suggested method to create LibreOffice Extensions

[Andrew Pitonyak]

If you email me directly I can send you a copy of my macro formatter stuff with the document I use to generate the OXT file. Won't have access until Thursday or Friday.

On Nov 16, 2015 3:52 AM, Andrea Castellani <andrea at libreitalia.it> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone, 
> almost three years ago I received help from this mailing list to create 
> an extension for LibreOffice, which became "FirmaconDike" (thanks!): 
> http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/firmacondike-1 
>
> Today I have to re-examine this issue in a LibreOffice lesson, in witch 
> I would like to explain how to create an extension "from scratch". 
>
> I thought to write a simple macro with students, such as "Hello world", 
> and explain step by step how to generate the oxt file. 
>
> Seeking documentation, I saw a lot of confusion on the subject and the 
> argument (as you know) is only present on the site of AOO. 
>
> I tried to use BAB Paolo Mantovani, both in the new version that in the 
> previous one, and it seemed a very good macro to create extensions. 
>
> The Extension oxt who created BAB does not work, then I fear that BAB is 
> incompatible with LibreOffice (I have the 5.0.2.2). Opening it, it gives 
> me an error: 
> (Com.sun.star.deployment.DeploymentException) {{Message = "You \ X00e8 
> an error occurred while enabling: HelloWorld" Context = 
> (com.sun.star.uno.XInterface) @ 7f2fec3ef8b0}, Cause = ( any) 
> {(com.sun.star.lang.IllegalArgumentException) {{{Message = "" Context = 
> (com.sun.star.uno.XInterface) @ 0}}, ArgumentPosition = (short) 0}}} 
>
> Here you can find the extension generated by BAB: 
> http://www.libreitalia.it/cloud/public.php?service=files&t=77d91958fb91ecab19ec2b0b62844d63 
>
> I have not tried a "reverse engineering" of oxt file to understand what 
> it changes from another oxt  (such as "FirmaconDike"), looking for 
> suggestions from you, who are much more experienced than me. 
>
> Does anyone have experience with BAB and LibreOffice? 
> What is the official method (or recommended one) to create extensions 
> for LibreOffice? 
>
> I apologize if you have already solved this problem in another thread 
>
> Thank you, 
>
> Andrea Castellani 
> www.libreitalia.it 
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