Configuration

OpenOffice.org Developer's Guide

Writing UNO Components

< Previous Section

Next Section >

• Required Files
• Using UNOIDL to Specify New Components

• Writing the Specification

• Preprocessing
• Grouping Definitions in Modules
• Simple Types
• Defining an Interface
• Defining a Service
• Defining a Sequence
• Defining a Struct
• Defining an Exception
• Predefining Values
• Using Comments
• Singleton
• Reserved Types
• Published Entities

• Generating Source Code from UNOIDL Definitions

• Component Architecture
• Core Interfaces to Implement

• XInterface
• XTypeProvider
• XServiceInfo
• XWeak
• XComponent
• XInitialization
• XMain
• XAggregation
• XUnoTunnel

• Simple Component in Java

• Class Definition with Helper Class
• Implementing Your Own Interfaces
• Providing a Single Factory Using a Helper Method
• Write Registration Info Using a Helper Method
• Implementing without Helpers
• Storing the Service Manager for Further Use
• Create Instance with Arguments
• Possible Structures for Java Components
• Running and Debugging Java Components

• Register Component File
• Make Registration Available to OpenOffice.org
• Test the Registration
• Debugging
• The Java Environment in OpenOffice.org
• Troubleshooting

• C++ Component

• Class Definition with Helper Template Classes
• Implementing your own Interfaces
• Providing a Single Factory Using a Helper Method
• Write Registration Info Using a Helper Method
• Provide Implementation Environment
• Implementing without Helpers
• Storing the Service Manager for Further Use
• Create Instance with Arguments
• Multiple Components in One Dynamic Link Library
• Building and Testing C++ Components

• Integrating Components into OpenOffice.org

• Protocol Handler

• Implementation
• Configuration
• Installation

• Jobs

• Execution Environment
• Implementation
• Initialization
• Returning Results
• Configuration
• Installation
• Using the vnd.sun.star.jobs: URL Schema
• List of Supported Events

• Add-Ons

• Guidelines
• Configuration

• Menus
• Toolbars
• Images for Toolbars and Menus
• Help Integration

• Installation

• Disable Commands
• Intercepting Context Menus

• File Naming Conventions
• Deployment Options for Components

• Command Line Registry Tools
• Manual Component Installation
• Bootstrapping a Service Manager
• Special Service Manager Configurations

• The UNO Executable

• Standalone Use Case
• Server Use Case
• Using the UNO Executable

• Accessing Dialogs

• Assigning Component Methods to Control Events
• Using Dialogs in Components

< Previous Page

Next Page >

The user interface definitions of all add-ons are stored in the special configuration branch org.openoffice.Office.Addons.

The schema of the configuration branch org.openoffice.Office.Addons specifies how to define a user interface extension.

  <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
  <oor:component-schema oor:name="Addons" 
                        oor:package="org.openoffice.Office" 
                        xml:lang="en-US" 
                        xmlns:oor="http://openoffice.org/2001/registry" 
                        xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" 
                        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
      <templates>
          <group oor:name="MenuItem">
              <prop oor:name="URL" oor:type="xs:string"/>
              <prop oor:name="Title" oor:type="xs:string" oor:localized="true"/>
              <prop oor:name="ImageIdentifier" oor:type="xs:string"/>
              <prop oor:name="Target" oor:type="xs:string"/>
              <prop oor:name="Context" oor:type="xs:string"/>
              <set oor:name="Submenu" oor:node-type="MenuItem"/>
          </group>
          <group oor:name="PopupMenu">
              <prop oor:name="Title" oor:type="xs:string" oor:localized="true"/>
              <prop oor:name="Context" oor:type="xs:string"/>
              <set oor:name="Submenu" oor:node-type="MenuItem"/>
          </group>
          <group oor:name="ToolBarItem">
              <prop oor:name="URL" oor:type="xs:string"/>
              <prop oor:name="Title" oor:type="xs:string" oor:localized="true"/>
              <prop oor:name="ImageIdentifier" oor:type="xs:string"/>
              <prop oor:name="Target" oor:type="xs:string"/>
              <prop oor:name="Context" oor:type="xs:string"/>
          </group>
          <group oor:name="UserDefinedImages">
              <prop oor:name="ImageSmall" oor:type="xs:hexBinary"/>
              <prop oor:name="ImageBig" oor:type="xs:hexBinary"/>
              <prop oor:name="ImageSmallHC" oor:type="xs:hexBinary"/>
              <prop oor:name="ImageBigHC" oor:type="xs:hexBinary"/>
              <prop oor:name="ImageSmallURL" oor:type="xs:string"/>
              <prop oor:name="ImageBigURL" oor:type="xs:string"/>
              <prop oor:name="ImageSmallHCURL" oor:type="xs:string"/>
              <prop oor:name="ImageBigHCURL" oor:type="xs:string"/>
          </group>
          <group oor:name="Images">
              <prop oor:name="URL" oor:type="xs:string"/>
              <node-ref oor:name="UserDefinedImages" oor:node-type="UserDefinedImages"/>
          </group>
          <set oor:name="ToolBarItems" oor:node-type="ToolBarItem"/>
      </templates>
      <component>
          <group oor:name="AddonUI">
              <set oor:name="AddonMenu" oor:node-type="MenuItem"/>
              <set oor:name="Images" oor:node-type="Images"/>
              <set oor:name="OfficeMenuBar" oor:node-type="PopupMenu"/>
              <set oor:name="OfficeToolBar" oor:node-type="ToolBarItems"/>
              <set oor:name="OfficeHelp" oor:node-type="MenuItem"/>
          </group>
      </component>
  </oor:component-schema>

Content on this page is licensed under the Public Documentation License (PDL).