Documentation/DevGuide/FirstSteps/Fields of Application for UNO

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Fields of Application for UNO

You can connect to a local or remote instance of [PRODUCTNAME] from C++, Java and COM/DCOM. C++ and Java Desktop applications, Java servlets, Java Server Pages, JScript and VBScript, and languages, such as Delphi, Visual Basic and many others can use [PRODUCTNAME] to work with Office documents. It is possible to develop UNO Components in C++ or Java that can be instantiated by the office process and add new capabilities to [PRODUCTNAME]. For example, you can write Chart Add-ins or Calc Add-ins, Add-ons, linguistic extensions, new file filters, database drivers. You can even write complete applications, such as a groupware client. UNO components, as Java Beans, integrate with Java IDEs (Integrated Development Environment) to give easy access to [PRODUCTNAME]. Currently, a set of such components is under development that will allow editing [PRODUCTNAME] documents in Java Frames. [PRODUCTNAME] Basic cooperates with UNO, so that UNO programs can be directly written in [PRODUCTNAME]. With this method, you supply your own office solutions and wizards based on an event-driven dialog environment. The [PRODUCTNAME] database engine and the data aware forms open another wide area of opportunities for database driven solutions.