I know that the underlying language is no VB but there may be parts that are, and I'm sure there must be somewhere your skills can be used.
Try joining the mailing list [email protected], introduce yourself and go from there... /paul On 1/13/06, Spencer Golze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess I have another question about development, now that you've brought > that up. I am just wondering what parts of OpenOffice might possibly be > programmed with VB, if any at all. I've been programming in VB6 for 2 years > now, and I don't know how much I could contribute if any, but from what I > read on your website, it seemed that just about anybody with the skills can > help. I'd love to help, personally, if it would be permitted, or even > possible for that matter. It wasn't too clear to me if VB was even included > in it, since the language was only briefly mentioned. > > Thanks > Spencer Golze > > > On 1/12/06, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > They all sound like good suggestions. One thing you can do with OOo is > > submit enhancement requests (using www.openoffice.org) and the > > developers and community get to vote on the ideas. Those that have the > > most merit, may be included in later releases of OOo... > > > > Give it a whirl and see where it takes you... > > > > /paul > > > > On 1/11/06, Spencer Golze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Right now I am enrolled in a University Calculus class and my professor > has > > > taken a sudden liking to the new TI Interactive software. Sure, I > admit, it > > > works pretty nicely, but it costs. He wants us to occasionally play > around > > > with the software since it is installed on certain computers in our > school > > > (I'm still in high school and he's a visiting professor), but otherwise > I > > > would say to forget about it because I don't have the money. I don't > know > > > how much you guys have checked out that specific software at Sun > > > Microsystems and I don't know how much you can do in respect to patents > and > > > copyrights, but from looking at that software you can perhaps gain > several > > > ideas to implement into it. Math right now is just basically a pretty > print > > > program, while TI Interactive allows you to add graphs, define and use > > > functions, calculate all types of things, basically everything you can > do on > > > a graphing calculator and more. You may want to keep Math as a simple > > > pretty print program, but perhaps you could allow graphs to be inserted > and > > > maybe allow a few modes/options to be set to make different parts work > > > together more. I'm still a new user, so I don't know all the ins and > outs > > > about it, so I don't know if I've overlooked something in it. The one > main > > > thing that you do have a 1 up on TI Interactive is that you can > basically > > > treat it like programming. Everything can be typed in to the command > box, > > > and it makes it quite easy to complete your task faster. In the other > > > program, you have to select a "Math Box" to type in formulas and other > > > random junk. I don't know. I hope I haven't bugged you guys too badly > with > > > what I hoped was a simple solution. > > > Last of all, I have to give an honest compliment to you guys. > OpenOffice > > > is, of course, a fairly new product, and as far as I'm concerned, you > guys > > > are almost up to where Microsoft is after years of work on their part. > I've > > > completely stopped using Microsoft Office now that I have OpenOffice on > my > > > computer. I absolutely love how you can save to all kinds of different > file > > > formats, including PDF. Microsoft Office can't compare. Go OpenOffice! > > > > > > Spencer Golze > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
