OO 2.0: where are menu files and macro library files saved?

[OOMacroProgrammer]

Hello,

I am new to OpenOffice macros programming. I am using OO version 1.9.87.
I have written a simple macro that displays a messagebox to the user. I want to launch this macro on the click of a menu item.

I have managed to create the menu and assign the macro to the menu.
Now I want to run the same macro on another machine which has OO 1.9.87 installed.
My concerns are:
1. What all files do I need to copy from my machine?
a. File/s for the menu?
b. File/s for the macro library?
2. What steps will I need to carry out on the other machine to be able to run my macro there, viz.. Appending the library and menu?

P.S. I believe there is an menubar.xml file created in <user\config\soffice.cfg\modules\swriter\menubar> in the Open Office.org folder in Documents and Settings folder. Do I have to copy this file to the other machine? Any other dependencies of this file?
But, I couldnot locate the location where my macro library is stored.

It will be of great help if I can get some help on the same. Perhaps a step by step guide on how to create a simple macro with a menu and the files associated to distribute it will be of great help to me so that I can cross-check if I am on the correct track.

Thanks and regards,
OOProgrammer.

[pitonyak]

You are using the 2.0 development release, so you can probably do this directly with the API. This is probably prefered to modifying the XML configuration files directly.

I do not have access to this information, but I think that I have old emails from the dev list with at least one example. I did a quick search of the dev list, but I did not find the examples. I was just looking at them last night and emailed them to someone else... Hmmm..
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[OOMacroProgrammer]

Hello,

Thanks for the help. I actually found an alternate to distribute my macro. This is what I did, please guide me incase I'm doing something wrong!

Step 1: Record a macro and store it in a new library under My Macros. This library gets saved in <C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\
OpenOffice.org1.9.87 \user\basic>. A new folder gets automatically created here by the name of the library. Note: The files of this folder are visible only if u exit from OpenOffice and from the QuickStarter in the systray too.

Step 2: Create a new menu using Tools->Customise and save it underOpenOffice.org Writer. The new menu item gets reflected in the xml file stored in the following location: <C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\ OpenOffice.org1.9.87\user\config\soffice.cfg\modules\swriter\menubar>

Step 3: Assign the macro recorded in Step 1 to the menu created in Step 2 using Tools->Customise>Menus->Add Commands.

Now, on clicking that particular menu item, the macro is launched.

To run the macro on another machine this is what I did:

Step 1: Replace the menu xml file at the location <C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\ OpenOffice.org1.9.87\user\config\soffice.cfg\modules\swriter\menubar>[/b]

Step 2: Copy the macro library to the folder: C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 1.9.87\share\basic.

Step 3: Append this library in OO writer using Tools->Macros->Organise Macros->OpenOffice.org basic. Here click Organiser and append the library.

Now when u click on the menu item, the macro is launched.

Is there any catch I'm missing out on in this procedure?

Thanks,
OOProgrammer.