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OpenOffice.org enables third party tools creation through UNO bridges, allowing using many languages. | OpenOffice.org enables third party tools creation through UNO bridges, allowing using many languages. | ||
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This section gives newcomers as well as experienced developers some hints for developing Extensions in various languages and provides tools and frameworks to facilitate that development. | This section gives newcomers as well as experienced developers some hints for developing Extensions in various languages and provides tools and frameworks to facilitate that development. |
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OOo Extensions project
Please view the wiki usage guidelines
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Extensions on the main site |
Extensions in other languages: |
Developing extensions is an efficient way to bring value to OpenOffice.org without diving into core sources. Obviously all developers willing to develop at OpenOffice.org sources level are welcomed.
OpenOffice.org enables third party tools creation through UNO bridges, allowing using many languages.
The principle is to create UNO packages that can be listed in the OpenOffice.org Extensions repository and installed by end-users easily.
This section gives newcomers as well as experienced developers some hints for developing Extensions in various languages and provides tools and frameworks to facilitate that development.
Finally, popular Extensions may be integrated into OpenOffice.org, so it is important to follow common policies from beginning to ease this merging.
Starting in a language
Addons can be written in various languages. Each section gives starting information to help you create your addon. Each section is dedicated to a language. It deals with specific points concerning the Extensions aspect. Resources regarding the OpenOffice.org API can be found on the API project and the UNO bridge language issues are at UDK project. The OpenOffice.org Developer's Guide is a valuable source of information as well.
The translations of these pages are welcomed and guidelines are available.
- Starting in Python
- Starting in Basic and Documentation BASIC Guide
- Starting in Java
- Introduction to C++ and UNO and Using C++ with OOoSDK
- Starting in Visual FoxPro (French)
- Non programmatic Extensions
- Extensions packaging
- Extensions Integration into Installation Set
- Adding Spellchecker Extensions into Installation Set
- Import and Export filter extensions using code or xslt
Articles & Tutorials
Books on OpenOffice.org Basic Programming
- OpenOffice.org Macros Explained by Andrew Pitonyak
- OpenOffice.org Basic Crash Course by Dmitri Popov
- Learn OpenOffice.org Spreadsheet Macro Programming by Mark, Alexander Bain
- Makros in OpenOffice.org 2.3 von Thomas Krumbein (in German)
- Programmation OpenOffice.org 3 de Bernard Marcelly, Laurent Godard (in French)
Tools & Frameworks
- Code snippets available in many languages
- Code snippets in the Wiki (Sample extensions, etc.)
- Translation framework
- Extensions Packager - BasicAddonBuilder - Extension Compiler
- Predefined wizards
- Introspection Tools: discover the API
- OpenOffice.org Eclipse Integration - OpenOffice.org development with Eclipse
- OpenOffice.org NetBeans Integration - plug-in for NetBeans providing some nice features to simplify the development with and for OpenOffice.org (highlevel wizards, UNOIDL and xcu syntax highlighting, code completion, integrated API reference, ...)
- Extension Development with IntelliJ IDEA: simple introduction how you can use the IntelliJ IDEA to develop OpenOffice.org extensions.
- OpenOffice.org Maven 2 integration - Maven plugin to build OpenOffice.org extensions.