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• Extension Manager

• Extension Repositories
• The Active Extension
• Updating Extensions
• Processing Extensions
• Packaging Notes For Bundled Extensions
• Deployment Items
• Installing Extensions for All or a Single User
• Extension Manager in OpenOffice.org
• unopkg
• Location of Installed Extensions
• Extension Layers

• Checklist for Writing Extensions
• File Format
• description.xml

• Description of XML Elements
• Localized XML Elements
• Example

• Display Name
• Icon
• Extension Description
• Extension Identifiers
• Extension Versions
• Target Platform
• Simple License
• Dependencies
• Publisher Information
• System Integration
• Online Update of Extensions

• Running Online - Update
• Concept
• Example Scenario for Providing Updates
• Migration of Update Information
• Description of the Update Information
• Description of Atom Feed
• Examples

• Options Dialog

• Creating the GUI of the Options Page
• Saving and Reading Data for the Options Page
• Defining the Usage of Options Pages

• Adding a Leaf to an Existing Node
• Adding Several Leaves
• Grouping of Leaves
• Adding Nodes
• Adding Several Nodes
• Absolute Position of Leaves
• Grouping of Nodes
• Assigning Nodes to Modules
• Defining a Module
• Absolute Position of Nodes

• The Options Dialog of the Extension Manager

• Help Content

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<description xmlns="http://openoffice.org/extensions/description/2006" 
xmlns:d="http://openoffice.org/extensions/description/2006"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
  
  <version value="1.0" />   

  <identifier value="com.mycompany.extensions.my_extension" />

  <platform value="windows_x86,solaris_sparc" />

  <dependencies>
    <OpenOffice.org-minimal-version value="2.2" d:name="OpenOffice.org 2.2"/>
  </dependencies>
  
  <update-information>
    <src xlink:href="http://extensions.openoffice.org/testarea/desktop/license/update/lic3.update.xml" />
  </update-information>
  
  <registration>
    <simple-license accept-by="admin" suppress-on-update="true" >
      <license-text xlink:href="registration/license_de-DE.txt" lang="de-DE" />
      <license-text xlink:href="registration/license_en-GB.txt" lang="en-GB" />
      <license-text xlink:href="registration/license_en-NZ.txt" lang="en-NZ" />
      <license-text xlink:href="registration/license_en-US.txt" lang="en-US" />
    </simple-license>
  </registration>
  
  <publisher>
    <name xlink:href="http://extensions.openoffice.org/testarea/desktop/publisher/publisher_de.html"
    lang="de">My OpenOffice de</name>
    <name xlink:href="http://extensions.openoffice.org/testarea/desktop/publisher/publisher_en.html" 
    lang="en">My OpenOffice en</name>
  </publisher>

  <release-notes>
    <src xlink:href="http://extensions.openoffice.org/testarea/desktop/publisher/release-notes_de.txt" lang="de" />
    <src xlink:href="http://extensions.openoffice.org/testarea/desktop/publisher/release-notes_en.txt" lang="en" />
  </release-notes>

  <display-name>
    <name lang="de">Meine tolle extensions</name>
    <name lang="en">My great extension</name>
  </display-name>
  
  <icon>
    <default xlink:href="images/icon.png" />
    <high-contrast xlink:href="images/icon_hc.png" />
  </icon>


</description>

This description.xml contains these information:

• The version is 1.0. [go to XML description].
• The identifier is: com.mycompany.extensions.my_extension. [go to XML description]
• The platforms on which the extension can be installed only are Windows (x86 CPU) and Solaris (SPARC CPU). [go to XML description]
• There is a dependency for OpenOffice.org 2.2 and higher. That is, the minimum version with which the extension works is 2.2.[go to XML description]
• It supports the update feature and update information can be obtained at the specified address. [go to XML description]
• A license text is displayed displayed during installation. Different localizations of the license text are available. [go to XML description]
• There are two localized versions of a publisher name and URL. [go to XML description]
• There are two links to release notes in different languages. [go to XML description]
• There is a localized display name. That is, in an english version of OOo the Extension Manager will show the string: My great extension. [go to XML description]
• The extension contains icons which are used by the Extensions Manager when displaying the extension. [go to XML description]

Please note that the <publisher> and <release-notes> elements in a description.xml are currently not used by the Extension Manager. However, when uploading the extension to the extensions repository (http://extensions.services.openoffice.org) then these elements are used for generating update information. When the Extension Manager looks for updates then it displays these information (OOo 2.4).

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