Usage of ActiveX in Libre Office

[Bryan Quigley]

On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 11:49 AM,  <libroffice.dev at artavi.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I did today a quick test on a Windows 7 (32Bit) computer.
>
> AOO 4.1.1 was de-installed completely first and I verified that COM and OLE
> didn't worked anymore.
> After that LOO 5.2.5.1 was installed with deactivated ActiveX support.
>
> Both COM and OLE are working. Automation through our ERP is working and I
> could embed a calc document into MSWord and edit it.
>
> So sorry for upsetting the apple cart.

Quite the contrary.  Thank you a ton for doing this testing!  This
means we can move forward with removing that bit knowing it shouldn't
break your ERP (or anyone's).

Thanks a bunch!
Bryan

> cheers
> Jörgen
>
>
> Am 30.01.2017 um 16:37 schrieb Bryan Quigley:
>>
>> 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.dev at 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
>
>