Hi Simon, see comments inline Regards, Hans
> -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Kornblith [mailto:si...@simonster.com] > Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 7:13 PM > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Extension toolbar compatibility and 4.0, again > > Hi, > > I'm a developer with Zotero. We currently distribute a > LibreOffice/OpenOffice.org plugin for our software that provides rich citation > functionality in OpenOffice/LibreOffice/NeoOffice, as well as plugins for > Word for Mac and Word for Windows. > > I've read through the previous thread on changes to the toolbar in 4.0 > (http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/openoffice- > dev/201302.mbox/%3C51195E5E.3000004%40laposte.net%3E), but I'd like to > emphasize that the changes to toolbar functionality in AOO 4 are quite > problematic for us, not because the change to Addons.xcu is hard, but > because having a separate extension for AOO 4 is somewhat of a nightmare > from a support and distribution perspective. > > To give some background, users don't install our extension manually. > Instead, it is installed either by an optional Firefox extension (in Zotero for > Firefox) or automatically when our software is opened (in Zotero > Standalone). At the moment, the same extension works with NeoOffice > 3.0+, OpenOffice.org 3.0-3.3, AOO 3.4, LibreOffice 3.4-4.1. > > Unless there's a way to create a single extension that works with AOO 4 and > LibreOffice or earlier versions of OOo, supporting AOO 4 would appear to > require the following changes: > > 1. Adapt the extension to work with Apache OpenOffice. This is actually the > easiest part. > 2. Bundle two extensions with the LibreOffice plugin and Zotero Standalone > (2MB more download size) or modify the extension locally on install to use a > separate Addons.xcu file for AOO 4. > 3. Detect AOO 4 and install a different extension there than we do in > LibreOffice, AOO 3.4, and OOo. > 4. Find a way to make the extension fix itself when AOO is upgraded (is this > possible?), or at least present a dialog telling the user to reinstall the > extension from within Zotero. IF a) end users decide to have their user profile transferred during upgrade, and IF b) your extension is installed per user (= NOT installed in --shared mode), then the answer to question 4 depends on your description.xml, I think. Is there an external link for update-information in your extension's description.xml? Something like <update-information> <src xlink:href="[link to an xml file on your server] /> </update-information> If so, it should not be difficult to inform end users of the availability of an update and provide automatic update via a link to a server of yours, if the end user wants that. Extensions installed in --shared mode seem to be neglected by the upgrade to AOO 4.0. > > While I realize that this is somewhat late in your release process, it would > make us much happier if AOO 4 could use an alternative Addons.xcu file > (Addons4.xcu?) if it exists. That way we wouldn't have to distribute multiple > extensions, and our toolbar wouldn't break for our users when they upgrade > to AOO 4. If this isn't a possibility, perhaps someone has a better suggestion > for how we should handle this? > > Thanks, > Simon > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
