulting OpenOffice document. I haven't had the time to look at the UNO source code to find why you need a waiting period here and there. The occasional waiting period is also required for console applications. I hope this helps a a bit. jg
Re: Help needed for building SDK samples in Visual Studio 2010
http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/OpenOffice.org_Developers_Guide jg
Re: Need help in getting the design right with Openoffice.org
Mangesh: I don't know in what way your application needs differ from mine in detail. In my case, the bulk of the work is done by my MFC application. Once the data are "inside" of OpenOffice the feedback to the MFC app is not very complex and essentially only a couple of database entries need to get written to or updated. I can do this quite comfortably with OO Basic, which also handles some special menus. Depending on how your application and OO are coupled, this might not be a workable way. One more thing; if your application is part of your job it could make sense to buy the necessary expertise. Either to get started with UNO C++, which also would yield a base of working code, or to help with the project, too (I'd say, once you are comfortable with the UNO specific things, this should hardly be necessary). It's just a matter of what is more expensive, because you potentially need to spend more time working out the details when you are on your own. I am sure that there are enough experts out there, who are able to offer professional help. jg
Re: OpenOffice plugin for NetBeans 7.2?
It worked basically for me. I used NetBeans 7.2.1 together with the the 3.0.0.beta version of the NetBeans plugin to study the UNO API before continuing with C++. I did not encounter any problems while running any playing with the various Java examples. jg
Re: Regarding MSVCR80.dll
Why can't you stay with Visual Studio 2012 and install the associated Visual Studio 2012 runtime libraries (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679) on the other Windows targets? If I remember correctly, MSVCR80.dll belongs to VS2005. So in case you build different versions of your module using VS2012 and VS2005 you need to have both associated runtime libraries installed. -- jg
Re: Regarding MSVCR80.dll
Forget about Mac and Linux for a moment, since you already seem to have problems on Windows. It looks as if your makefile is incorrect about some dependencies. You might also check that the manifest of the project has been set up properly (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235542%28v=vs.110%29.aspx), although a manifest is not strictly required in your case. When you build your project from within VS you don't have to worry about this. It is probably not a good idea to simply compile and link your project using a hand written makefile, because different platforms might need other tools as well (like the manifest tool to bind the executable code to the proper runtime libs) and you probably end up doing a lot of OS dependent dispatching inside the makefile. Consider generating your build environment with cmake (www.cmake.org). jg
Re: UNO API
A couple of weeks ago I had a UNO project that required using Visual Studio/MFC. Despite the fact that there not a lot of information about this setup, Visual Studio (2012 in my case) works nicely with the UNO API. I did not read the old docs Alexandro Colorado referred to in the other reply. To get started I would suggest the following steps: (1) Download and install Java/Netbeans/OO Plugin to learn NO using Java. (2) Then go to C++. There is a simple mapping from the Java to C++ syntax. (3) Decide whether you want to support the current method of bootstrapping (you don't have to). The old message http://markmail.org/message/gzzv3we42b36aavn?q=list:org%2Eapache%2Eincubator%2Eooo-api+from:%22jg%22&page=1 has some more details on what to look for. jg - To unsubscribe, e-mail: api-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: api-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: uno api problem
This might also work: xPropertySet->setPropertyValue(L"CharFontName", makeAny(OUString((const sal_Unicode *)L"Corbel"))); Or, if the value is not a constant (MFC): CStringW value; ... OUString value((const sal_Unicode *)((LPCWSTR)value)); xPropertySet->setPropertyValue(L"CharFontName", Any(value)); jg - To unsubscribe, e-mail: api-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: api-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: UNO API
Maybe this helps a bit:
(1) Get access to known types (here only currency and date):
...
// Query the number formats supplier of the writer document
Reference < XNumberFormatsSupplier >
xNumberFormatsSupplier(xTemplateComponent, UNO_QUERY_THROW);
Reference < XNumberFormats > xNumberFormats =
xNumberFormatsSupplier->getNumberFormats();
// Query the XNumberFormatTypes interface
Reference < XNumberFormatTypes > xNumberFormatTypes(xNumberFormats,
UNO_QUERY_THROW);
// Get the number format index key of the default currency format, note
the empty locale for default locale
Locale aLocale;
m_nCurrencyKey =
xNumberFormatTypes->getStandardFormat(com::sun::star::util::NumberFormat::CURRENCY,
aLocale);
m_nDateKey =
xNumberFormatTypes->getStandardFormat(com::sun::star::util::NumberFormat::DATE,
aLocale);
(2) Later: set the cell properties:
...
switch (dataType) {
case UnoDataType::CurrencyType:
xCellProps->setPropertyValue(L"NumberFormat",
Any((sal_Int32)m_nCurrencyKey));
xCellCursorProps->setPropertyValue(L"ParaAdjust",
Any(com::sun::star::style::ParagraphAdjust_RIGHT));
break;
...
}
I am working with a table inside a writer document, but the spreadsheet
shouldn't differ a lot.
Yes, I do know that this may not be portable, but the rest of the MFC
sources isn't either :)
jg
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Re: EXTERNAL: Re: soffice process still running
You can dispose the component in question (http://www.openoffice.org/api/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/lang/XComponent.html). jg - To unsubscribe, e-mail: api-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: api-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: convert rtl::OUString to char *
WideCharToMultiByte() indicates that you are working on Windows. At first you need to convert to UTF16 (from UTF8), and then from UTF16 to the desired code page. Have a look at http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/C-UTF-8-Conversion-Helpers-22c0a664 . jg
Re: convert rtl::OUString to char *
WideCharToMultiByte() indicates that you are working on Windows. At first you need to convert to UTF16 (from UTF8), and then from UTF16 to the desired code page. Have a look at http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/C-UTF-8-Conversion-Helpers-22c0a664 . jg - To unsubscribe, e-mail: api-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: api-h...@openoffice.apache.org
