Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 93992
annoying quirks around deploying and running an extension in OOo
Last modified: 2013-08-07 15:31:14 UTC
I created an AddOn extension using the Netbeans plugin and use the new feature of giving the .oxt as parameter for the Office start. On Solaris Intel then the extension manager opens, then the Office, then the message box from the extension manager asking if the extension should be registered. So the user has to first click away the message box and then bring the extension manager to the front to close it. Here a different order would be nice: first the extension manager with its message box, then the Office. Afterwards a writer document is open - which has only by chance any relevance to the AddOn that is registered. The backing window seems to be a better alternative as first view. Furthermore, the AddOn is not active in that frame. Even if it is intended to be used in a writer context, a new document has to be opened first. This can only be avoided when the office is started after the extension manager finished, as far as I can see - no idea if that is even possible. But then again, I think the backing window is less confusing.
CCed: jsc
Accepted
The deployment of extensions with netbeans has changed so there is no urgent need to change anything now. Therefor changed target to 3.x