To test most* of what I proposed to remove: During Install disable the ActiveX control. (Ideally with a fresh install)
AFAICT OLE is actually also separate (but if it's not we don't want to break that). It works fine on Linux (and I don't have a copy of MS Office to test with on Windows). >ActiveX is more likely a marketing buzzword used for many aspects of the COM >technology. Yes, I've found that a lot. Not a clear line in the sand for what it is. Thanks both if you can test! Bryan *We'd still want to confirm with an actual build to be sure. On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 6:24 PM, <libroffice....@artavi.de> wrote: > Hi, > > Am 27.01.2017 um 18:03 schrieb Bryan Quigley: >> >> Looking back over my previous attempt, I think you might not be >> affected. (In any case COM/ATL support would not be dropped) > > >> The other problem was not having good test cases for making changes to >> the code. I do note in my original release notes "We specifically >> want feedback if you use ActiveX to embed LibreOffice components into >> your application." Our original intention was to remove the plugin >> that allows you to embed LibreOffice inside other applications (like >> IE) using ActiveX. Without test cases that worked, we weren't able to >> ensure we wouldn't break something. > > Ah, maybe we were talking about different things. > Do you mean the ability i.e. to put an LO calc document as object into a MS > word document, and when activating the object the LO menu appears and take > over control? I was talking about the pure automation through COM, remotely > working on LO documents or gathering information. > > ActiveX is more likely a marketing buzzword used for many aspects of the COM > technology. > > So, no, we don't use that OLE stuff. I can remember from the early days of > OLE it was slow and had poor stability, so I never used that. > > Best regards > Jörgen _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
