How to distribute your macros with an Addon

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OpenOffice.org Documentation Project How-To. 2 Tool to create the XML file for an addon. The tool is a set of macros within this HowTo. …

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How to distribute your macros
with an Addon
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………… …..4
1.1 Warning…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………4
1.2 Document changes…………………………………………………………………………………………………..4
1.3 What are the capabilities of an addon ?……………………………………………………………………….5
2 Tool to create the XML file for an addon…………………………………………….. ……………..8
2.1 Preliminaries…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..8
2.2 Create the configuration file………………………………………………………………………………………8
2.3 Pack the addon………………………………………………………………………………………………………..8
2.4 Notes on the information to be provided……………………………………………………………………..9
a) Addon contents……………………………………………………………………………………………………..9
b) Notion of configuration tree……………………………………………………………………………………9
c) Titles…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..9
d) Sub-menus…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..9
e) Buttons……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..10
f) URL…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..10
g) Icons…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………10
3 Installing addons………………………………………………………………………………… ………….12
3.1 Installation directories…………………………………………………………………………………………….12
3.2 Running pkgchk……………………………………………………………………………………………………..12
a) Installing addons for one user………………………………………………………………………………..12
b) Installing one specific addon for one user……………………………………………………………….13
c) Installing addons for the network…………………………………………………………………………..13
d) Installing one specific addon for the network………………………………………………………….13
e) Deleting an addon………………………………………………………………………………………………..13
3.3 Batch file example………………………………………………………………………………………………….13
4 Checklist before creating the addon……………………………………………………………… …..14
5 The XML file addon.xcu………………………………………………………………………………. …15
5.1 Fixed layers…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..15
5.2 AddonMenu (item in Tools menu)……………………………………………………………………………16
5.3 Submenu………………………………………………………………………………………………………………17
a) Sub-menu item…………………………………………………………………………………………………….17
b) Separator between two sub-menu items………………………………………………………………….17
c) Opening…