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For publishing information about an available update one needs to provide the "update information". For more specific information please read the specification [http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/packagemanager/online_update_for_extensions.odt "Online Update for Extensions"].
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Some XML elements from the description.xml are also part of the update information (version, identifier, dependencies). To avoid maintaining a update information file, we provide a perl program that creates the file based on the description.xml. The program is contained in solenv/bin/make_ext_update_info.pl. The program can be used from a makefile. To facilitate this, there are these macros:
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The script make_ext_update_info.pl and the respective makefile macros will not be maintained anymore and may be removed soon.
  
#EXTUPDATEINFO_NAME
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When uploading an extension to http://extensions.services.openoffice.org then the update information will be automatically created.
#EXTUPDATEINFO_SOURCE
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#EXTUPDATEINFO_URLS
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==Using the Macros==
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Latest revision as of 13:20, 18 September 2007

OOo Extensions project

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OBSOLETE

The script make_ext_update_info.pl and the respective makefile macros will not be maintained anymore and may be removed soon.

When uploading an extension to http://extensions.services.openoffice.org then the update information will be automatically created.

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