how to create a toolbar with a combobox from java at runtime

[emorel]

Hi,

I know how to create a toolbar with a button from java at runtime but a combo box ? Is it possible ? when I change the value type, it's always a button.

Here is a part of the code (http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/J2SE/Desktop/menus_toolbars/) :

[emorel]

I have read this thread before :
http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=14719
and this sample :
http://codesnippets.services.openoffice.org/Office/Office.AddingACombo_boxToAToolbar.snip

But that needs unopkg and modifications of OOo XML files I don't want. Perhaps this could be made at runtime the first time or removed at the end. I'll try.

Eric

[ms777]

[emorel]

Yes ! I have read this thread one time but I wasn't where I am now and I didn't remember it. Thank you.

Here is what I understand :

1 Your BeanShell code that creates a Base64simple service should be my Toolbar with the combobox. Don't know BeanSchell. BeanSchell seems like Java, I need to learn... This service should be in a document and should run in that context or not ?
2 I need to translate the basic to Java to call my new toolbar service.

is this OK ?

Eric

[ms777]

I played around a bit ...

Run the beanshell code (only once), then run the basic ...

The Toolbar generated is not peristant at all. You have to run the beanshell code once per OO session, and the Basic, when you want to show the toolbar.

If you want to stay with beanshell alone, it should be straightforward to translate the Basic to java.

If have not yet thought about how to communicate with the toolbar ...

Good luck,

ms777

Edit June 7, 2008: Somewhere between OO 2.3 and OO 2.4 the OO programmers screw up the class loading of beanshell http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=89978 . This code no longer works. A work around for OO 2.4 you can find in a later post in this thread

The beanshell code:

[emorel]

Your answer helps me a lot. Thank you.

Before your answer, I was able to create the toolbar from java but without the combobox... I didn't see how to call createItemWindow. I was looking for the XComponentContext interface to get Xindow and trying to call createItemWindow in constructor... before ask you a better way.

Now I have translated the code to Java. It's OK ! :
* It's possible to cast XUIElement to XUIElementSetting. It seems logical but where is the link in the documentation ??? No interface or properties to indicate that could be made.
* Error if we set UIName after toolbarIndexContainer.insertByIndex like the basic code. Why ?

Eric

Here is my complete java code (Windows XP & OOo 2.0.3 & JDK 1.4.2). You need to add OOo path in the classpath :

[ms777]

[emorel]

Hi,

I would like to add a button in the toolbar with my own event. I have tried two ways but I have two pbs... :
* Use a macro in OOo basic but that needs a basic library installed before I don't want (see code below). I read that it's not possible to add a basic library from java (tried to translate this code http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=18781) because the XLibraryContainer interface could not be get (no service instantiate this interface) : http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=760
Here is the code to add a button :

[ms777]

[emorel]

Thanks a lot.

Of course, I search informations on WindowServiceName on the documentation that seemed to be the pb for me too but I found only "specifies the name of the component service." Well, I know that a complete documentation is not easy... but that's short !

With "pushbutton" the code works perfectly. Thanks again.

Eric

[emorel]

Hi,

One last problem : the propertyName "Label" doesn't work. In fact when I use the following code, that sets the button helptext (when the mouse stays on the button) instead of the button Label :

[Peter]

Hi ms777,

you helped us a lot with your code examples.
The Basic code above shows the non-persistent inserting of a label and works without running the beanshell too.
But how to additionally inserting an icon and a shortcut for the macro to this object?
And how to change the position of the toolbar (it should start in a new line)? Any ideas?

Sincerely

Peter

[ms777]

[ms777]

I gave it a second try. Try this ...

Good luck,

ms777

[Peter]