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OpenOffice.org Extension Development with Eclipse (ooeclipse)

flattermann — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:01:51 +0000

How to create a OOo Java Extension using Eclipse as IDE

Recently, I tried to create an OpenOffice.org Extension (.oxt) with Java. I’m using Eclipse as Java IDE for all my projects, so I wanted to use Eclipse for this task as well.

There is an Eclipse plugin to help you with this task, but there are come caveats. The old versions of this plugin do not work with the current OpenOffice.org version (3.0+).

You will probably get an error message when trying to specify the SDK (“SDK version has to be at least 2.0.4″) or the OOo location (“Invalid OOo path”) in the plugin.

Eventually, after some time searching the web, I found a working solution! There is a tutorial about this issue at the OpenOffice.org Wiki:

http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/JavaEclipseTuto

Unfortunately, the mentioned Eclipse plugin update site link does not exist anymore and the mentioned CVS version of the plugin does not work with OpenOffice.org 3.0.

After searching the web, I found the new GIT Source Repository of the Eclipse plugin here:

git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/ooo-build/contrib/ooeclipse

It is administrated by Cédric Bosdonnat , the author of the ooeclipse plugin.

Working Eclipse plugin update site

Because I could not find an Eclipse update site hosting this version of the plugin, I’ve taken the source and created a plugin update site with the most current version of the plugin on my own:

http://drake79.users.sourceforge.net/ooeclipse/site

Do not try to download the plugin from this URL with your internet browser. This will not work!

Instead, Eclipse will do it for you when you do the following steps:

In Eclipse, select Help > Software updates > Available software > Add Site and enter the mentioned URL.

Below the new site, select OpenOffice.org, click on Install and follow the instructions on your screen.

After you’ve installed the plugin, follow the Tutorial from the OOo Wiki to create your first HelloWorld extension:

http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/JavaEclipseTuto

I will try to keep the update site up-to-date.

Update (2009-07-01):

Cédric’s page seems to be working again:

http://cedric.bosdonnat.free.fr/wordpress/?page_id=11&lp_lang_view=en

You may probably use one of his plugin update sites, again:

http://cedric.bosdonnat.free.fr/ooeclipseintegration (stable, but maybe old)
http://cedric.bosdonnat.free.fr/ooeclipseintegration-dev (dev version)

If you want to compile the plugin on your own, here are are the necessary steps:

How to build from source

Check-out the source from the repository:
- git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/ooo-build/contrib/ooeclipse ooeclipse
Change to the new directory:
- cd ooeclipse
Build the plugin:
- ant -Dopenoffice.home=/usr/lib/openoffice -Declipse.home=/opt/eclipse -f build/build.xml
- (adjust the two properties according to your setup)

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OpenTableTrick 0.7.2 released

flattermann — Tue, 19 May 2009 11:52:22 +0000

OpenTableTrick 0.7.2 is available:

http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/OpenTableTrick

Changes in 0.7.2:

This is just a bugfix release, because the 0.7.1 release was incomplete (some announced features were missing).

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OpenTableTrick 0.7.1 released

flattermann — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:08:14 +0000

OpenTableTrick 0.7.1 is available:

http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/OpenTableTrick

Changes in 0.7.1:

New features for HT internal tables:

Underlined text does work now
Cell backgrounds will be taken into account (if you manually set the background of a cell, the cell will look “dark” when posted in the conference)
Text color will be taken into account (if you manually set the text color, the text will be surrounded by a “[ q ] quote tag” when posted in the conference)

The default table style is set to the new HT internal tables.

If you would like to use the old “fake-tables” as default, please go (in OpenOffice.org) to
Tools / Macros / Organize Macros / OpenOffice.org Basic
navigate to “My Macros” and edit the OpenTableTrick library.

One of the first lines contains the text:
const DEFAULT_TABLESTYLE = USE_HTTABLES
set this to USE_FAKETABLES to change the default style to fake-tables.

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OpenTableTrick 0.7.0 released

flattermann — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:58:33 +0000

OpenTableTrick 0.7.0 is available:

http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/OpenTableTrick

Changes in 0.7.0:

Merged cells (horizontal and vertical!) now work with Hattrick internal tables ([ TABLE ], [ TR ], [ TD ])
Cell alignment now works with Hattrick internal tables

Notes:

If you use these “old” table style (i.e. not the “HT internal tables”), you cannot use vertical merged cells
HT internal tables do not support changing the borders/padding

Have fun!

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OpenTableTrick 0.6.1 released

flattermann — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:28:08 +0000

OpenTableTrick 0.6.1 is available:

http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/OpenTableTrick

Changes in 0.6.1:

Fixed an issue with the new (stricter) HT-ML (Hattrick MarkupLanguage)
Added an option to align HT internal tables (non-aligned HT internal tables will use less characters)
Optimized the output a bit to consume less characters

Have fun!

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New training speed tools for Hattrick.org (Update 2009-04-02)

flattermann — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:00:43 +0000

There are two three new online training speed tools for Hattrick.org based on my training speed formula research.

The formula is based on the datasets uploaded by the Hattrick Organizer users using the HO feedback plugin.

Hattrick Organizer uses this training speed formula since version 1.422.

Manager Kurdy_Malloy has created a Flash based online training speed tool.
It’s nice pretty nice eye candy:

http://trainingspeed.freehostia.com/

Manager Illi-Noize has created a HTML based online training speed tool:

http://www.ht-links.de/Hattrick/TrainingsSpeedChecker.html
(in german)

http://www.ht-links.de/Hattrick/TrainingsSpeedCheckerE.html
(in english)

Update 2009-04-02:

Manager Mellon-Charles has created an online Google spreadsheet with my formulas:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p18W-9_bKWJmFAzfgMullPw (english and french)

You can download my original offline training speed tool as spreadsheet for OpenOffice.org Calc or MS Excel (TrainingspeedFormula.xls) in the downloads section.

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