Re: [dev] Changed an extension from .jar to .oxt, now extension gets installed but cannot be used ?

2010-07-27 Thread Stephan Bergmann
On 07/26/10 15:20, TJ Frazier wrote: On the page http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Extensions/File_Format I added a little description, for a better overview of .oxt files. However, rony's problem relates to deploying old extensions, which might need another

Re: [dev] Changed an extension from .jar to .oxt, now extension gets installed but cannot be used ?

2010-07-26 Thread rony
Hi Oliver, thank you *very* much for your hint and pointer! Unfortunately, I have not found a means to get the class registered. Do I have to explicitly name that class to register in the META_INF/manifest.xml (and if so, how would that be done)? Currently the META-INF/MANIFEST.MF contains the

Re: [dev] Changed an extension from .jar to .oxt, now extension gets installed but cannot be used ?

2010-07-26 Thread Stephan Bergmann
On 07/25/10 23:24, rony wrote: Is there something I must also denote in the description.xml file to you need a META-INF\manifest.xml where you list all your files, for example: .. cut (thank you very much for that very helpful snippet!) ...

Re: [dev] Changed an extension from .jar to .oxt, now extension gets installed but cannot be used ?

2010-07-26 Thread rony
Hi Stephan, On 26.07.2010 09:20, Stephan Bergmann wrote: To avoid a misunderstanding: :) There was no misunderstanding at all on my side, but plain ignorance and missing experience/knowledge on my side, never having created an oxt-extension! (To my defense, I tried to research the developer

Re: [dev] Changed an extension from .jar to .oxt, now extension gets installed but cannot be used ?

2010-07-26 Thread TJ Frazier
Hi, Oliver, Stephan, On 7/26/2010 06:53, rony wrote: Hi Stephan, On 26.07.2010 09:20, Stephan Bergmann wrote: To avoid a misunderstanding: :) There was no misunderstanding at all on my side, but plain ignorance and missing experience/knowledge on my side, never having created an

[dev] Changed an extension from .jar to .oxt, now extension gets installed but cannot be used ?

2010-07-25 Thread Rony G. Flatscher
Hi there, currently (for many years) I have been deploying a scripting extension using a .jar file, named ScriptProviderForooRexx.jar (adding the ooRexx language to OOo, such that ooRexx scripts can be dispatched via OOo as well). Now, this weekend I wanted to change the filetype to .oxt

Re: [dev] Changed an extension from .jar to .oxt, now extension gets installed but cannot be used ?

2010-07-25 Thread Oliver Brinzing
Hi, Is there something I must also denote in the description.xml file to you need a META-INF\manifest.xml where you list all your files, for example: ?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8? !DOCTYPE manifest:manifest PUBLIC -//OpenOffice.org//DTD Manifest 1.0//EN Manifest.dtd manifest:manifest