Andrew, On Sun, 2011-07-31 at 21:49 -0400, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
> On 07/31/2011 02:19 PM, Bill Gradwohl wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 07/30/2011 10:57 PM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > >> I expect that you need to set this from the sheets draw page > > .... > > > > > > Thank You Andrew. > > > > I have a copy of your book back in Texas. I wish I had it here on the > > island. > > This is NOT complete, but it is updated. I am in the process of writing > a new version. > > http://www.pitonyak.org/OOME_3_0.odt > > > I wrote most of the POS system we use in our restaurant by > > referencing your book. It's 9000 lines of macro code. > > > > I was up on your web site yesterday and noted that you're putting out a > > new edition. I tried wrapping my head around UNO several times and > > failed. I just don't get it. I've hit api.openoffice.org trying to make > > heads or tails out of what's there, but no joy. The API is an > > impenetrable collection of unrelated spare parts as far as I'm > > concerned, and I'm a professional programmer (IBM Mainframes& Linux O/S > > utilities). I can't seem to get the right approach or frame of mind to > > understand the API set and UNO in particular. > > Do you know about Object Oriented Programming? For obvious reasons, > OOo/LO is built using objects. If you look at the code that is LO, these > objects are used and manipulated. > > The idea behind UNO is that I can access those internal LO objects > directly. The tricky part is that when you get an object that is one of > those internal LO objects, it typically supports many services and > interfaces. You then need to understand how those services and > interfaces tell you how to use the object. > > I think that my head is beginning to hurt. > > > That's why I had to ask for help, and you came through. > > > > Thank You. > > Your welcome! > > > > > - -- > > Bill Gradwohl > > Roatan, Honduras > > 504 9 899 2652 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > > > iEYEARECAAYFAk41nKcACgkQ7Orvev+eC8ouzgCg02jt9ON1ZahM4PoYQg83uHPj > > cosAninW5UjFnmRKHrlpKVqsGubBLjrB > > =tKaN > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > -- > Andrew Pitonyak > My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt > Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php > > Your 3rd edition is very good, you seem to hit the right level and tone. -- Jay Lozier [email protected] -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
