Re: [libreoffice-users] LibO Extensions Adventure Continues

On 09/15/2011 08:03 AM, Onyeibo Oku wrote:
> Sometime ago, I wrote to this list when I was developing an Extension
> for automating some tasks for fellow lecturers using spreadsheets to
> compute School Results. I was advocating migration from MS-Office to
> LibO for my colleagues because they knew little about spreadsheets and
> were using mostly pirated software.
LO over pirated MSO, yes they need to get rid of the pirates.
> The adventure, so far, has been intriguing and fraught with challenges.
> The solution was not new.  I was porting something I did in 2006 from
> VBA to Python for LibO -- an opportunity to test my skills in python for
> real.  The new one is better implemented.
>
> On Thursday,September 8, 2011, I formally presented the update to the
> Department of Architecture in Enugu State University, Nigeria.  It was
> totally welcomed.  That means LibO is staying as far as the department
> is concerned.  I have Hanya to thank for this progress.  Please see:
> http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=43492
>
> I aim to push LibO further than that.  I'm being asked to document the
> Extension.  To do that, I need to replace the generic icons I used in my
> demo/beta toolbar with something unique.  The adventure is now on *phase
> two*.
>
> Questions:
> Why is LibO requiring magenta (0xFF00FF) to interpret transparency for
> toolbar icons? The wiki states that it (imageidentifier) is deprecated
> yet all attempts to use the 'images' configuration branch fail.  With
> 'images' branch, transparencies in PNG are supported.  Why can't I get
> this to work?  Anybody interested in seeing a sample of my addon.xcu file???
>
> Is there a way to ensure macro privacy/invisibility even for extensions
> installed by users (not administrators)?.  This is one area VBA still
> beats LibO.  In Excel the macros a wrapped up in the .XLS file and can
> be password protected (However, tools exist to extract the password ...
> hehehe).  In libO, one only needs to know the installation paths to see
> everything.

IS the computers going to be attached to an in-house 
network/file-server?  If so, is there a way to have the installation 
folder on a network drive with READ-ONLY unless you have the password to 
the folder?  I know that you can edit some of the paths.  OR, is there a 
way, with Windows systems, to password protect as READ-ONLY for a folder 
unless you sign in as an administrator?  I know that you use to be able 
to HIDE files and folders by changing the attributes for them.  If there 
hidden or read-only, then that could solve some problems here.
> I am still activating a macro listener manually after loading the target
> document.  Attempts to do this via events throw errors. The event is
> passing an argument I cannot decode yet. Yeah, I know ... someone needs
> to read the developers guide again.  Any ideas are welcome though.
>
> Why does the toolbar icons show in Linux and disappear in LibO 3.4
> (Windows).  Is there something different in 3.4 specs?
I have seen, in the LO Extension test site that there are some listed 
with a versions for 3.3.x and 3.4.x, so it looks like there may be some 
specification changes.  I know that LO is slowly removing JAVA from 
their code and replacing it with Python [I believe] so there may be some 
issues there, or not.



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