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| <H1 ALIGN=CENTER><A HREF="http://www.openoffice.org/"><IMG SRC="../images/open_office_org_logo.gif" NAME="Grafik1" ALT="OpenOffice" ALIGN=RIGHT WIDTH=109 HEIGHT=54 BORDER=0></A><FONT COLOR="#ffffff"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=5>How to register a new database driver <BR>into |
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| <H3 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT COLOR="#ffffff"><FONT SIZE=4>Contents</FONT></FONT></H3> |
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| <DT><A HREF="#background">The Problem</A><BR><A HREF="#chap1">The |
| Solution</A><A HREF="#installation"><BR></A><A HREF="#chap2">The |
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| <H2 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT COLOR="#ffffff"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=4><I>The |
| Problem</I></FONT></FONT></FONT></H2> |
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| <P>You may want to use a new database driver for your database in OpenOffice but OpenOffice doesn't know it.</P> |
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| <H2><FONT COLOR="#ffffff"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4><I>The |
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| <P>The OpenOffice.org UI supports the extension of database drivers through a configuration entry.</P> |
| Two steps have to be done before you can use your new driver with OpenOffice. |
| <BR>The first step is to copy the new driver in the folder $office/user/uno_packages. |
| After that you have to run the command $office/program/pkgchk. This command register the new driver. |
| In the future it will be possible to run only the pkgchk program to register the driver and to insert the configuration entry. |
| <BR>The second step is to adjust the macro and run it to insert a configuration entry. |
| <P>Three names have to be set in the macro:</P> |
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| <B>DriverPageDisplayName</B> |
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| <P>This name will be used for the Tabpage of the new database driver.</P> |
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| <B>DriverTypeDisplayName</B> |
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| <P>This name will be used in the database type listbox on the general tabpage in the data source administration dialog.</P> |
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| <B>DriverDsnPrefix</B> |
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| <P>This name will be the prefix for the URL of the new database driver. <B>This name has to end with a colon.<B></P> |
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| <B>Extension</B> |
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| <P>The file extension, which match to this type. Only set when it is file based driver.</P> |
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| <H3><FONT COLOR="#ffffff"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4><I>The |
| Macro</I></FONT></FONT></FONT></H3> |
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| <PRE>REM ***** BASIC ***** |
| |
| Sub Main |
| ' access the global configuration provider |
| Dim aConfigProvider As Object |
| aConfigProvider = createUnoService( "com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationProvider" ) |
| |
| ' create an access object for the driver settings key |
| Dim aDriverSettings As Object |
| Dim aParams(0) As new com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue |
| aParams(0).Name = "nodepath" |
| aParams(0).Value = "/org.openoffice.Office.DataAccess/UserDefinedDriverSettings" |
| aDriverSettings = aConfigProvider.createInstanceWithArguments( _ |
| "com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationUpdateAccess", _ |
| aParams() ) |
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| aDrv = aDriverSettings.createInstance() |
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| aDrv.DriverPageDisplayName ="Ocke's own private Driver page" |
| aDrv.DriverTypeDisplayName = "Neo_1" ' this name will be displayed in the Type listbox on the general tabpage |
| aDrv.DriverDsnPrefix ="sdbc:matrix:" ' this name will be the prefix of the URL |
| aDrv.Extension = "*.OJ" ' will be used by the fileopen dialog |
| |
| ' create an access object for the mozilla preferences node |
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| aDriverSettings.insertByName( "Neo_1",aDrv ) ' just a name to make it distinct |
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| ' commit the changes done |
| aDriverSettings.commitChanges |
| End Sub |
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| <P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT COLOR="#ffffff">Auhor: <A HREF="mailto:oj@openoffice.org"><FONT COLOR="#ffffff">Ocke |
| Janssen </FONT></A><A HREF="mailto:ibo@system-entwicklung.de"><BR></A>Last |
| Modified: $Date: 2004/10/15 08:12:12 $<BR><I>Copyright © 2001 |
| OpenOffice.org</I></FONT></P> |
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