Issue 19002 - "UserField" in all OO applications
Summary: "UserField" in all OO applications
Status: ACCEPTED
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: code (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.1 RC3
Hardware: PC Windows 2000
: P3 Trivial with 1 vote (vote)
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Assignee: AOO issues mailing list
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Reported: 2003-09-03 09:01 UTC by Unknown
Modified: 2013-08-07 14:38 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description Unknown 2003-09-03 09:01:19 UTC
I assess how to port a MS Office plug-in to OO / SO (mainly on Windows and
Linux) with Java. The MS Office plug-in communicates with an application server
(sort-of) through DCOM. The connection appeared as fields in the document; its
results are inserted into the document as strings (and refreshed like all other
fields).

Now I know that you can insert custom fields ("UserFields") into OO text
documents (even without making them a visible part of the document) and fill
them with arbitrary content. We will develop these fields with Java and also add
menus and toolbars with Java (which can be done since OO 1.1 RC 1, AFAIK).

Now the problem is that none of the other OO applications have such a
"UserField".  So enhancement documents with custom fields is only possible in
the word processor.  That is why I request to add the "UserField" from the word
processor to all OO applications.
Comment 1 ooo 2003-09-03 11:49:03 UTC
This is an implementation issue, the API is specified.  The EditEngine
(the text component used for Draw and Calc) has currently no
maintainer.  It is planned (long term) to use Writer instead.  
Anyway, I am forwarding this issue because it is not an API issue.
Comment 2 andreas.martens 2003-09-12 14:14:59 UTC
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Comment 3 andreas.martens 2003-09-15 08:05:44 UTC
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Comment 4 andreas.martens 2003-09-15 08:07:11 UTC
In the long run we'll have nearly all Writer possibilities in every
text box.
Comment 5 stefan.baltzer 2003-10-13 11:13:30 UTC
SBA: According to the OpenOffice.org roadmap 
(see http://tools.openoffice.org/releases) this issue was retargeted to 
"OOo Later".