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''Chart2'' is a sub-project of the [http://graphics.openoffice.org/chart/chart.html OpenOffice.org Chart Project]. Our goal is to develop a new Chart component for (presumably) OOo 2.6.
 
''Chart2'' is a sub-project of the [http://graphics.openoffice.org/chart/chart.html OpenOffice.org Chart Project]. Our goal is to develop a new Chart component for (presumably) OOo 2.6.
 
  
 
Charts are used for visualizing data sets from e.g. spreadsheets by two and three dimensional diagrams. There are a lot of different two- and three-dimensional chart types you can choose from. This page gathers information about the new chart implementation of OpenOffice.org. It is especially written to help new comers to the process of developping in the new OOo chart module.
 
Charts are used for visualizing data sets from e.g. spreadsheets by two and three dimensional diagrams. There are a lot of different two- and three-dimensional chart types you can choose from. This page gathers information about the new chart implementation of OpenOffice.org. It is especially written to help new comers to the process of developping in the new OOo chart module.
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If you would like to participate, if you have comments or questions related to the chart you are welcome on the graphics mailinglists:  (users,dev,features,bugs,cvs)@graphics.openoffice.org. See also the section at the bottom of this page called [Some useful information].
 
If you would like to participate, if you have comments or questions related to the chart you are welcome on the graphics mailinglists:  (users,dev,features,bugs,cvs)@graphics.openoffice.org. See also the section at the bottom of this page called [Some useful information].
  
== Compiling the new chart module ==
+
= Development in the New Chart =
 
 
The first step anyone need to achieve before starting to develop on the chart module
 
is compiling OpenOffice.org with the needed modifications for the new chart module.
 
OpenOffice.org provides two main ways to compile it : the "Vanilla" way and the
 
"OOoBuild" way. Let's explain what they are and the differences between those two
 
ways.
 
 
 
=== Compiling OpenOffice.org : the theory ===
 
 
 
==== Vanilla ====
 
 
 
Vanilla is the "standard" way to compile OOo. To compile OOo the "Vanilla" way,
 
you only need to download the sources, unzip them, and follow the instructions given
 
on the page [Add a link to the build steps from]. We will give Chart-specific details
 
about this in the following sections.
 
 
 
==== OOoBuild ====
 
 
 
To make it simple, OOoBuild is a "wrapper" around the OpenOffice.org build process
 
to make compiling OOo more straight-forward. Some of the enhancements added are :
 
 
 
* patches for known compiling problems
 
* integration with "[[ccache]]" and "[[icecream]]" to speed-up the process
 
* linux distribution specific compiling steps (specific splash screen for Fedora...)
 
 
 
So, to compile OOo with OOoBuild, just just need to download OOoBuild and put the
 
OOo standard sources in a specific directory.
 
 
 
=== Compiling OpenOffice.org : the practice ===
 
 
 
==== Commmon steps ====
 
 
 
===== Getting the sources =====
 
 
 
====== Introduction ======
 
 
 
Once you have all the dependencies installed, you will need to download the sources
 
of OOo. When working on a specific cws (for us, the "chart2mst3" cws) you will need
 
to follow two steps :
 
 
 
* downloading the OOo sources at a specific milestone
 
* downloading the specific modifications for the cws from the repository
 
 
 
====== Download the milestone ======
 
 
 
For the chart module, you will need to download the m172 milestone. The milestone
 
needed will change from time to time, so stay tuned ;-)
 
 
 
To download the milestone, you have several choices.
 
 
 
* Download from the cvs servers
 
* Download a pre-packaged version
 
* Download from the main OOo servers
 
 
 
Have a look at the following page for more explanations :
 
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Getting_It
 
 
 
Some advices :
 
 
 
I would recommend that you download a pre-packaged version of m172 from the
 
following link :
 
http://go-ooo.org/packages/SRC680/
 
 
 
This will save you time compared to downloading the cvs version.
 
 
 
 
 
If you still want to download it from the cvs, you can use the following :
 
<pre>
 
cvs -z3 co -r SRC680_m172 OpenOffice
 
</pre>
 
 
 
====== Update the CWS modifications ======
 
 
 
 
 
Once you downloaded the "standard" sources (also called HEAD), you need to update
 
them because the chart module modifications are in a separated cws called chart2mst3.
 
You need to update only the modified modules. To know which modules have been modified,
 
check the
 
[http://eis.services.openoffice.org/EIS2/cws.ShowCWS?Id=1074&Path=SRC680%2Fchart2mst3 EIS page related to the chart module.]
 
On this page, you will find a section called "Modules & Files" which describes the
 
modified modules.
 
 
 
For each module (subdir) you will need to do :
 
 
 
<pre>
 
cd name_of_the_module
 
cvs -z3 update -dP -r cws_src680_chart2mst3
 
</pre>
 
 
 
See also cws-extract from oobuild, if you want/need to
 
work with diffs (which will get HUGE, though)
 
 
 
Note : cwsclone ??? What's its use ??
 
 
 
===== dependencies =====
 
 
 
First of all before starting to compile anything, you will need to install all the
 
dependencies and tools needed for the compiling steps. On the Tools project page,
 
you should find all the information on the "Building the source" section :
 
 
 
http://tools.openoffice.org/
 
 
 
There, you should read the different sub-sections, they will give you a nice
 
introduction on how everything works. You should also notice that the steps are
 
different on each OS.
 
 
 
==== Vanilla ====
 
 
 
===== Configuring =====
 
 
 
Once you downloaded all the sources, you can start configuring the build.
 
 
 
 
 
<pre>
 
cd config_office
 
./configure
 
</pre>
 
 
 
If you forgot to install some dependencies, the configure will remind you
 
which one are lacking. You can check the one needed on the
 
[http://tools.openoffice.org/ tool page]
 
 
 
 
 
A nice trick for configuring OOo is to create a script in which you write
 
all the options activated for your build. This helps if you want to see
 
which options where enabled during the build some days after you compiled
 
everything. Here is an example :
 
 
 
<pre>
 
#! /usr/bin/batch
 
./configure  --with-jdk-home="/home/pagalmes/bin/jdk1.5.0_06/"  --with-ant-home="/usr/bin/ant" --with-lang="en fr"
 
</pre>
 
 
 
===== Building the tools (dmake...) =====
 
 
 
During the compiling step, the compiling process needs some tools to achieve
 
the build. Before compiling, you need to build those tools. For example,
 
 
 
* dmake
 
* ...
 
 
 
To compile the tools, just type :
 
 
 
<pre>
 
cd openOffice.org_m172/
 
./bootstrap
 
</pre>
 
 
 
===== Setting the environment =====
 
 
 
Before starting to compile OOo, you need to set all the environment variables
 
 
 
<pre>
 
tcsh
 
source LinuxIntelEnv.Set
 
setenv nodep "TRUE" ; setenv NO_HIDS "TRUE" ; setenv MAXPROCESS 2
 
rehash
 
</pre>
 
 
 
* '''nodep'''  : inhibits generation of dependency files
 
* '''maxprocess''' : sets the number of parallel dmakes per dir
 
* '''NO_HIDS''' prevents generation of HIDs (that's used for automated testing)
 
 
 
===== Compiling (finally...;-) =====
 
 
 
<pre>
 
cd instsetoo_native
 
build -P2 --dlv_switch -link --all
 
</pre>
 
 
 
* ''' -P2''' : fires up more than one dmake in _different_ dirs - thus, you end up with a maximum for 4 parallel compilations
 
* '''--dlv_switch -link''' : tells deliver not to copy files to solver, but link instead -> saves space
 
 
 
===== Smoke tests =====
 
 
 
Once everything compiled, you should launch the "smoke tests". Those are
 
tests to verify that the basic functions of OpenOffice.org work. To
 
launch the smoke tests, issue the following command lines :
 
 
 
<pre>
 
cd smoketestoo_native/
 
setenv TEMP "/home/pagalmes/workspace/chart2_m172_exec"
 
dmake noremove
 
</pre>
 
 
 
Note : sometimes those tests will fail but you can just ignore them.
 
 
 
==== OOoBuild ====
 
 
 
For this section, you should read the part called "Getting started with OOo development" on the wiki :
 
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Main_Page
 
 
 
===== Downloading OOoBuild =====
 
 
 
===== Downloading the sources =====
 
 
 
 
 
==== The errors reported and the solutions for m166. ====
 
 
 
During the compiling step, you will not be able to compile the whole code without
 
facing a small number of issues. Here are the issues we already found and ways to
 
correct them.
 
 
 
 
 
===== ERROR 1 : unoxml, xmerge, xmlhelp, chart2 =====
 
 
 
While compiling, the following error will rise :
 
 
 
<pre>
 
LINK: ../uiconfig/sglobal/statusbar/statusbar.xml -> /home/pagalmes/workspace/chart2_m166/src680-m166/solver/680/unxlngi6.pro/xml/uiconfig/
 
modules/sglobal/statusbar/statusbar.xml
 
Use of uninitialized value in string eq at /home/pagalmes/workspace/chart2_m166/src680-m166/solenv/bin/deliver.pl line 791.
 
LOG: writing /home/pagalmes/workspace/chart2_m166/src680-m166/solver/680/unxlngi6.pro/inc/sw/deliver.log
 
Statistics:
 
Files copied: 137
 
Files unchanged/not matching: 6
 
 
 
4 module(s):
 
        unoxml
 
        xmerge
 
        xmlhelp
 
        chart2
 
need(s) to be rebuilt
 
 
 
Reason(s):
 
 
 
ERROR: error 65280 occurred while making /home/pagalmes/workspace/chart2_m166/src680-m166/xmlhelp/source/com/sun/star/help
 
ERROR: error 65280 occurred while making /home/pagalmes/workspace/chart2_m166/src680-m166/xmerge/source/xmerge
 
ERROR: error 65280 occurred while making /home/pagalmes/workspace/chart2_m166/src680-m166/chart2/source/tools
 
ERROR: error 65280 occurred while making /home/pagalmes/workspace/chart2_m166/src680-m166/unoxml/source/service
 
 
 
Attention: if you build and deliver the above module(s) you may prolongue your the build issuing command "build --from unoxml xmerge xmlhelp chart2"
 
</pre>
 
 
 
===== the solution =====
 
 
 
====== the unoxml problem ======
 
 
 
As explained in issue [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=65110 65110],
 
in the file unoxml/prj/build.lst the first line has to be changed to add 'tools' in it :
 
 
 
<pre>
 
ux  unoxml  : '''tools''' offuh cppuhelper LIBXML2:libxml2 NULL
 
ux  unoxml\source\dom    nmake - all ux_dom      NULL
 
ux  unoxml\source\xpath    nmake - all ux_xpath    ux_dom NULL
 
ux  unoxml\source\events    nmake - all ux_events  ux_dom NULL
 
ux  unoxml\source\service  nmake - all ux_service  ux_dom ux_xpath ux_events NULL
 
</pre>
 
 
 
Then, to rebuild, just type :
 
 
 
<pre>
 
cd unoxml; build; cd ../instsetoo_native; build --all
 
</pre>
 
 
 
====== the xmerge problem ======
 
 
 
This is only a problem if you try to compile OOo with Java 1.5
 
The issue  [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=59368 59368]
 
explains it in a more detailed way.
 
 
 
To solve this, you only need to apply the patch attached to the issue :
 
 
 
<pre>
 
cd src680-m166
 
patch -p0 < [filename]
 
</pre>
 
 
 
===== ERROR 2 : The InternalDataProvider.cxx include error =====
 
 
 
This error has been reported as issue [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=63012 63012] :
 
 
 
<pre>
 
/home/pagalmes/workspace/OpenOffice/chart2/source/tools
 
------------------------------
 
Making: ../../unxlngi6/slo/InternalDataProvider.obj
 
g++ -Wreturn-type -fmessage-length=0 -c -I.  -I. -I../inc -I../../source/inc -I../../inc -I../../unx/inc -I../../unxlngi6/inc -I.
 
-I/home/pagalmes/workspace/OpenOffice/solver/680/unxlngi6/inc/stl -I/home/pagalmes/workspace/OpenOffice/solver/680/unxlngi6/inc/external
 
-I/home/pagalmes/workspace/OpenOffice/solver/680/unxlngi6/inc -I/home/pagalmes/workspace/OpenOffice/solenv/unxlngi6/inc
 
-I/home/pagalmes/workspace/OpenOffice/solenv/inc -I/home/pagalmes/workspace/OpenOffice/res
 
-I/home/pagalmes/workspace/OpenOffice/solver/680/unxlngi6/inc/stl -I/home/pagalmes/workspace/OpenOffice/solenv/inc/Xp31
 
-I/opt/j2sdk1.4.2_09/include -I/opt/j2sdk1.4.2_09/include/linux -I/opt/j2sdk1.4.2_09/include/native_threads/include -I/usr/X11R6/include
 
-I. -I../../res -I. -g  -O0  -pipe -mtune=pentiumpro -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -g -fexceptions -fno-enforce-eh-specs
 
-fpic -DLINUX -DUNX -DVCL -DGCC -DC341 -DINTEL -D_STLP_DEBUG -DCVER=C341 -D_USE_NAMESPACE -DNPTL -DGLIBC=2 -DX86 -D_PTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DNEW_SOLAR
 
-D_USE_NAMESPACE=1 -DSTLPORT_VERSION=400 -DHAVE_GCC_VISIBILITY_FEATURE -D__DMAKE -DUNIX -DCPPU_ENV=gcc3
 
-DGXX_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/4.0.2/../../../../include/c++/4.0.2 -DSUPD=680 -DDEBUG -DDBG_UTIL -DOSL_DEBUG_LEVEL=2
 
-DEXCEPTIONS_ON -DCUI -DSOLAR_JAVA -DSRC680=SRC680  -DSHAREDLIB -D_DLL_  -DMULTITHREAD  -o ../../unxlngi6/slo/InternalDataProvider.o
 
 
 
/home/pagalmes/workspace/OpenOffice/chart2/source/tools/InternalDataProvider.cxx
 
/home/pagalmes/workspace/OpenOffice/chart2/source/tools/InternalDataProvider.cxx
 
/usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/4.0.2/../../../../include/c++/4.0.2/bits/cpp_type_traits.h:100:
 
erreur: use of ‘__false_type’ is ambiguous
 
/usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/4.0.2/../../../../include/c++/4.0.2/bits/cpp_type_traits.h:94:
 
erreur:  first declared as ‘struct __false_type’ here
 
/home/pagalmes/workspace/OpenOffice/solver/680/unxlngi6/inc/stl/stl/type_traits.h:65:
 
erreur:  also declared as ‘struct _STLD::__false_type’ here
 
 
 
[...]
 
dmake:  Error code 1, while making '../../unxlngi6/slo/InternalDataProvider.obj'
 
'---* tg_merge.mk *---'
 
 
 
ERROR: Error 65280 occurred while making
 
/home/pagalmes/workspace/OpenOffice/chart2/source/tools
 
</pre>
 
 
 
 
 
===== The solution =====
 
 
 
The following line at the beginning of the file chart2/source/tools/InternalDataProvider.cxx :
 
 
 
<pre>
 
#include <valarray>
 
</pre>
 
 
 
Has to be put as the first include in the file. No solution has been found for now.
 
 
 
== Developping for the new chart module ==
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The common steps.
 
 
 
 
 
* How to build only a particular project :
 
 
 
 
 
* How to rebuild everything from scratch :
 
(erase the ".dlp" files or smthg like that ??)
 
 
 
* How to test the modifications done to the chart module :
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
=== Coding ===
 
 
 
the essentials
 
 
 
==== print, assert and debug helpers ====
 
 
 
When you start developping, you will certainly need to trace your program.
 
For this, debuggers are really useful, but what is often used is to inserted
 
functions like printf() that will send messages. How do those things work in
 
OpenOffice.org ? Well there are quite a few ways to echo strings.
 
 
 
===== the standard functions =====
 
 
 
The first one is to use the classical "printf" and "fprintf" functions :
 
 
 
<code>[cpp,N]
 
 
 
#include <stdio.h>
 
 
 
int foo()
 
 
  printf( "Foo\n" );
 
  fprintf( stderr, "foo\n" );
 
}
 
</code>
 
 
 
For the ones loving C++, the second way is to use the iostreams :
 
 
 
<code>[cpp,N]
 
 
 
#include <iostream>
 
 
 
int foo()
 
{
 
  std::cerr << "coucou" << std::endl;
 
  std::cout << "coucou" << std::endl;
 
}
 
</code>
 
 
 
As two ways of doing things is not enought, you will find a few macros.
 
There are two kinds of such macros, the OSL macros and the DGB macros.
 
 
 
===== The OSL functions =====
 
 
 
The OSL_ things are intended to be used permanently, not for debugging
 
only. I.e., when you would cassert() you should OSL_ASSERT() (or ENSURE).
 
 
 
* OSL_TRACE( "text" )
 
* OSL_ENSURE( condition, "text" )
 
* OSL_ASSERT( condition )
 
 
 
"For printf debugging you can also use OSL_TRACE( "Bla" ); On Linux, this
 
prints to stdout (or stderr), so you should see it on the console, as
 
long as the file was compiled with debug=t.
 
 
 
OSL_ASSERT( condition ) and OSL_ENSURE( condition, "text" ) also print to
 
stderr on Linux, but they pop up a window on Windows )"
 
 
 
 
 
Here are some examples and how to use those three functions :
 
 
 
====== OSL_TRACE example ======
 
 
 
<code>[cpp,N]
 
#ifndef _OSL_DIAGNOSE_H_
 
  #include <osl/diagnose.h>
 
#endif
 
 
 
[...]
 
 
 
int foo()
 
{
 
    OSL_TRACE( "My first trace" );
 
}
 
</code>
 
 
 
And the result should look like :
 
 
 
<code>
 
  $ ./myfoo
 
  Thread:      1 :My first trace
 
</code>
 
 
 
====== OSL_ENSURE example ======
 
 
 
 
 
<code>[cpp,N]
 
 
 
#ifndef _OSL_DIAGNOSE_H_
 
  #include <osl/diagnose.h>
 
#endif
 
 
 
[...]
 
 
 
int foo()
 
{
 
  // Will not be displayed.
 
  OSL_ENSURE( true, "here I truly gooooo!!" );
 
 
 
  // Will be displayed.
 
  OSL_ENSURE( false, "here I gooooo!!" );
 
 
 
  //
 
  #if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 2
 
    OSL_ENSURE( true, "here I gooooo if level is set to 3!" );
 
  #endif
 
 
 
}
 
</code>
 
 
 
And the result should look like :
 
 
 
<code>
 
  $ ./myfoo
 
  Error: File /home/pagalmes/workspace/chart2_m172/src680-m172/chart2/source/controller/main/ChartController.cxx, Line 1201: here I gooooo!!
 
  Backtrace: [0] /home/pagalmes/workspace/chart2_m172_exec/OpenOffice/opt/openoffice.org2.0/program/libchartcontroller680li.so: ???+0x4ac0e
 
  Backtrace: [1] /home/pagalmes/workspace/chart2_m172_exec/OpenOffice/opt/openoffice.org2.0/program/libchartcontroller680li.so: ???+0x4b73b
 
  Backtrace: [2] /home/pagalmes/workspace/chart2_m172_exec/OpenOffice/opt/openoffice.org2.0/program/libchartcontroller680li.so: ???+0x573b5
 
  Backtrace: [3] /home/pagalmes/workspace/chart2_m172_exec/OpenOffice/opt/openoffice.org2.0/program/libchartcontroller680li.so: ???+0x43964
 
  [...]
 
</code>
 
 
 
 
 
====== OSL_ASSERT example ======
 
 
 
<code>[cpp,N]
 
#ifndef _OSL_DIAGNOSE_H_
 
  #include <osl/diagnose.h>
 
#endif
 
 
 
[...]
 
 
 
int foo()
 
{
 
 
 
  bool test;
 
  test = true;
 
 
 
  OSL_TRACE( "test is true." );
 
  OSL_ASSERT( test );
 
 
 
  test = false;
 
 
 
  OSL_TRACE( "test is false." );
 
  OSL_ASSERT( test );
 
 
 
}
 
</code>
 
 
 
And the result should look like :
 
 
 
<code>
 
  Thread:      1 :test is true.
 
  Thread:      1 :test is false.
 
  Error: File /home/pagalmes/workspace/chart2_m172/src680-m172/chart2/source/controller/main/ChartController.cxx, Line 1202
 
  Backtrace: [0] /home/pagalmes/workspace/chart2_m172_exec/OpenOffice/opt/openoffice.org2.0/program/libchartcontroller680li.so: ???+0x452db
 
  Backtrace: [1] /home/pagalmes/workspace/chart2_m172_exec/OpenOffice/opt/openoffice.org2.0/program/libchartcontroller680li.so: ???+0x47361
 
  Backtrace: [2] /home/pagalmes/workspace/chart2_m172_exec/OpenOffice/opt/openoffice.org2.0/program/libchartcontroller680li.so: ???+0x56899
 
  [...]
 
</code>
 
 
 
 
 
===== the DBG functions =====
 
 
 
* DBG_ASSERT()
 
* DBG_ERROR()
 
  
 +
As the information on how to compile the new chart and on how to develop in this project have become quite lenghty, they can be found now on separate pages:
  
 +
* [[Compiling the new chart module]]
 +
* [[Developing for the new chart module]]
  
DBG_ASSERT() and DBG_ERROR() need the tools library (the tools project not
+
= Open Technical Issues in the New Chart =
the lib in chart2). Therefore I try to avoid it if a library is not linked
 
against tools anyway.
 
  
I think (not sure) that the model lib is not linked against tools.
+
There still some architectural issues left that have to be solved. This section serves for showing those problems and showing the progress in finding solutions.
  
== Documentation ==
+
= Documentation =
  
== Some useful information ==
+
= Some useful information =
  
 
* Main Chart Project Page: http://graphics.openoffice.org/chart/chart.html
 
* Main Chart Project Page: http://graphics.openoffice.org/chart/chart.html

Revision as of 12:16, 15 August 2006

Chart2 is a sub-project of the OpenOffice.org Chart Project. Our goal is to develop a new Chart component for (presumably) OOo 2.6.

Charts are used for visualizing data sets from e.g. spreadsheets by two and three dimensional diagrams. There are a lot of different two- and three-dimensional chart types you can choose from. This page gathers information about the new chart implementation of OpenOffice.org. It is especially written to help new comers to the process of developping in the new OOo chart module.

If you would like to participate, if you have comments or questions related to the chart you are welcome on the graphics mailinglists: (users,dev,features,bugs,cvs)@graphics.openoffice.org. See also the section at the bottom of this page called [Some useful information].

Development in the New Chart

As the information on how to compile the new chart and on how to develop in this project have become quite lenghty, they can be found now on separate pages:

Open Technical Issues in the New Chart

There still some architectural issues left that have to be solved. This section serves for showing those problems and showing the progress in finding solutions.

Documentation

Some useful information

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