"Shawn Fessenden" <shawn@testech-ltd.com> wrote:
> > Does OO even have an API? If so what does it look like?
>
> Apparently several:
> http://marketing.openoffice.org/2.0/featureguide.html
> Click "developer-specific features" in the TOC.
>
> Seeing as how this came from Sun, I'd expect a Java-like something at the
> core. There's no mention of Automation, but then again I'd be surprised to
> find that as this comes from the "Kill Bill" crowd.
>
digging down- it turns out that they have - not unexpectedly-
a full custom unique API, BUT they also have a bridge from that ( UNO)
to COM so it would seem doable to control OO to at least some extent.
I expect that the bridge was added on by some realist somewhere
in that crowd that decided to let folks actually use the interface
in a std environment. Obviously not from Sun. And like Shwan
I expect it all is Java-like.
> Likewise, I can't find any mention of Linking or Embedding as in OLE, but
> again that's a Microsoft term and is probably avoided like the plague.
> Similar concepts probably exist but are called something else.
undoubtedly.
I didn't dig too deep but didn't see any detailed docs.
Stan
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> > Does OO even have an API? If so what does it look like?
>
> Apparently several:
> http://marketing.openoffice.org/2.0/featureguide.html
> Click "developer-specific features" in the TOC.
>
> Seeing as how this came from Sun, I'd expect a Java-like something at the
> core. There's no mention of Automation, but then again I'd be surprised to
> find that as this comes from the "Kill Bill" crowd.
>
digging down- it turns out that they have - not unexpectedly-
a full custom unique API, BUT they also have a bridge from that ( UNO)
to COM so it would seem doable to control OO to at least some extent.
I expect that the bridge was added on by some realist somewhere
in that crowd that decided to let folks actually use the interface
in a std environment. Obviously not from Sun. And like Shwan
I expect it all is Java-like.
> Likewise, I can't find any mention of Linking or Embedding as in OLE, but
> again that's a Microsoft term and is probably avoided like the plague.
> Similar concepts probably exist but are called something else.
undoubtedly.
I didn't dig too deep but didn't see any detailed docs.
Stan
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No doubt such a simple scenario would work with a great many word
processors. Even if they don't expose Automation. I'd be interested to know
if links in a Word doc to an existing Excel doc would still function in Open
Office. I have a reliable source that says yes. If so, that's really some
kind of feat.
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